All Over the Place

 I haven't really felt like I have anything noteworthy to blog about for a while. But I do think that writing about even the mundane is important. January has just been a long month. It usually is, but this one has really thrown me off. I feel like I've had a million things up in the air waiting to drop, and I'm just trying my best to juggle it all. Paul has been sort of restless at work too, which I guess doesn't help.
But we've been motivating each other, and getting projects done. We finally painted our half-finished hallway, which has been in that sad state for...two years. Kind of pathetic, but it felt SO good to finally check that of our list. We also got started on building the bookshelves that will go along one of the walls in our bedroom. I'm so excited to get our bedroom in a more finished place. In reality, it functions as our family room, a.k.a. dumping ground. Since there's no way around that, at least in this current house we're living in, I'm trying to find solutions to make it at least a pretty and restful family room. :) We'll see if that can be achieved.

Preschool this month has been going. We did stuff when we felt up to it, and didn't when we weren't. Peter and Nora wrote this book together one day. I typed, they narrated and illustrated (let's just ignore the state of Nora's hair, ok?).

 Peter was really proud of his finished book and already has plans for volume 2. It was a great project.

 Peter continues to love swimming and gymnastics. He has moved up to the higher classes, separate from Nora, but they still go at the same time. He would prefer to just do swimming, but he's a good sport about going to both.

 Nora is really gaining a lot of confidence and focus from her swimming and gymnastics classes. Her teachers have noticed her increased ability to listen and follow directions, and it's been fun to watch.

 The weather has been crazy volatile. We've had mostly cold days with a few really mild ones sprinkled in. We've used up all our snow days (including the spring one) so from here on out, we'll be making up days in the summer. Benjamin was home for Martin Luther King day, then he had the next day after that off for snow. We did a little school work all together while Benjamin was home with us, and it was surprisingly easy. Part of the day was spent determining the differences between each of their eyes...can you guess who's who?

 I love how they're all blue, but the color and shade varies slightly between each of them.

We also happened to see Sid the Science Kid while at the Magic House this week. That was a fun exhibit, and we'll definitely be going back soon.
It's been a good month. We do have fun things to look back on and great things that we've accomplished. I guess it's sometimes harder to see that until you write it down.