The sad truth is, Facebook has become my daily media. I want to change that, I really do.
So we moved. We absolutely LOVE our new place! Since day one, this house has felt like home. We have entertained guests more times in the last eight months than we did in five years at the other place - we finally have the room to do so! The kids can spread out, and we even have enough bathrooms to satisfy the most ridiculously well-tuned simultaneous poopers (four bathrooms, four kids...).
The girls ended up moving to the local elementary at Thanksgiving. It was a very smooth transition, and both did fantastically at the new school. Every morning they biked to school, and every afternoon, they showed back up to the house...no more driving for us! That saves over 80 minutes a DAY for me, and 40 minutes a day for them. I think it was a good trade!
Liam and Oliver spent Spring semester at Bridges Preschool, not far from our new place...it's the same school the girls attended that first Spring after we moved to Mesa! They both loved it...but Liam will be moving on to kindergarten this Fall, and Oliver will attend a different preschool that has better hours/rates for what we need.
This Fall, Clara, Elfie, and Liam will all be at the same school together - it's so hard to imagine I have THREE kids in elementary school! The kids start back August 8.
I am waiting for my elusive midwifery license - I have one exam I HOPE will be administered in October - might be November - then I should finally have my Arizona Licensed Midwife license. In the meantime, I'm offering my services as a doula and/or monitrice, and attending a few births with my former preceptor.
I have started running again...thanks to the Couch to 5K craze and my iPhone. I am in week five - up to running eight minutes at a time, and feeling great doing it (travelled 3.5 miles today!). I have signed up for a 10K race in October, and fortunately have a few friends wanting to run with me. Though I ran cross-country from grade four through my senior year, and track from grade seven through twelve, I have not run since then...so the return is slow and humbling, but I am doing it, day by day. My awesome new headband gave me a little extra oomph today:
My auntie Eye wants me to do a half-marathon with her...I'm thinking maybe by next summer/fall...I never thought that would cross my mind, but it does indeed sound tempting...
Dan continúes to handyman and stays quite busy. It may not be his ideal job, but the flexibility with my insane schedule is necessary. The kids are lucky to see him so much more now than they did when he had a full-time (+) job :)
There is the quick update...I will try to return to blogging and fill in more soon.
1 comment:
I don't get on facebook much, so it's nice to hear updates! So is Dan doing handyman jobs on his own, or with a company?
Love the headband, by the way!
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with Zari's schooling. I'm currently enrolled in the K-12 online public school but am still wanting to look into our local kindergarten. I worry that I won't have the time to do homeschool well (and I don't have a burning desire to homeschool like some people do). On the other hand, I like the flexibility of home schooling and don't feel like sending Zari off for full day schooling (which is our only option here). Bleh. I hate these kind of decisions!
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