This warrants a separate entry. I went bathing suit shopping this weekend: OH, THE HORROR. They do not make bathing suits for the 30-year-old woman who has had children. The suits were either scary-skimpy or had horizontal stripes– ALL of them, I swear. Okay, maybe not ALL. I found a suit in black that I’m not entirely happy with, but eh, it will do for now. At least it doesn’t show all of my stretch marks at once. =)

Oh, what a weekend it was. It’s Tuesday, and I’m still recovering.

Tomorrow the boys and I pack our bags… because Thursday morning we’re going to Santa Fe for almost two weeks. Finally! I haven’t seen my parents in over six months. Too, too long– especially when my boys change and grow so quickly. We saw Rachel last month, but it still seems like too much time has passed. I miss my family so much.

Max has his backpack packed up with toys already… and he’s convinced that spending all day in the car “won’t be too long.”

Yesterday I spent a few hours brushing up on my figure drawing– I haven’t done that since college! A friend interested in building his drawing skills convinced another friend to model, and I got to come along. It has been so long; it was like relearning how my hands move. It was wonderful, difficult, maddening and encouraging all at the same time. I hope I’ll get the opportunity to do more soon.

We were supposed to see my brother and grandparents in Oklahoma City this weekend, but the boys were still coughing, so we postponed *again*– the third time in a row. Hopefully we’ll get up there in June. I hate that I hardly ever see my brother, yet he’s just 2+ hours away. My brother is superawesomewonderful.

I’ve become such a sap in my old age! It’s just hard being away from the people I love, respect, and enjoy so much.

Ok, laundry calls, then maybe I will work on my painting some more before bed. Maybe. It’s almost done.

It’s 5:30pm and both boys are asleep… it’s going to be a late night.

I should probably be folding laundry or doing something useful, but it’s much nicer just to sit in the quiet and do nothing. :) I might even lie down and try to take a nap– though I’m not very good at napping.

Today was Max’s last day of school and they had a pizza party. Since he can’t eat wheat or cheese, pizza spells DOOM. I didn’t want him to feel left out, so I made a spelt pizza crust and used rice mozzarella to top it off– it turned out really well! The best part is that dinner is already made. I am feeling so lazy… maybe it’s the heat. My car thermometer said it was 99 degrees, though I don’t think it got quite that hot.

I get to see my brother in just over a week, and my parents in less than two weeks! Yay!

There is a formidable stack of email in my in-box that will hopefully get tackled tonight after the boys are in bed. I’d start on it now, but I’m soooooo sleeeeeepy. Strange, since I was in bed before midnight last night– incredible, I know!

Khai has been on a Gumby and Pokey kick lately and has requested to watch them twice today already. I watched the show a few times when I was a kid, but didn’t realize quite how violent it was. Maybe I’m just more sensitive to it now that I’m a parent. Fortunately, Khai is easily distracted by books and playing outside, so I’m able to limit his tv time without much of a fight.

Max needs a haircut; the boy has SO MUCH HAIR! He’s also very wiggly, which makes the cutting of the hair difficult. Not to mention that I don’t really know what I’m doing…

I’m restless. I’ve not had enough water today. AND, I just realized I forgot to do yoga this morning, which will probably take care of the restless feeling as well as the sleepiness. I’ve been trying to do yoga twice a day, though I am more apt to forget in the morning since there’s so much going on with breakfast and getting the kids ready for the day.

Yesterday I stopped by Half-Price Books (my own personal mecca!) and bought Simple Feng Shui and Feng Shui Chic. The former I bought because it seemed the least intimidating FS book on the shelf and it has a nice cover design, which is high on my list of Reasons To Buy A Book. The latter was Khai’s choice– he liked the yellow cover. I figure he was drawn to it for a reason and for $5 I can afford to follow his intuition. So, after I wrap up the sixty million other projects I’ve got going, I will Feng Shui the house.

I hope yoga will make me feel better.

UPDATE: (a few hours later)
The yoga did wonders– if I could bottle that and sell it, I’d be a kabillionaire. Max and Khai like to do yoga with me, but more than that, they like to CLIMB ON ME while I’m *trying* to do yoga. Crazy boys. It’s good stuff, the yoga.

Yesterday, Khai turned two years old. It feels like these two years have flown by, but at the same time it seems like this is how it has always been. My life before kids almost seems like it belongs to someone else.

The birthday party was on Saturday, and even though Khai slept through the first third of it, I think he had a good time. There were seven kids here total (including my two) and they all got along very well. Khai even blew out his own candle! I need to pull pics from my camera.

The boys’ fort is coming along nicely; Josh finished the stairs on Saturday and now just needs to add handrails and the tarp roof. I’m enjoying it almost as much as Max and Khai are– if the wireless router were working I might just spend all day out there.

Max’s last day of school is Friday– it will be good to have him here all day for a while, though I know he is going to miss his friends and teachers.

So much to do… I’m still baffled at how working moms handle it all. Sometimes I have to remind myself how lucky I am to be able to stay home with my boys.

We lost 2 drives in the server. Data was rolled back to May 1.