I used to laugh when my sister shared her family schedule with me. The idea of having kindergarteners in extra curriculars was comical. Now I am living the nightmare myself. I try to simplify my life when possible. I do my best to purge the unnecessary (my husband and I tend to disagree on what exactly is "unnecessary," but I win those battles) and keep a pretty basic schedule each week (by "basic," I mean, routine, boring). We generally don't schedule alot for the weekends, but do whatever floats our boat. Here I am, looking at my schedule for October and WHAM! We haven't a free weekend the entire month. It is insane. 2 birthday parties the same day, a visit to the Gartenshau with friends, a lunch/musical with my new BFF (that's what I tell her, but I think she may think I am crazy ;), family pictures and there we are--into Novermber. Seriously. Our weekday schedule is just as bad. We are gone all day, then run to ballet or swimming Monday through Thursday. It is madness! The worst part is that even though it is routine/boring, I can't simplify it anymore than it is. Let me clarify by also saying that ballet is their extra curricular activity in this case. Swimming in my opinion is a life skill--a must if you will. We're trying to keep them in lessons our entire time here or at least as long as they still love it. To top it off, Chris and I have been doing Insanity, which is simply INSANE. I hate that guy (the guy on the video--not Chris). Squeezing in our workouts has also been interesting. Chris wakes up at 4:30 am and I usually do it when I get home from the day's activities. I am finally feeling better and looking forward to shedding some pounds. That being said, who wants to plan some trips for us? or how about implant some photography knowledge into my head without teaching me? I really want to master the art, but I have no flippin' time! There is really no point to this entry, except that I am left wondering how our lives got so crazy busy all of a sudden. If they are this busy now with kids ages 3 and 5, what is that family schedule going to look like when they are 11 and 13 (don't even say it, Lisa!). It was a rhetorical question. I can't handle the truth.
The Halloween festivities are in full swing here. We attended a "Fall Festival" at my school on Thursday evening and today we enjoyed a "fall festival" at the girls' school. We've managed to keep their costumes a secret until Wednesday when Claire spilled the beans. She was doing so well at keeping the secret, I almost thought she wasn't our child for awhile ;) Claire dressed as "Pinkalicious" and Mya was a cupcake. My Mom and Dad bought Claire the book, "Pinkalicious" for her first birthday. It has been an on-going hit with our girls. They both have the entire book memorized. It is such a cute book where this girl named "Pinkalicious" loves pink. She eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink, which she is thinks is simply beautiful then red, which is less than favorable. She eats her vegetables to turn alleviate her pain. In the meantime, her little brother is envious and devours the last one, then turns pink too. It is a ...
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Love ya, j
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As for the dullness...that is why you need more kids now-so it lasts longer :)