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Wow! I cannot believe that it has been like five days since I have blogged! Oops! Sorry.

I have previously stated that this summer has been busy. I really feel like life is consuming me. The children are happy and growing, J & I are exploring our city and settling in, we are making friends and are totally content. I am not sure if I have ever felt this content in life. Hikes in the woods, days spent at a lake, library outings, life is bliss.

I have been training my butt off (literally I hope). I now swim three times a week and run three times a week, with one day of rest. I was not allowing enough time between runs and I was slowing down. So the swimming if upper body (mostly) giving my running muscles a chance to build. I had to get new shoes (again *sigh*). The first pair I bought ended up all wrong for me and my ankle is burning in displeasure. I went to a running store this time and was fitted with the right shoe. Oh My Goodness. It totally makes a huge difference.

Yesterday we cruised downtown and watched the Annual Gay Pride Parade. The children had a great  time watching the floats, listening to the music and being spoiled by the participants. We came home with flowers, badges, Frisbee’s, candy, water bottles and a ton of condoms (even though it was noted that it may be too late for us!) It was a fun celebration to be part of and very important to J & I, to teach our children acceptance of diversity.

Afterward, we headed to dinner with friends. We have FRIENDS! Love it. It was the first time pairing the men in our lives, and it was nice to see them get along as well. It was a great meal, with wonderful company. We are looking forward to having their family over dinner soon!

Today we are all vegging out (I went for my run early so I can bask in laziness), later we will bbq. I am in awe that I am now one of those annoying happy people. It is wonderful.

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I NEED to know.

DO you dye your hair?

Are there environmentally friendly products out there?

HELP.

See the thing is, I always thought to myself, “Self, you will age gracefully, gray naturally and love yourself”.

Somehow, Self thought that at 32 I should be graying. Like a lot. See if you ask anyone else, they say it is not a lot of gray.

They are wrong.

There is a TON of gray. I am starting to feel dull. I do not want to feel dull. I want to feel VIBRANT.Oh and umm I do not want to age YET. Like later, when I am old. I am not old. I am at my prime baby! While pregnant I chose not to dye my hair, now I need a change … a dark chocolate brown I think, maybe? What do you think?

So please tell me sweet internets … do you dye? Do you let someone else dye (I am cheap so chances are not for me)? Can we dye and not devestate the planet?

Not only was I totally cranky this weekend, it was a busy weekend that wiped out the kids, making them cranky too. I so hate it when we do not mesh well together. It was almost all me too. I was off, so there was more whining, more crying, more being at odds.

I think I was burnt out. Last week was truly crazy busy, more so than I can handle I guess. Friday was suppose to be the relax, veg out, catch up day however we went to see the doctor instead.

I need to be ok at being still. Just because Ethan excels outside does not mean I cannot find ways to creatively stimulate him indoors. It has been easy to have him tag along, but he is becoming his own person, deserving that one to one activity time. It is very challenging living in an apartment with children. I like challenges. I just need to think creatively.

The children share their room, leaving an extra room we use as a playroom (it is not a traditional room, it is a “den” off the dining room). Eventually, Ethan will need to move up to a bed from his crib. We had great success with Becca, making that transition early, when she was about 16 months she started to sleep on her bed for naps then she made the decision to sleep in a bed from 17 months on. I was talking with another mom, stating how we liked to go through these milestones a little earlier than most, she too liked to move her kids to beds early.

Exploring

So I was inspired. J & I had decided that we wanted to get Becca a loft bed to save room. I started looking at used bunk beds and lofts, but everyone seemed to want a lot of money for used beds. I did not actually intend on purchasing a new loft bed, but there was a sale and my dear sweet problem solver of a husband just wanted to take of it.

Becca loves her loft bed. Sleeping in a “Tree house” is totally cool. What I did not expect is the pure envy that Ethan has. He so desires to be just like Becca. Being three years younger he is constantly frustrated. Top that with two molars breaking through his itty bitty gums and he is beside himself with frustrations and crankiness.

We were all hanging out in their room reading stories and playing when at 10 am Ethan nursed then fell fast asleep, on the BIG BED. I figured since he does not normally nap in the morning, I would let him be and he would wake early, still needing an afternoon nap.

Ethan slept for over three hours.

In a big bed.

With the door open.

My kids are so cool.

I do not expect Ethan to make the full transition to a big bed anytime soon. Yet there is so much joy in knowing he is up for a challenge, capable of handling change.