better late than never

ok, so i'm really late on this posting...

what can i tell you? here are some highlights of the last month.

since i last posted to the blog, i ran my first peer review committee for research in Health Systems Improvement and then started a new job.

the kids started playing soccer on weekends. that was kind of a challenge, so i invited Amanda to get some help... so she came along with us on the second weekend. after which we promptly quit.

Amanda has (sort of) started back to the gym. i think she's going once a week. it is a struggle for her to find the time. i mean, i teach yoga almost every morning at 6 am and then i teach another two nights a week. that leaves amanda with 3 evenings and the weekends to try and schedule her massage, chiropractics and anything else she needs to do outside the house... it may sound do-able, but trust me, it's tough. we are trying to do a yoga class on the weekends together, whenever we can schedule a sitter... but that isn't too regular an occurrance either.

Maya has started Daycare. she loves it! although, she spends most of the time quietly observing everything there. but once she's at home, she loves talking about her school. i honestly can't wait to start her in more extra curricular activities. i think tap dancing would be a good start. Her Uncle Steve took her to see Happy Feet and ever since she's been doing her soft shoe routine in front of the mirror. talk about cute. she also got a toy electric guitar for an early b-day present. does she ever wail on that guitar!!! she sings REALLY loud and dances as she's strumming along... she can really put on a show. it's actually really funny when she gets into it.

And Ethan has found a new obsession (finally slowing down on the whole cars thing)... he's now into Star Wars. you don't know how nice it is to have 6 movies cycling through over and over again rather then the same one all the time... he's started to bring home homework and we've been able to have fun with it... well sort of. he's pretty good, but he can be stubborn too, when he doesn't want to do it. i can't imagine where he gets that from ;-) he's still mostly interested in fine motor skill development. he loves practicing his writing and drawing. he even plays school with mommy in order to get better at listening and following instructions...

dharma's pretty cool. he's already parroting some sounds. he likes to try to repeat "hello" and "hi". (it's actually eary to hear him sometimes... he really sounds like our old tonkaneese cat when he gets going). his neck and back muscles are pretty strong and he holds his weight pretty well. we just got him an exersaucer, he's pretty good with that too.

our nights continue to be a bit of a challenge. dharma is feeding about 2 to 3 times a night. ethan's still climbing in with us, too, normally around 3 or 4 am. and since i teach yoga at 6am most mornings, which means i get up at around 5 am. you can imagine that our nights are pretty short. luckily for Amanda, she can stay in bed until 8.30 or 9 am, most mornings... she wants me to say some mornings...

anyhoo, i gotta go... amanda needs some help putting the kids down for bed.

until next time, here are some pictures! most of which are from christmas. but with Maya's birthday tomorrow, i'm sure i'll have some new pictures to share with you soon...i will try to give you all some more updates this weekend. there's always tonnes to tell, as i'm sure you can also imagine... i'm just struggling to find the time... i'm sure you understand. :-)

peace and love,

todd