Crumbs

Today marks the third week of my new workout schedule.

The one where I get up at 5 A.M. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

Don't they say that if you do something for 2 weeks it becomes a new habit?

I don't think getting up early is ever going to be fun, but I guess it's getting easier. 

The hardest part is the evening because I can barely keep my eyes open past 9.

On the positive side, I am feeling quite fit and good.

And in other news, Ruby is no longer sleeping through the night.

She wakes up between midnight and 2 and walks into our room wanting to sleep in our bed.

I'm not against co-sleeping from a philosophical standpoint, but for our family it doesn't work.

Last night we had a big talk about both girls staying in bed until it's morning (both girls have been waking up a 5 lately, we think they might have been hearing the garage door open as I leave for the gym, so now we're parking the car outside and I'm sneaking out of the house all ninja-like while I'm half asleep).

Something woke me up around 2 or 3 and I look over, and Ruby is sleeping on the little couch in our room.

And then at 4:40 she made her way to our bed, wanting in, and I nudged Aleks to take care of it because I wanted every last bit of that 20 minutes before my alarm went off.

We're a bit exhausted these days.

I think I'm starting to unravel...

Thank goodness she's cute.

Also, look at Aleks with his mini me.

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The past couple of weeks have presented several new and exciting possibilities for me professionally.

I hate to be vague, but I'm still sorting it all out in my head.

As I get older, I'm finding myself less willing to say yes to everything. 

Part of it is that my time is a limited resource and extremely valuable. And another part is that I have a better idea of what doing a good job entails, and I've really got to believe in what I'm doing if I'm going to invest time and energy.

But, alongside that hesitancy is excitement and anticipation for the good things ahead.

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Maia's teacher takes pictures of the kids throughout the week and then uploads them onto a website for the parents to check whenever they want.

I took a look at them for the first time yesterday and was so glad I got a peak into her school day.

Here are a few of my favorites:

(I tried to enlarge them, but the quality got really bad)

These girls are best friends

Dad's Day

Maia's class

I'm sure they're playing Lion King here. It's Maia's FAVORITE game.

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And this.
Because it is ridiculously cute and makes me happy and is full of love and being in the moment and enjoy!