Today, I got home to a house that was cleaner than when I left. The kids were happy and clean, the lawn was mowed, the laundry was done. I sifted through the mail and perused bills from the accountant and the pest control service. I pieced together dinner from frozen prepared vegetable medley, frozen precooked chicken strips (which were delivered to my door by a service), and potato flakes. It seems like little by little I’m outsourcing so many different things I used to do. The upside is that got to spend more of my evening with the kids; though it’s not all sunshine and roses what with Anna being very defiant these days, we had an overall satisfying evening. The girls, when they were not antagonizing each other, alternated between Anna giving Tara horsie rides and both of them playing “let’s spin around until we get dizzy and fall down.” At one point, Anna completed 142 turns before Jennifer got tired of counting. Tara, who was playing while holding a sippy cup of milk, did a no-hands face-plant onto the carpet then just giggled and got up and started spinning again. I think we’ve captured some video at some point, which I’ll have to post soon.

The bike engine should arrive tomorrow; I’m really looking forward to getting it installed and giving it a spin, but realistically it may end up waiting until the weekend.