Five Years

Some things seem to drag by in time while others go by in a blink.  Today is my husband and my five-year anniversary and it seems like one of those time flying versions of things.   On the one hand, our wedding day seems long, long ago.   It was before two pregnancies, two children, building a house, and becoming friends with many, many new friends from both our school and neighborhood communities.

We celebrated tonight with a sitter for the children, a dinner out involving lots of meat for my husband at a Brazilian Steakhouse.   Then we went to a holiday party at the home of one of our neighbors.     I officially have holiday decoration envy after seeing their home.

It's been a crazy, fun, busy, memorable and happy five years full of love.

The Big Boy Update:  My son can zip his own jacket now.   That doesn't sound too complicated, but getting the little lead inset into the slot with the zipper head all the way at the bottom is a learned skill with many steps and significant coordination.    He insists on zipping his jacket now and has even offered to help his sister zip hers.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter can eat a gogurt with ease now.   If you haven't heard of this product before, it's yogurt in a plastic sleeve.   The sleeve flops around with the yogurt in it and it's challenging to eat without getting it everywhere.  They are banned from our school they have proven to be so messy.    There is one place we eat from time to time that has them as an option with the children's meal and my daughter loves to get them.   She has figured out how to suck and then squeeze up from the bottom without spilling (much) of the contents.   She's slow about it, but she's happily engaged while she's working on getting the yogurt out.

Fitness Update:   My neighbor thinks we need to start training now.   I think that the training schedule indicates we don't need to start until the week of the 17th, but I may be a lot more lazy than she is.   We ran ten miles today.