Back At It

Well we made it through my first week back to work.  The hardest part is now behind us.  We now know how our mornings will work, Dean has settled into his routine at the babysitters, Kaci is back to her full time pre-school grind, and Kevin has settled into his Mr. Mom role from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  So how has it been going you ask?

The challenges:

• Dean wakes up early...as in 5:00 a.m. most mornings.  He wakes up starving...so I feed him.  My rule is if it's before 6:00 a.m., he has to go back to bed...so back in his bed he goes.  He usually goes right back to sleep, but by now it is 5:20 a.m. and my alarm is set to go off at 5:30 a.m. so that I can shower before Kevin.  So I am up...for the day...a half hour before I wanted to.  
• Kaci is rather fragile in the mornings.  I have to make sure I give her plenty of time to relax a bit on the couch before we head out the door.  Try to rush her and you are guaranteed an emotional breakdown.  
• Traffic still sucks.
• I lost my mentor at work.  He didn't die or anything so don't shed a tear...He moved on to bigger things.

On the bright side:

• Mornings are not chaotic at all with Dean's ridiculously early start time.  I leave the house feeling calm and organized.  In fact, I even cleaned my bathroom Friday morning before work.  Now that has never happened in this house before.
• I must burn more calories waking up so early...right?
• I love my job...always have.  It feels really good to be back at it.  I am very excited to get home to see my little gremlins though.
• Being at work again brings back my appreciation for the weekends.
• The radio in my car can again be cranked loud during my drives.

Dean has hit the 3 month mark and is just a prince.  Handsome as ever...want to see?

And Kaci is a wild girl who is just as adorable as ever.  She can now snap...she wanted to make sure I added that tidbit to the blog.  Here is my gal relaxing with a beauty mask...the grimace is due to her worry that the peppermint was burning her skin:

Adios for now!