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Have to admit, I'm just blogging to blog. I don't feel like it but I want to capture a few moments of my life in words so I don't continue forgetting. Which is probably what has been happening since I haven't been blogging. But to be honest, I feel like a tired pregnant lady and I want to go to bed.

We are back in the swing of things. School has started again and holiday is over. To be honest, Lu's school does not resume until Thursday but of course it doesn't feel like holiday anymore with J not around and D newly out of town to SF for 9 days. Actually I'm totally out of the holidaying spirit I had. All that cookie baking and playdate arranging, as well as the somewhat clutterly clutter of our Christmas decor has been put away and I want a simpler life--that of the nesting mom who has cleaning out and projects on her mind. Whatever I'm trippin' on now, either mentally or physically will be much less tolerable with a newborn around. So organization is a goal of everyday for me and my mental lists are a little annoying to carry around.

But I have to say that holiday was fabulous. I don't think we tired of the kids except for one day. They were so great playing together and it was so relaxing to not have to run them to school. It almost inspires me to take family days once in a while even if the school establishment doesn't like it. "So what!" to them. My kids are young and little only once and we are family. "You are the state trying to run too much of my life" is how I feel sometimes.

Luci continues to be crazy funny. She knows it but not to the extent we know it. She does these amazing funny dances lately. It wasn't that long ago (about a year and a half) when I had declared Jesse to be the one with the rhythm and Luci to be the artistic/not-afraid-to-go-against-the-flow one. J still has rhythm but I can't believe the coordination Lu has with her dances and rhythm. When we got their scooters in early fall, I was really skeptical about Lu being able to learn to ride her 3 wheeled one because so appallingly tipsy on it. It's amazing how every kid develops different skills at different times. In the funny department, she is making crazy faces, particularly that pirate one she had as a 1 1/2 year old, where she squints one eye closed with a big fat cheek. She's still about the messiest person I know in terms of being careful around liquid things or eating at the table, or getting mud on her clothes. D and I were recalling when we were in SF and she was 1 1/2 toddling around a small park in the Mission and she grabbed for a discarded 1/2 full beer can and took a swig, to my horror. She was so fast there was nothing I could do and I had to wrestle it away from her over screaming and crying.

Jesse is the continuous joker. It's endearing to watch him experiment with his relatively new craft but it is so bad (as in a bad joke) most of the time. At dinner tonite, he was saying at rapid-fire pace, "Hey mom, your teapot's on fire, your red paint chipped off the clock, the wall is black, your hair's on fire, the toaster's missing." And then he does a really exaggerated goofy laugh that just reminds me of, I think, Jim Carey in "The Mask." Well, I'm sure parents have had to endure much more while their child hones their genius craft.

I am taking my kids straight to the park tomorrow after school as his energy level has been harder to manage(I mean that he's been hyper) since returning to school. I'm skeptical of how much exercise they are getting (he says they went out 3 times today) and wondering what dessert they are serving with lunch.

Jesse is sweet though and has been the ever-ready host over holiday when we've invited people over. He tidies up and gets all excited about getting our little serving dish out that has 3 sections and chopping apples, etc. to make a suitable snack for them upon their arrival. That has got to be his favorite dish.

I am now about 10 weeks from the due date and actually I've been feeling great! Except I have to admit there's a bit of lower back achiness and today would be an exception lately in that I've been very low energy. I am thankful for how well I've felt but I have grown quickly lately, which obviously affects my lower back and energy so I endeavor to get more exercise in on a regular basis. (My restless leg syndrome was actually bothering me during school break quite a bit and I think it's because I wasn't doing the school runs, which are quite good workouts on their own.)

Off to sort out never ending nursing course questions, which I don't even want to talk about, and reeeeeeeelax!