I cannot remember when time spent sitting at the computer to blog has become akin to a massage and pedicure at a high end spa, but I guess it must have been around the time I had a baby on top of the toddler to look after, and probably somewhere in the neighbourhood of when our TV fell down from a great big height on top of MrH and broke (the TV, not MrH, he is thankfully ok).
I am a happy happy clam. Next week I am going back to work, part time in the afternoons, and I doubt that I will be as happy then as I am now, but, staying in the moment, for now all is well. Winter has come for real here, but the cold is still not too bad. -6C this morning (21 F), and I went for a run that lasted well over one hour, because some of it was slippery and I had to walk. I got a pair of shoes with spikes, but they have not arrived yet, and so far I might as well be skating on portions of the forested path.
I am finding that in winter my energy level is not as high. Waking up at 5:30 am to go swimming, or at 6 am for a run, is quite the chore. Once I am done, however, my body feels better, more alive and full of energy, until about noon when the BIG SLEEPY hits me. We used to nap, all three of us, but I am going back to work in the afternoons, so I won't be able to anymore, and Emma has outgrown the need to nap, so she hangs out with me while baby is sleeping. As a consequence, we now put the kids to sleep at 8 pm and have a whole 1-2 hours to ourselves (!!!!). This is such a change, that I felt in a state of shock the first couple of evenings that it happened. I cannot describe how much my kids have become part of my right hip, to such and extent that I am never without them, except for the morning exercise, when they are with MrH. Now, to have them sleep soundly without us in bed while we can cuddle and talk, it feels like an unexpected gift. I am slowly getting my husband back! Yay! ('cause I like him ;). Also, as a bonus, I now have time to practice piano, so I have started taking lessons again, and I will have some more time to blog I guess, so I probably will start to post more regularly and to update the background, etc.
Halloween has been a great big party from morning until night. I have allowed Emma to have enough candy until she did not want anymore (that wasn't even a lot), so that she can share with the kids coming trick or treating. Here are some cute costume pictures:
Emma as a lion in the evening (a nice costume for layering lots of clothes underneath to keep her warm. I much prefer this type to the Elsa dresses that made other girls freeze out there).
Oops, this is about half of the amount of candy that I ate. Double this and you get the idea...and add a few cookies too...
This is little man dressed in the cutest costume ever. I wish I had the tripod installed to be able to take a good picture of him (he was in my arms the whole time, as this costume made it hard for him to sit). I at least wish I had bothered to take out the proper camera instead of the iPhone. But I cannot complain, the iPhone has provided me with many opportunities to take pictures where before I would not have, at all...
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