January was a good month for us. We mostly stuck around at home and rested after going through such a busy holiday season. I know it sounds sad to say that January was a recovery month for us, because I don't think that the holidays should be so stressful and overwhelming that you have to take a whole month just to recover - but in all honesty, we did a lot of recovering and it was really nice.
Some highlights:
-Lydia started preschool! I have some pretty strong opinions about Preschool, mostly that children are being pressed into academics too early and that as preschoolers they should be focusing on play - but after a lot of discussion, and Lydia asking if she could go to the preschool that we walked past during her gymnastics, we decided to put her in for the last few months of the year in hopes that it would be a good transition to kindergarten next year. It took a little bit to get used to, because it's 9 hours a week and that is loonnnng and I miss her. But she loves it and is doing really well. I'm amazed at all the things that she is learning and she seems to be really absorbing everything. I'm glad we didn't put her in sooner, but I think it's been really good for her to be here now.
--We went to a carwash because our car was realllyyyyy dirty, and although during normal life, things being dirty don't bother me - when I'm pregnant it drives me crazy! Is that weird?
-Austin sits on the counter and helps me get ready every morning. Apparently the hair-dryer is too loud for him.
--David made an incredible sledding path for Lydia/the kids in our backyard. They love it.
--I've been trying to spend some good one-on-one time with the kids before baby boy gets here. A friend invited us to go ice-skating and it was so much fun. Lydia has been practicing her roller skating in the basement and I think that it really made a difference in her ice skating. You would never have known that she'd never been before.
-David was working at a client pretty close to our house and one day he picked up some McDonalds and brought it home for lunch. I wanted a picture of us, but the kids were rolling around on the floor - so we joined them. Love this family of ours. (And, I wish David worked in Draper every day.)
-Did I mention that we renewed out Thanksgiving Point Passes? I'm really excited about it. We haven't had them for about a year, so everything is new and fun - and hopefully will be a really good thing to get us out of the house after baby comes.
--We went to music time at Thanksgiving Point and it was really fun. I'm going to definitely try to go back more often.
-I call this: Family Home Evening Piano Playing.
-Austin likes to sit on the counter while I get ready in the mornings and unscrews and screws back on the lids of all the things. I try to keep him from putting it on his face and usually say "Just practice!", which means to only pretend to put it on. But some days I don't supervise enough and he ends up with his own version of a makeover. Honestly though - he's really good at it! He's basically as good at putting mascara on as I am (I'm a mess when I put on my mascara most of the time, but still). Look at those lashes though! I realized what had happened right before it was time to go to church, so we just went like that and worked on his eyes with a wipe after we got there. I was so amused.
-Our friends/neighbors across the street - the Avrahami family asked if I would help make a Bar Mitzvah invitation for their son, Ron. In return they brought over a bunch of super yummy Israli chocolate/candy/treats. It was so thoughtful of them. We were able to attend the Bar Mitzvah and it was so interesting and neat to be a part of. I'm so glad that we have the opportunity to be exposed to different cultures and I hope that our children will grow up with a love and respect for people of all religions and beliefs. It's important to me to teach them that God loves everyone, and that although we believe that it's important to live and act a certain way - other people may live and act differently, and that we can still love them, be friends with them, and work together to create a peaceful world.
-Ummm... we like apples. And I like these kids. And sometimes I set Austin on the counter to keep him contained. The end.
-Morning snuggles. Don't let the amount of natural light coming through the window + the fact that we are snuggling in bed fool you, we'd been up for hours already and had just come back for a minute or so. The kids are waking up SO early and I don't know why. During the summer I get it, because it's so light so early. During the winter I feel like there is no reason for them to be waking up at six (or before six).
-I have good friends in the neighborhood and I'm grateful for that.
-I love this girl.
Happy January!
No comments:
Post a Comment