Always Playing Catch Up...

I know I was a productive person once upon a time, but lately I feel like I'm always trying to catch up. This week has been a particularly crazy one but I'm not really sure why. Yes, we had an appointment for shots, a field trip, Sadie's school auction, ice skating lessons, craft night, and now we are hosting a birthday tea party for Sadie's BFF Becca and a happy hour for Mark's work friends tomorrow. That's just the pace of life now and it's taking me a long time to get used to doing all of it with Sadie in tow. I suppose I'm still productive...just in a chaotic sort of way.

We are registering Sadie for Kindergarten on Monday and so the last couple weeks have been full of doctor appointments and shots. She's growing a like a weed (43 inches) and still not gaining any weight (36 lbs.) though her eating habits have improved immensely. Last night she had Madras lentils, quinoa and roasted cauliflower for dinner. See? Major improvement over grilled cheese and Goldfish. Anyway, I digress. Back to Kindergarten. We hope that we won't have to camp out to get her into our neighborhood public school, Central Elementary. I'm looking forward to all the new things "real school" will bring and a little worried about others, but I'm sure it will all work out in the end.

We've all been enjoying our bi-weekly CSA box and Sadie is growing ever more adventurous - last week she ate an entire bulb of fennel and last night a fresh mango - again, the WHOLE THING! We've been enjoying the fresh fruits and veggies so much that we are getting ready to embark on our own organic gardening project. Mark and Sadie built the frames last week, while I watched the Oscars and now we are waiting for our soil and researching compost bins.

We got some good ideas yesterday on our visit to Elkus Ranch, with Sadie's Pre-K class. The next thing I really want are some chickens, but I don't know how that will go over in Belmont...

A few of us from school have started a craft night and so this week I finished knitting matching pom-pom scarves for Sadie and Becca to wear to Disney-on-Ice on Sunday. They are going to celebrate Becca's 5th birthday.

Also, I'm really enjoying my (guilty-pleasure) reading of The Hunger Games trilogy. Yes, I know it's for kids, but still an interesting read and I figure since Byron loaned them to me, it's a step up from watching Glee.

Just thought I'd catch you up on what's been happening here. Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Dad! Pictures of Becca's tea party and the weekend festivities to come...