Getting settled

March 11, 2009

I wont lie.  It’s been chaotic.  2 toddlers, 2 pregnant women, 2 working husbands and one very freaked out cat who has managed to escape 3 times already.  I have to say though, I was incredibly impressed with Vivians agility skills at 8 months pregnant.  She lunged for the cat and caught it among bushes with lightning quick reflexes.  Its a handy thing to have a spry roomie.  Seth has discovered that the small space between the front steps and the house is a great place to fall and get poked with a poorly placed rose bush.  The kiddos have managed to get by without so much as a scratch or bump yet, just lots of yelling and claiming items as theirs.

My favorite conversation between them went something like this.

Ethan, ‘I just need my space right now, Caleb!’

Caleb,’ Don’t talk-a-me no more!’

Ethan,’ Mom!  Caleb wont give me any space!’

Caleb,’ MOM!! Tefan (Ethan) no TALK A ME NANYMO!!’

This was towards the end of a 3 1/2 hour car ride to pick up an island for the kitchen that ended up being a rather shabby monster cupboard on wheels that didn’t fit in the back of the subaru without the hatch being bungied which exposed us all to exhaust fumes.  I’m sure that it added to the delirium and eventual hysteria of both Vivian and I.

I believe we both starting laughing uncontrollably at some point, turning up the music and drowning them out while we both were painfully aware that it had been 3 1/2 hours since either of us had been able to pee.  Not a big deal for most, but a big deal for 2 pregnant women.

We’ve also had some very sweet times already.  Enjoying meals around the coffee table in the evening, joking and putting our feet up after an exhausting day of playing musical boxes.  Sharing the morning chores of chicken feeding, collecting eggs, composting, making breakfast and dishes.  I have to say, we’re going to eat well!  It’s alot easier to make food for 6 and switch off duty of cooking and kitchen cleaning.

Vivian and I just put up our first communal batch of homebrewed kombucha and juice.  We’re all (except for Seth, who has yet to develop a taste for it) waiting patiently for it to reach that fizzy perfection.  The combination of kombucha, raw milk and lots of good veggies from our first shared CSA should help all of our digestion get back on track.  Until then, we’ve been burning lots of incense.

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