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Bullet update
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accomplished
accomplished- Today was a great day in mommyhood. Got so much done and enjoyed my kids at the same time. Thought it might not be possible only to prove myself wrong. Hurrah!
- Have started taking Caleb to "Open Gym" at our local family network once a week. Gets us out of the house while I get to kibbitz with one of my new mom friends.
- Made valentines with Caleb today. He calls them clementines. Cracks me up! They turned out really good, if you consider that I don't do crafts. Construction paper, white paint, dish sponge, chocolate covered peppermint stick. My dear son wanted to give his friends candy canes for Valentine's Day. The Christmas Tree Shop did not have candy canes. These were the next best thing. Here's a quick pic:
- Ellie still isn't crawling. I'm both frustrated/worried and relieved. At this point Caleb was starting to pull up and make a move towards climbing; he had been crawling since 6 mos. Ellie is 8 months old. Will she ever crawl? Does it matter?
- I'm starting to cook more often and more from mostly scratch. Tonight I made chicken fingers using panko (yum!!). Since returning to omnivore eating, I've been slowly figuring out how to cook with chicken again. I made a variation on shepherd's pie using chicken cut into nugget size pieces. It was really yummy - spinach, carrots, onions, ricotta cheese. Anyway, I'm trying to cook more often in an attempt to eat more healthfully and maybe even lose some weight. So far no luck on weight loss, but I suspect my chocolate habit is the issue there.
- In the world of non-mom work, I got completely overwhelmed and finally had to hire someone to come once a week so that I could have child-free time to get teaching prep done. She starts next Wednesday. I hope it works out. I don't want to give up teaching. It hurts to even think about doing that.
- Oh, I nearly forgot - Ellie got her first tooth. She is shy about it, so no pictures of that yet. :( It's a bottom center tooth.
- Speaking of pictures, I updated our family website today. Send me a comment if you want the link.
- OK, it's way too late for me to be at the computer. More blogging soon. :)
and crawling, who can know. i think every baby is different!!!
mmmm panko, i love that stuff.
Crawling - I guess I should consider it a blessing that I don't wonder where she's gotten off to or into.
Panko - it was SO good. Aaron was so happy with my cooking. I felt like I actually might be able to do this housewife thing. Of course, now my laundry is wondering where I went to. :)
I think it's great you hired someone so you can have a day to work. I did it 2 mornings a week last year and loved it. I wish they had preschool for infants! :)
They do have preschool for infants. It's called daycare. :( I don't want to send Ellie to daycare until she is a toddler at least. It's not the germs. It's the guilt.