the many things on a weekend

 
there have many things been going on over the weekend, though over all it was very quiet. one of the reason for the slow and quiet feeling was the fact, that two of the kids were out of the house. elias enjoying a long weekend at his god mothers house, taking the train all the way to bern. and naomi left at the same hour friday afternoon, also on the train, though in the opposite direction. she was picked up at the next train station by my dad. both of them enjoyed a wonderful time visiting and were very happily arriving back home sunday night.
the two remaining kids enjoyed the time without the other two not less. getting a bit more attention by us adults...
i got to knit on my cardigan, and listen to james joyce, which i'm lending from the library, as well as some classical music one of them was purcell's shakespeare wonderful for a saturday night. and even got to read a bit. this absolutely counted toward a relaxing and slow weekend, good to enjoy just before school started again this monday morning. the kids were ready to go back, i didn't mind having a flowing and kid led rhythm for the last two winter vacation weeks.
and joel was working on fixing and mending and untangling the odds and ends of our in house network and computers, o well this seems like a black hole, though progress was made.

so now let's embrace monday morning, breakfast at 7:15, laundry is already being in the machine, the empty milk cartons in the crate waiting on the front steps for the milk man to stop by later in the morning.
at 8:10 i was reading the first book to thea, she loves the moment the kids run out of the house and catches me at a moment of trying to figure out what's next, of course next is her book!
by now joel left the house too and i have enjoyed the waiting of the machine to be done to quickly wind an other ball of the wonderful wool from retrosaria of portugal which is beeing knit into the effortless cardigan. it has been smooth and yes effortless, very easy instructions and the cardigan is growing so very quickly, wonderful.