Blogging in the mornings has become impossible because of daylight savings, and therefore I haven't done it all week. BUT, I think we're getting into more of a normal rhythm now because for the first time in a while, I'm up before the kids!
I also think we've found a resort that we want to go to in February. My brother and his wife went to this resort for their honeymoon and vowed never to go anywhere else because this place was so amazing. When they went back for their fifth anniversary, it was equally amazing. It's really expensive (in my opinion) BUT, then I realized that it was expensive in Canadian dollars, and that literally for us it's a thousand dollars cheaper! Which makes it totally within my mental budget. Sooooo, I'm incredibly stoked.
It's so ridiculous that literally all I've been doing with my free time is trying to find an awesome place at a good price and it suddenly dawned on me yesterday to ask Jesse about the awesome place he went. And then there's our decision. Haha. I could read tripadvisor reviews until my eyes pop out, but one family recommendation (especially one from the least easily pleased person in my family) and I'm there. Book 'em, Dan-o.
Everything this week has felt surreal and bizarre. Monday felt like Christmas eve. I could not stop thinking about Tuesday. (Election day, duh.) It was the longest day in the history of days.
Then, Tuesday. Well, everyone knows what happened Tuesday. I really wish I were more surprised. And I really think that if Hillary had a penis, she would have won. BUT, that's show biz. Unbelievable.
I listened to an NPR segment about some dude (can't remember his name) who's a journalist and a democrat. And also who hates Trump. He dedicated 3 years of his life during the campaign to flying all over America to different Trump rallies in all the states and interviewing people. He apparently has a tiny, junky plane that he piloted with his wife by his side for the whole adventure. Anyway - the hour long segment was about the new perspective that he gained (naturally) on middle America and why people there (and no, not just dumb people) believed in and supported Trump. I wish I could remember the name of the dude so that you could listen to the segment. Or that I could re-listen because I was listening as I was driving, and got out of the car for 20 minutes in the middle cuz I had to go to Costco. But, it was interesting.
Obviously, people here in California (one of the NON Trump states, of which there were few) are somber. We're talking, really upset. It feels like there's been a death and I don't know how long this lingering feeling will last. But, it's eerie.
Eeeeyuck. Just thinking about the implications it's already had on justifying hateful acts toward different races makes me physically sick. I think I need to stop writing about this.
***IN OTHER NEWS***
Let me see if there's any 'in other news'.
Ummmmmmm. Oh, gee. I don't know.
OH, okay.
We've been going to the Y again for the past 2 weeks since I've been feeling better and I'm so happy to be back there! Their kids classes are so great and I love taking the kids to 123 Grow. It's one hour. Half an hour of play time on tiny slides, teeter totters, tunnels, etc. 15 minutes of circle time where we sing songs with actions, then stretches and more singing standing up, then the 'Merry-go-round' song where you walk around in a circle, then prance, then run, and swing your kid around and they laugh like maniacs and it's SO cute, then obstacle course (2 small balance beams), then sticker, then parachute and 8 more songs, then the kids sit on a mat while soft music plays and watch bubbles come out of a bubble machine. Then they get their arm (or, by most toddlers request, their tummy) stamped and class is over. It's the cutest. I love it SO much and it's SUCH a good, fun bonding activity.
I like to take just Frankie to that class and leave Joey in the kids club because it's more meant for her age, but Joey really likes to come there with us still and he's so well behaved now (if you asked me when he had just turned three, I would say NO WAY) that I let him come with us most times. It's just nice for me to get that alone time with Frankie that I almost never get.
On Mondays and Wednesdays, 123 Grow and Next Step don't overlap, so I take the kids both to Next Step, too. Next Step is the class for Joey's age group and it's an hour long mini 'preschool'. There's free play table activities at the beginning (toys/puzzles/coloring/craft) and then circle time for the last half hour where the kids introduce themselves and say their favorite something, singing, a lesson and a story. Then the teacher talks about a letter and the kids get worksheets to practice writing that letter. Just in the past 2 weeks, Joey has loved circle time and even participates in the singing and actions. I'm so excited about it. Frankie and I just sit there while I stuff her face with snacks. She loves watching all the big kids and sitting near Joey.
Fridays is 'Ready, Set, Read' instead of Next Step, which is really similar to next step, except more singing, they don't learn about a letter, and there's a way cooler craft. That's where we'll go today.
OH, and before I take the kids to those classes, I've been dropping them off in kids club for 45 minutes while I go play basketball. It's been so fun to play basketball again. Oh my goodness. I forgot how much I loved it! And it's always open gym in the morning and the gym is always empty and it's amazing. I just practice lay-ups, 3 pointers, free throws, and blah blah blah. It's a good workout and I find myself running almost the whole time. My calves are actually sore this morning. How sad is that? I guess if you're not playing basketball, when the heck do you find yourself doing that much jumping? I'm gonna tell myself that's what it is and not the fact that I'm out of shape from doing nothing for almost three months while I was sick with this baby. :P
One super crazy pregnancy thing that happens to me from doing exercise though is that my groin hurts SO BAD for hour after I'm done. Like, it's hard to walk! Your joints get super loose when you're pregnant, sooo it makes sense that it would hurt, but I definitely don't remember this from my other pregnancies.
After doing that and taking the kids to their classes, we always sit outside with friends/acquaintances and eat our lunch at picnic tables while Joey scooters around and comes for bites after every few laps.
It's so much fun and such a nice routine and I love it and the kids love it, so horray!
The End!
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