Regular Life

It seems as though I'm back on "cruise control" for a while. And that's certainly not a bad thing! Although it has left me with not a whole lot to say here in blog-land. I've been continuing to work through some of the things that I'd like to get done before Stella gets here. I've also been just going about our regular life which feels really good. I've had my camera out some but not a whole lot. I mean really... who wants to see photos of how we spent today??? Getting new brakes on the van. Exciting stuff I tell ya!

Over the past few days I have been working on repainting the back porch which is really much like a mudroom and it's nice to have that space to hang up coats and backpacks and put away shoes. However, it's also our main entry. So it drives me bonkers to have it dirty and dingy. It flows with the kitchen now, same paint colors, and although I know it will look dirty if the dog walks in and shakes while he's wet and dirty, it'll wash easier. I have decided that I think that's IT for "big" projects for me for now. Anything else and I'll just be the supervisor. :) (I have no idea why the wall looks all wonky in the 'before' pic, it's just a photo compression issue.)

The kids both have major cases of Spring Fever. There's been a lot of just being kind of mouthy and hyper mixed in with their usual pretty cool selves. I even asked Karleigh's teacher if she's been this... and Mrs. B interjected with "Squirly?" and she said "yes, a bit more than normal." I was hoping that it was just for my "benefit" while I was volunteering but she's assuming the same about the kids having a mean case of Spring Fever and that she also thinks it's because Karleigh's bored. Understandable but I still expect my kid to be "present" even if she might think that the things they're going over are a bit boring. On a brighter note, she lost another tooth last night! She has had three that have been sort of loose but after an apple she decided that the one right next to her new permanent tooth should come out. She laid across my lap, asked me to pull it (I scoffed at the idea in my head but whatever) and the next thing I knew, it was right there between my fingers!

We really just need the weather to get a bit warmer so they run off their energy outside. Adjusting to preschool has been kind of tough for Rylan. He's a morning person like his daddy so he's up by 7 every morning but he's in the afternoon session so he's pretty spent by the time he gets home at 3:15. And when he's tired, he doesn't make the best decisions. However, he's obviously good at multitasking since he decided to go ahead ad grab a quick nap during a time-out the other day :)