September Madness

For me, September is the month of madness. The rush to get ready for school, coupled with finishing last minute projects and preparing the house for the coming rainy season and getting used to a new schedule makes for lots of running around. No longer can I just wait for tomorrow morning to get milk - in fact, I may not even be able to make it to the store tomorrow!

It's been a pretty rainy September. On the few sunny days we've had, I've tried to take advantage and get the kids out of the house. Soon we will be trapped inside for months... the rain here is never ending during the winter months. This also means, however, that I haven't been able to mow the lawn. The whole sunny day, coinciding with nap times (where kids actually sleep!) thing has been a hard juggle. I'm seriously thinking about hiring a company to do it, because otherwise it will be a jungle by the time spring comes around.

I have somehow found the time to make a fall wreath for the door (photos later, maybe), purchased Lala's Halloween costume, keep up most of the paperwork for my job, take the kids to their sports classes and still cook meals! We've only dipped into the emergency stash of beef-a-roni three times! That's a record for me on the cooking front - last night I made mashed potatoes and baked tuna, with organic carrots from the farmer's market.

Things that have fallen by the wayside - this blog, moving photos from camera to computer and actually taking photos with a camera, (several phone, but it's a really crappy camera), finishing the bathroom, finishing painting everything else, keeping the toys organized, laundry, eating a healthy breakfast or lunch for me, etc. Eventually, it will fall back into place, I'm sure. Until then, I'll just be doing the morning search for clean socks and taking the cuddler to school without shoes. (ah... two year stubbornness... how soon you turn into three year old insanity)

Finally, I've heard that things are moving on the Adoption front, but nothing so far has been officially received to let me know what's going on. I really wasn't expecting anything until October anyhow, as the "adoption support" paperwork takes 6 to 8 weeks to process and was only sent the first week of October. Maybe someone is trying to push it through before the state implements more budget cuts.

Walk Like a Gymnast

Lala had her first gymnastics class this evening. She was pretty cautious at first, especially since I had to take the cuddler to the play area while she was in the class. Momma out of sight with new people is not usually cool. She handled it pretty well. By the end of the class she knew how to “walk like a gymnast”, do a “ta-da” and hang from the uneven bars.

By the time the first 15 minutes had passed she was skipping and jumping around. She’s probably the youngest in the class and this is the first solo class that she’s done, so there was a bit of corraling going on by the teachers. She jumped the queue several times to get to the forward roll station and uneven bars, and attempted to bypass the tunnel crawl every single time. She knows her mind.

She asked to go again tomorrow.

Busy/Growth Spurt

It’s been a little crazy around here – school started, we had family and guest visiting and it was a local holiday! It feels like them minute I get up in the morning, I’m running and by the time the kids are in bed, I just collapse. It’s probably a mixture of getting used to a new schedule, kids who are fully into the toddler-active years and a very busy work schedule.

I’m also having to add more runs to the grocery store to this schedule. The cuddler must be hitting another growth spurt because he is going through milk like crazy and eating all of his dinner, plus multiple snacks. I guess that will mean more clothes shopping too! The other day I spent a shocking amount at Costco to stock up before school started, and the cuddler has already decimated the raisin and craisin supply – I’m beginning to be scared for the teenage years. We may have to move to the country and get a cow.

School Starts

tomorrow! I expect that I will be posting little (or rather short posts) during this first month. Getting into a new schedule always takes a bit and this year I’ll be teaching a new (to me) class as well having a new principal, with lots of new directives. I’m already exhausted.

I finally met with my lawyer last week to finally go over the finalization. They are now saying finalization in November (but no new fingerprints… not sure I believe it). I’m just hoping that it will be done before 2011, as I had not planned on renewing my foster license.