Unplugged

I've been avoiding my blog for a long time. It is not Thanksgiving...or Christmas...or even New Year's. Needless to say, putting something out into the internet void was not on my list of resolutions. I have no resolutions. It's liberating.

I feel the overwhelming need to be unplugged at this stage of my life; my children and family encompass so much of my identity that they are almost all consuming...and that's how it should be. I should not be habitually checking my email or texting or religiously following people's facebook status updates; my life is the here and now. It is beautiful.

I know it's important to keep this blog functioning, to serve as a connection to the people who are casualties of my unplugged lifestyle, but I find myself wanting to relate in detail how magnificently brilliant my two-and-a half year old is and how stunningly clever that one-year-old girl is. I want you to know how many teeth are in their heads, the way their hair has identical cow-licks in the back and the exact smirk both of them make when they know they're about to get in trouble.

I want everyone to know how magical and exhaustingly revitalizing our Christmas vacation was and how our ordinary, every day life looks.

I am not up to the task.

So there is forever destined to be a void in this little documentation of my girls' existence. Let it be known that the void came about as a result of hours spent twirling in the living room, eating peanut butter sandwiches and mac 'n cheese, snuggling in Mama and Papa's bed and stories read and reread until they were ingrained in our brains. Life is good.

...I'll at least try to keep you updated on the impending arrival of our newest family members...four laying hens and a home-made chicken tractor! Feel free to remain on the edge of your seats.