Our Life

We’ve been working hard, over here in this house.  Our kitchen is nearly completed and that’s kept us quite busy.  I’ll update the other blog as soon as I get a moment.  Which, in all honesty, may be a while.  I’m lucky that I’m able to sit here, with a cup of hot coffee next to me – made by my new barista Jonathan – and type this out.  We’ll see how far I get.

Jonathan, as mentioned above, has taken to making D and I coffee in the mornings.  And the afternoons.  And evenings.  We’re working on the timing of said coffee.  But since our beloved Keurig is currently housed on an end table in our living room, which is actually quite convenient, it’s more accessible to the kids.  And it’s not a huge undertaking to pop a k-cup in in it, put a coffee cup underneath, and push the button.  A child can do it.  (har har har)

In one morning alone, I had 3 cups of coffee brought to me.  And while I love coffee, I simply cannot drink that much in a sitting.

J has even taught B to do it.  Imagine how much coffee is made now during a 40 minute period.  Enough that the thing runs out of water.   And we leave it like that, thankful for the reprieve.

As you all know, Jonathan has been doing basketball this winter.  He’s okay at it.  He’s the smallest one out there, and the  youngest.  And it shows.  Which is not a bad thing!  He’s just little for it.  Which means that next season, he should be ready having already done it for a season.  But he didn’t really have a ton of interest in it.  He warmed up to football towards the end of the season, so I knew it could/would happen.  In order to move it along a bit, we’ve been attending the high school varsity baseketball games where the boys will go to school.

At first, the thought of going to basketball games wasn’t the most appealing to me.  If you know me, you know I don’t care for sports.  Well.  Let me amend that.  I don’t care for sports on TV.  But live?  Yes please.  In fact, the last game we went to went into overtime and it was awesome.  We won, btw.  Broadneck Bruins.  Woot!

And, in the sports mode, I’ve signed Jonathan up for Tee Ball in the spring.  Now I know I love baseball!  I can enjoy a good Baysox game immensely.  Orioles?  No thanks.   Here’s the thing with professional baseball:  They’re all REALLY GOOD.  Which means they walk a lot.  Hardly a pop fly or a home run. Boring boring.  Baysox (minor league)?  Awesomeness.  I just wish they had good beer there too.

So, I need to buy Jonathan a tee ball helmet (dang these activities are expensive!!) and I guess baseball shoes.  Sometimes I wish I could bind his feet so he can wear the shoes over again.  Now I’ll just be lucky if B can wear J’s football cleats in two years.  And I’m not sure that’ll happen because B has slightly bigger feet at the same age.

In other fitness related news:  We joined a gym.

I’d looked at this gym a year or more ago, but it was so far away and I couldn’t justify the cost.  I primarily run outside and when I can’t do that, I have a treadmill.  And I’d done Pilates for so long, I really didn’t need an instructor, just a handful of  YouTube videos and I’m set.

But my treadmill is currently in the garage, in pieces, with no near intention of it being assembled because there’s actually no where for it to go.  And doing Pilates on a mat in the living room with my iPad generally now results in two little boys bugging me for MY iPad, wondering what I’m doing on the floor, crawling all over me, asking me if I’m done yet, making each other cry, breaking something, or just standing in the kitchen whining about treat/vitamins/food.

So.  We joined a gym.  D can now do his non-powerlifting things there, which he hadn’t done in a while, and I can run on the treadmill or take a Pilates or Spin class (LOVE Spin classes) and know that the kids are just fine and having a good time.

Yesterday we went as a family, signed up, and I ran on the ‘mill.  D lifted.  The kids played in the Kids Club.  And, when we dropped them off, two of their friends were already there, so they got to play with their friends!  Then we all put on our swimsuits and went for a swim in the heated pool.  The pool could have been a little more heated but considering it’s 30* outside, it was more than acceptable.  The kids had a great time!  They can’t wait to go back to the pool and I can’t wait to go back to the gym.

In fact, I wish I could go today but today is a rest day for me.  Maybe I could go get a massage….Hmmmm…

As for the rest of our lives?  J and B are enjoying school (it just now occurred to me, as I typed that, that I should look into enrolling J in Kindergarten next year), and the house is coming along nicely and we’re working on getting settled in.

We’re enjoying all of our Christmas gifts.  J and B love the clothes the grandparents gave them and I thank you especially for them.  They grow so fast, it’s hard to keep them in anything!  And, grandparents, we’d really love a visit!  Please come and see us!

Love,

S.