Only Every Other Year

So we have six kids and the Christmas. It would be a nightmare if I had stopped to think about it. Lucky me, I've had no time to think.

Yesterday, all our kids went mad. They run around and around screaming and fighting. Even the Little One was whining all the time. Around twelve o'clock we had rice porridge (like every year). Before that, the 4-years old had called to Santa just to ask if He really was coming.

Only when candles were burning, the kids were quiet.

Before Santa could come, we had Christmas dinner. Isn't easy to get those kids to sit silent so close to Christmas eve. Together we cleaned the table after dinner and had all treats for those who like. Nobody wanted chocolate...!

And then the Santa came. He left all of the presents inside our hallway, so silently that nobody noticed. Kids found those and carried them under the Christmas tree. Poor tree. I almost lost it.

I had a headache for all the screaming, but kids were happier than ever.

My best moment every Christmas comes, when the kids have fallen asleep. Silent Night, wine and chocolate. I love it!

Handwriting lessons end

Interesting time, indeed.

I found a couple of news about our new national school curriculum. Finland dumps handwriting in favor of typing (23 November 2014, I Programmer). BBC also had a fantastic headline about this: Finland: Typing takes over as handwriting lessons end. Well...

Our kids still need to use pencil and paper after year 2016. They just don't need to have the skill of cursive handwriting.

Three of my kids have learned it. Youngest of them was afraid that teacher doesn't teach her those beautiful letters. I promised to her that if teacher doesn't, I will.

She was the happiest girl in the autumn, when she got an empty cursive handwriting book.

Instead of cursive handwriting, rest of our kids will learn texting and typing. I hope that boys won't be sad about it.

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Santa Claus is coming to town...

Note to self. Don't leave Christmas presents anywhere, where the kids can find them.

It was in the kitchens' cupboard, so high that they shouldn't have been able to get to it. Little boys moved a chair and climbed over the coffeemaker. And when they got it, they really had to open it... Oh my. Gladly it wasn't for them.

And the Baby, He is almost four months old now and He can roll around.

Sometimes it's hard to keep up with everything.