Our heater went out last night.
It was a nice "welcome home from work" surprise for me!
It's been bitter cold all week so our house went from chilly to down right cold pretty quickly.
After a bit of a flip out 12 hours in, I made the most of it. We started a fire, warmed up some hot cocoa, and spent the afternoon lounging in the living room close to the fire.
The boys bonded with each other via ipad games, I avoided electronics completely, Luke got to man the fire once Ben left for work, I won not one, but two, different board games, and I discovered that not only is Josh's new favorite band U2 (what?! love it!) but that he is also very knowledgable and opinionated about their newest album!
Ben may be shocked to hear it, but the heater going out turned out to be a bit of a blessing.
Even after the heater was back in working order, we all stayed in the living room. The boys worked on cartwheels and headstands, which then turned into a monster wrestling match. I let them have free reign and, you know what, no one got hurt, no one got mad, and they clamed down on their own.
It's good to let the crazy just happen sometimes.
I'm very thankful to be warm again, but every once in awhile it's nice to have a wrench thrown in our normal routine.
