Evelyn's pretty funny these days. It's like overnight about a week ago, the switch flipped and she woke up asking WHY. All. the. time. It gets really existential really quickly when a kid asks why, and I think of this Louis C.K. clip every time.
Lately, immediately after she sneezes, she says, "Bless you. That was my fault." Every time. I have no idea where that came from, but it cracks us up.
It's also been really fun to see the kidlets genuinely enjoying each other. Evelyn asks to play with Gideon after he goes to sleep in the evenings, and they keep each other entertained for long stretches of time without too much destruction or life endangerment. The house is, of course, usually hovering around an 8 on the 1-10 scale (with 10 being complete wreck) but such is life with a one year old and a two year old and two full-time jobs thrown in for good measure.
*************** Update: 30 While 30 ***************
I thought I'd keep you all updated on the 30 While 30 progress approximately once a month, so you can virtually tsk me if I don't meet my goals and virtually cheer when I do :) So here's the current update:
- Earn my mom of the year badge by hosting an elaborate birthday party for the kiddos
- In progress: Party is on 3/17. I spend the evenings after the kids are in bed bringing my Pinterest pins to life...
- Get published again
- In progress... in the very early manuscript stages. Might not happen in 2013 just because of how long it takes to get published, but I'll give it a go at submission.
- Lose 30 lbs.
- 9 down, 21 to go! Turns out that losing weight is really quite simple. Not easy, but simple. Calories in must not exceed calories out.
- Get some pants tailored to fit right
- Successfully bake yeast bread from scratch
- Dress up for Halloween
- Write and mail a hand-written note to someone at least once a month
- Grrr, I already missed February! I'm really awful at mailing things. I'll aim for 2 letters this month.
- Pull an awesome prank
- Complete my first triathlon (this one)
- Watch a sunrise
- Spend a weekend away with just Jonathan
- Donate blood
- Paint a picture
- Go 30 days without buying anything new (except for food)
- Participate in a research study
- In progress - should be finished sometime this month
- Do something big and spontaneous
- Swim in the sea
- In progress: Headed to OBX for a week with a few other families in June and I cannot wait.
- Visit that church I've wanted to visit forever
- Organize the garage and purge stuff in the garage, closets, and attic (take to Goodwill)
- In progress: We did an initial clean-up but there's still room for improvement in the organization department
- Join and complete my goals with the Durham County Library summer reading program
- Get a mani/pedi with a friend
- Sleep for 8 uninterrupted hours, at least once
- Take my first ride in a hot air balloon
- Install flooring
- Send someone homemade cookies
- Learn to do simple makeup
- Climb a mountain
- Go to a live play
- Go to Durham Bulls game
- Take a vacation day, go somewhere awesome, and do something awesome, all by myself
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