our days are incredibly busy. we try and grab quiet moments when we can. we listened to emma for a little while in the morning before morgana and chanda ran off to babysitting and a ballet lesson, respectively.
they then came home to a lunch of soup and roasted chestnuts (which were found in their shoes for st. nicholas day along with some chocolates). these chestnuts were the best we've ever had: so fresh and sweet.
i ran errands (grocery and christmas shopping) and came home in time to listen to jean from waldorf inspired learning speak about simplifying the holiday time (!!).
dinner was wild salmon from trader joe's, who had a good price for their fish.
our nighttime reading for advent . .
Happy St. Nicholas! Those chestnuts look good. We received oranges and gold coins from him. He did not bring any nuts this year. That was sad.
ReplyDeleteI was just wondering if we have "The Long Christmas" upstairs. I have to check!
:) I love the gold coins! We didn't get walnuts this year and I was looking forward to them!! I guess he ran out!
DeleteThe gold coins are a symbol for the legend where he tosses lumps of gold into a bedroom window of three young girls so that they have a dowry. I guess the nut trees St. Nicholas was visiting had a bad harvest this year. Walnut trees do not produce good nuts every year.
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