Trying to juggle

Well, it's official I got into graduate school!  I started taking a class at a time in the fall to see if it would fit into my life before really committing and I'm going to go for it.  I would be lying if I said I'm not struggling at times to keep it all together but I'm working on it and it's starting to feel more manageable.  I'm excited and relieved that I got in and am very excited to have something to call my own.  Something I am doing for me- and something I can show the girls is worth working for.  I want them to see that women have as many options as men and they just need to work for what they desire in life.  Maybe I'm reaching and I just wanted to go to school, but hey we all justify right?

Who knows how things will be once baby comes along but for now I am very lucky that when I have something I need to work on the girls are typically content to just hang out and play together.  Emma is getting much more verbal so she can really play with Ada and it's extremely fun and satisfying to watch.  Here are a few random shots of them in action.

Building a super wicked awesome tower castle.  They kept this up for a few days and played with it every morning first thing.  Very cool.

Putting all the children (or as Ada says cilgren- must get on tape!) in the daycare to sleep.

Putting babies to bed is a recurrent theme around here.  This time Ada and Emma were the mamas and decided to all snuggle together with their babies.

The lines on the carpet are "balance beams".  Sometimes we make them straight or curved and this time we made them criss cross.  Ada's building another castle and Emma is walking the beam.

Also, I don't have any pictures of me recently but rest assured I'm getting huge!