Oh, goodness. Could it really have been three months since my last post? Wow.
The husband and I regularly congratulate ourselves on our beautiful children. I am falling harder and harder for this boy. Even though he seems to have given up on sleeping through the night (he did it for about two months, and then stopped. What's up with that?), I just really really dig living with an almost-eight-month-old. So freaking funny.
Talk to me next week when he's crawling and getting into everything to see if I still feel that way, but I spend a portion of every day swooning over his adorableness.
And the girl! She's just so - TWO. And it's great, how funny and fun a two-year-old can be. She sings songs, tells jokes, and has started with the imagination explosion and I'm digging it. So far this summer I've managed to have one day each week devoted to just Mama-Lucinda time. It's been fabulous - we go to story time at the library, maybe have lunch with Daddy, go home and take a nap, and maybe hit the grocery store or splash pad in there before we pick the boy up from school.
The past six summer weeks have been amazing and make me feel good about being a teacher - all of the stress of budget cuts and job changes over the spring had really gotten me to question the whole career change thing. But this time, this rhythm of staying home over the summer - it really seems like the best of both worlds right now. I am starting to get excited about the school year and teaching fourth grade (next month! ACK!). Scared about being full time, but I think we can make the adjustment. Though I will really miss lazy summer days with a baby and toddler. I should really be cherishing this summer, shouldn't I?
Anyway - things are good, even though I'm not getting as much sleep as I need, and the baby won't eat solids, and I wonder about my milk supply, and I think I use a harsh tone with the toddler more often than I would like, and I could stand to lose this 15 pounds, and and and. Mostly I need to remember that things are really good.
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cherish! cherish! i would almost consider becoming a teacher just for the summers off, if i wasn't so sure i would hate teaching and be horrible at it.
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