I suspect it's time to take the paper chains down. You can kind of forget they're there. My sister's decorative pumpkin spends all year on her window ledge and, once a year, comes into its own.

Diligence was my watchword and coffee was my friend. Churning through it. Then a mellow evening with the kids. I am not sure when i will no longer be allowed to read to them both but I will miss it.