a few words - watching the oscars

back from a week vaca, lux had a week break from school. we needed the break, a break from the pressure of our never ending schedule, a time to decomprese, to ski, to nap, to go to bed early, to not cook dinner or breakfast or lunch, to not do laundry or walk the dog, managing work the nanny friendships and social engagements.

my mom did that all for us :), thanks mom and dad. we skied, ate out, or ate snacks in, stayed in a condo, made a mess and didn't give a shit about the mess, slept in, slept early, slept often, i wore the same socks for a week without washing them, i don't think i washed my hair either, but instead bathed the kids every night and laughed with them, often, in the bath, at bedtime, in the mornings - huxley "mommy??", "daddy??, geoff??" us - "yes huxley"; huxley "hi". he burnt his fingers, poor buggar, overcame a terrible cold, learned new words (why can't i think of any of them, but i know there were new ones), smiled, laughed, danced, napped, ate salmon, lots of fruit and rice krispies (for the first time).

she - well what can i say, she does everything, everything well (no perfectly) with enthusiasm and an unbreakable spirit - can you say she's a pleaser - she's a pleaser and i worry what her future holds being such a pleaser! but for now, she skis green runs "the cut" to be exact on Grouse mountain. She is kind and all loving to her brother, she keeps us constant company, she too ate salmon, ate little boxes of sugar cereal (who can resist little boxes of sugar cereal or more importantly her), got up early, woke the rest of us up, slept on the floor of our room, slept on the pull out couch, never never complained of being cold, in the bitter cold, complained about her tiresome and horrible ski equipment, long ski lessons in the cold. she played with her vancouver friend billie with walkie talkies - grandpa are you reading this, its a test, she wants walkie talkies for her birthday and who better to get them for her than you! she played with her loving cousins that sincerely seem to love to play with her, thank you holly and fraser, i think you love to play with her as much as she loves to play with you. and her hair grew i swear 2 inches.

geoff got a 3 hour snow shoe in, of lovely peace and quiet. yeah geoff, when is the last 3 hour peace and quiet you've had...i can't remember, but i'm awfully glad you had it.

i, well i just took it all in, i got a good ski in alone, however if i wasn't alone i would have complained about the miserable cold.

but for now, i must ready for the busy week ahead, ballet, lunches, 100 pennies, garbage and recycling day, load the dishwasher, fold laundry, text the nanny, compare schedule with geoff (is everyone covered ALL the time) arrange the week...one, two, three go, is everyone's life like this??

BUT well done Kings Speech - i have renewed faith in the Oscars, well for now.

i feel like this most days...

hard day - pouring rain, schleping kids, attempting to work (attempting in all caps), triple booked, not prepped for valentines day (well nothing purchased for the kids, geoff hardly matters), pouring rain, did i say that - which sort of makes everything more challenging, particularly since i decided to actually blow dry my hair today, dress in something besides lulu lemon and put a bit of make up on.

anyways, hard day. but this snap puts it all in perspective - someone else had a harder day than me, a diaper rash on his ball sack so red and sore he had to sport a pair of his sister's undies and fell asleep on his change pad at 6:30 and later in my arms. and we sat in his dark room for 30 minutes with him in my arms, fast asleep still recovering from his 2+ hour crying fit.

happy valentines day everyday - really when i look back all in all it was a pretty good day - minus the diaper rash, we didn't need that :)

and i promise to write more, even though most days i have literally nothing to say, except writing about these two crazy cats.