Worn Out

Ok....so it is mid-January, and I am just getting around to my first blog post in 2012. There are a few reasons for my recent hiatus:

• To say the holidays wore me out is an understatement.
• Colin broke my laptop screen (yes, I still love him), so we have my laptop plugged into our desktop monitor in our office. Our office is upstairs, so it is more difficult to carve out time to blog in the office.
• Ella broke my point and shoot camera (yes, I still love her), so I have to rely on my camera phone more. This means I  have to email each picture I want to use, download it (when I get around to the computer), and then post it. Must buy new camera immediately!
• I have been working on getting Colin down to one nap a day. He has done great with this all week!! I am so glad that this opens up our mornings, but now the kids nap at different times.....so no "Mommy-break-time" for the time being. I am pretty sure I will be able to get them down at the same time pretty soon....it will just take some adjusting to our schedule.
• I have been researching and touring preschool after preschool after preschool!! Ella will start PreK next fall, and January is the time of year that all of the preschools do their tours and information sessions. We have seen some great schools and are narrowing down our choices (more on that later).

So there you have it; though I know I shouldn't give excuses. My blog is how I document my kids' lives (I print them into books for our keepsakes), and I definitely need to get things back on track. That being said....we need to rewind to the beginning of the month. After new years, I dreaded taking all of the Christmas decorations down. I wasn't quite sure how to fit that in with keeping the kids entertained. Since it had been cold, I decided to make an indoor obstacle course for the kids. I wanted to wear them out so they would take a nap at the same time (which would allow me some un-decorating time). This worked like a charm! The kids had fun staying in pajamas, watching movies, and climbing, jumping, and running.

Ella is already starting to get tired....