Showering

I think one of the most notable accomplishments in the life of a mother of young children is....drum roll please...taking a shower! I know you thought I would say raising good kids, keeping her house clean, making gourmet meals, etc., but it really is being showered that takes the cake for the accomplishment of the day.



Don't you think?

This last week I took a shower 6 out of 7 days.

Let me recount:

Day 1: Woke up, went on a run, did some chores, showered while L was watching a show and E was taking a nap.

Day 2: Tried to take what I call a "body shower" where I don't wash my hair for lack of time afterward to style it. Maybe gross, but it is survival. During my "body shower" E came knocking on the shower door and opened it and started to come in, drenching herself in the process.

Day 3: Showered before noon. Yahoo! Did hair while my girls looked through my jewels and strewed them about the floor. Woke up in the morning with an earring stuck on my leg.

Day 4: Showered before 3pm. During E's afternoon nap while L was, yes, watching another movie. Even got time to blow dry and straighten my hair. Yea!

Day 5: Showered before dinner. With my girls making several visits to the bathroom, but not attempting to get wet themselves. Good enough.

Day 6: No shower. It just didn't happen. Several times I made the attempt but was thwarted by a messy diaper, a potty accident, making a meal, getting a snack, a phone call, etc. You get the picture. By the time I'd made and cleaned up dinner it was just not worth it anymore.

Day 7: Woke up at 6:00 am and showered in peace while the rest of my family slept on.

How do you get a shower in during your day?

Regift

So many months ago I won the "momAgenda," a daily planner for busy moms to manage their and their kids schedules. But I have never used it, as I don't really have kids with strict daily schedules and I feel bad just letting it go to waste. So do I have any takers?

It goes through the end of the year (2009) and has space to plan out your schedule along with up to 4 kids schedules. If you live by me I can drop it off and if not I will mail it out to you. First come, first serve.

Teeny Ballerina

Last Saturday Lauren started a ballet class at the community center with her friend Daniela. And how did it go, you may ask?

She LOVED it!

We have never seen her pay such rapt attention, see her face beam so brightly, and watch her smile come so freely as when she was dancing like a ballerina.

The class is once a week for the next 7 Saturdays and she can hardly wait for more.

*A side note: the only dance/ballet class I ever took in my life was not such a positive experience. I was probably 7 or 8 and took the class with my little sister at our high school from a lady who seemed to be 80. She was not very patient/nice/fun and I remember her curtly correcting me many a time for not holding a position to her liking. I don't know if it was my extreme inflexibility, lack of balance, or general clumsiness that didn't win her over, but needless to say I never danced again.

La biblioteca

I love the library. Our city has a fabulous library system that offers a ton of user benefits:

-30 item checkout per person
-free movie rentals for a week
-links to many research databases online and on the library computers
-wonderful, and also free, story times offered twice a week for kids
-a reservation system where they'll transfer the book you need to your local branch within just a few days
-a great books on CD collection
-coloring, beanbags, and stimulating toys for the kiddos to play with
-a ton of current and magazine subscriptions available to peruse
-a newly discovered "friends of the library" spot where you can buy books, magazines, and DVD's for no more than $1.00

And the best part, our local branch is exactly .3 miles away.

2009

It has been a while since my last post. Sorry. We were on vacation having a WONDERFUL time with our families. It was great to be away, to celebrate the holidays with the people we love, and to have a break from childcare, cooking, and cleaning. Thanks to my Mom who cooked and cleaned us, made Christmas wonderful, and provided excellent accommodations, to both padres for unlimited babysitting for free, and J's parents for childcare and food and a fun New Year's celebration. With such a great start, 2009 is on a roll.