The Madness of Daily Life

Get up 6:20.  Shower. Get dressed.  Out the door by 7am.  Drive to school.  Get to Key Club or student meeting.  Make protein shake.  Teach.  Walk out of school at 3:30.  At school by 4pm. Pick up kids.  Run home while they snack from one of 5 snacks stored in the car.  Run to store while they sit with nanny.  Make dinner.  Yan walks in at 6pm.  Eat.  Bath for Noah at 6:30, Lilah at 7:00.  Both kids asleep by 8.  Collapse on couch.  Watch one thing.  In bed by 9:30.  Rinse.  Repeat.

I have to say that regardless of the routine and the repetition, this is pretty good.  The home stuff allows me to not get caught up in the work.  The work allows me to not get caught up in the kids and obsess over details.  I like it. The kids are particularly delicious.

Lilah is figuring out the big sister thing.  She plays with Noah, she likes being his center.  He loves her and follows her around and repeats everything she says.  He's talking SO much.  He speaks Russian at home and daycare says he speaks English pretty well although I have yet to hear that aside from "all done."

His favorite word is апельсин. He says it nonstop and also loves oranges... so that helps.  He loves all meat and pretty much any sauce or spice.  The kid loves flavor.

 Lilah loves Disney cartoons, books, and building on her own.  She loves to space out and doesn't always hear what I say to her when I say things to her.   She's intense and fierce and spirited.  She's drop dead gorgeous.  We just got her first haircut with layers and we got mommy-daughter blow-outs.  The kid is a spitfire.   I'm super glad about that.  She won't put up with anything in her future and I'm so glad to know that my female will look out for herself.  That's important.

 All in all, this year has flown by.  Lilah is turning 4 next week.  The next weekend we're flying to Tahoe to meet Mikey and Yassi in Tahoe with some friends.  Looking forward to the slow down and relaxation with my people for some time.  That's the good stuff.

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