Now that school is in full swing, I find that our routine has gotten much more productive and less willy nilly. Elisabeth has to be at school by 8:15, and we walk to and from school every day (unless it rains or the weather's terrible, which hasn't happened in the two weeks of school so far!). Julia LOVES walking Elisabeth to school. They usually hold hands, which is so adorable. We've been meeting up with Elisabeth's new friend who lives the next street over. She's in Elisabeth's class and is so cute. They really get along, which is good since Elisabeth's little friends that live 4 houses down are moving next weekend to Pennsylvania. :( Elisabeth is very sad about this.
Anyway, once we've said bye to Elisabeth, waved and squealed at all the school buses we pass, and walk up the 95 degree incline up hill back to our house, Julia and I discuss what we're going to do for the day. Julia insists we fit in a nap somewhere in the morning and afternoon, and I am happy to oblige. Julia isn't thrilled if I mention going on more than two places for errands, so we have to decide where we're going on what days of the week by what has top priority. We clean up the GINORMOUS mess that Julia makes at breakfast and do some cleaning. Julia loves laundry, so we try to do that once a day. When she naps, I try to do things that aren't Julia friendly, like going to the basement or cooking something for lunch and dinner. We always go to our Mom's Walking Club on Friday mornings for our 3.4 mile walk. This past Friday we did it in the rain, and Julia didn't whine once about getting wet!!! At 3:00, we head down hill to fetch Elisabeth and then it's back home for some last minute cleaning and cooking of dinner before Evan gets home.
I'm still job hunting. I had one interview, but really wasn't impressed with the school and how much of my time it would take up. So, I'm waiting to hear back from a couple other places or it's back to the drawing board. Now that Julia is walking (and she is walking EVERYWHERE) and perfecting her scurrying too), she is much more tolerable. She can follow me around and is content to do circles around the house like a caged zoo animal. Sure, she still grunts all the time when she's unhappy, but now she's saying "please" and "thank you" in sign language and says "Yeah!" to most questions, so that is also making her more enjoyable. I just miss co-workers and the job atmosphere, but am adjusting to this "stay at home mom" thing.
We got to meet Elisabeth's teacher and she is fantastic! Elisabeth loves going to school and her teacher has said that Elisabeth is so sweet and friendly to the other students (which we know...she's an awesome kid!). She has music, p.e., technology, spanish and art as her enrichment classes. Her music teacher also puts on a school musical every year, so guess who's dying to act? Overall, she happily wakes up and is eager for school every day.
As some of you may have heard, Evan climbed Pike's Peak on Friday with his co-workers. Evan wasn't really that excited about going up, but was as prepared as he could be for someone who'd never climbed a mountain before. He said he should have eaten a bigger breakfast and skipped the coffee, because he didn't feel too well the first part of the climb. After eating more and getting some water in him, he started to feel better. Then it started raining. Followed by sleet. And then snow. Needless to say, Evan was feeling really crappy by the time he got to the top. He was showing signs of hypothermia and wasn't prepared for the 28 degrees that greeted him at the summit. Thankfully, some of his co-workers had driven at the top to meet the climbers and they were able to get rides home. But, since Evan was incoherent enough to leave his backpack at the top with his car keys, glasses and other things at the top, he had to get a ride home and hope someone had seen his backpack and grabbed it (which they had!). He came home and took a nice, long hot bath and slowly warmed up. He's not thinking about a trip to the top anytime soon, but thinks that if he were more prepared and didn't go on an obviously raining/bad weather day, he could do it again.
So, that's how we're doing. I'm still working on losing my weight, which is going very well. I've lost a total of 7.2 pounds and weigh in again tomorrow. I don't think I'll lose this week, but should maintain. We've joined the Y and the lady who leads my Mom's Walking Club, also teaches spinning classes at the Y, so Julia and I will be venturing there so I can go to her 9:15 classes. I walk 2 miles everyday just taking Elisabeth to and from school and then fit in another 1-2 miles at night after supper. So, I've got that going for me. Evan occassionally asks if I've jogged at all and I just laugh and laugh and laugh...cause, um, no. Maybe some day, but, for now, I'll stick to my brisk walking.
Here's some pics to appease you all.
This is Julia's new "smile!" face. Love it!
This is the only day she's ever slept in past 7:30...on a school day, of course...and after a few times of getting up in the middle of the night due to teething troubles. :(
We are still enjoying the lovely hiking trails around here. This is at Cheyenne Mountain a couple weeks ago. This is the trip that I fell flat on my face when this HUGE (tiny) BOULDER (rock) jumped out in front of me (didn't move at all, I'm just an idiot). This is also the trip that Evan decided that he should see what the inside of a cactus looks like...and proceeded to get lots of cactus pricklies stuck in his fingers. We are so outdoors-y.
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