Mommy Brain

(Very) quick update of our life lately:

~ My ankle is healing nicely. It only hurts when I twist it certain ways — or when my children step on my foot. Various parts of my foot are still a lovely shade of dark plum.

~ Resumed swimming this week. Only 20 minutes before my ankle starts to hurt from the kicking motion, but it’s a start. And I think the hot tub is doing wonders for my ankle - and my sanity.

~ School is in full swing. We take the month of December off, and I’m looking forward to it. All of the kids are doing well. Mommy is being much more patient and understanding with Jonathan, and it shows. Noah has finally realized that reading is fun, and is making his way through the first Magic Treehouse book. Natalie is reading all the time, and addicted to blogging. (Kind of like her mom.)

~ Weight Watchers week one: lost 6.4 pounds. Week two: gained 1 pound of the 6.4 back. Week three: we’ll see tonight. I’m sticking to the program, and my pants are loose and I almost lost my wedding ring, so I think it’s working.

~ Friday night went to my mom’s for a girl’s night and watched Monster-in-Law with Mom and one of my girlfriends. Dad came over here and watched the first two hours of Band of Brothers with Kevin. Men and women alike were pleased with their choice of entertainment.

~ Saturday took the kids swimming and then watched Clockstoppers with them. Good family movie. Reminded me of an older movie with Robert Hays and Pam Dawber called The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything. Anyone remember that one? Of course this one was a family movie, so it didn’t contain any shadowy nudity or sexual references.

~ Kevin and I watched Batman Begins this weekend. Best Batman movie since the original with Michael Keaton. I think I actually liked this one better. I’ve loved Christian Bale since Little Women. (Can you tell our family is addicted to movies?

~ Sunday we went to church, came home, ate lunch, and put the kids down for “rest time”. Kevin headed to our local community theater to videotape their current production. I enjoyed my alone time by crocheting frantically on a baby afghan (the shower is Saturday and I’m only half-way done) and screaming myself hoarse at the Seahawks/Cowboys game. The Seahawks pulled it out at the end, which made me happy. And I think Bill Parcell is the meanest man in football. I would not want to play on his team. Is football the only profession where your boss can get away with screaming obscenities at you when you make a mistake? I enjoyed watching the Cowboys quarterback, Drew Bledsoe. He was quarterback for the Washington State Cougars when I attended, and took our team to the Rose Bowl that year. He’s a great quarterback. Too bad he’s playing for Mr. Nasty.

~ I’m leaving in five minutes to go teach Bible Study. This afternoon we’ll do some laid-back school. Tonight I have my Weight Watchers meeting and then Dad and I are going to see Serenity. Kevin has kid duty, and I’m so grateful to him for the night off.

Well, that’s it, I think. Even though I haven’t been posting much, I have still been reading the blogs on my ever-increasing blogroll and enjoying them very much. I may not comment as often as I should, but thought I’d let you know that I’m still there, lurking away.