Adjusting to life with 3

My blogging delinquency isn't due to a lack of family events to share, but rather that by the time we actually get everyone in bed I am already half-asleep.  We are still in survival mode, but it feels like the boys are getting back to their normal selves and we are adjusting to life with sofie.  The boys don't wake up that much at night anymore (e.g no bed wetting in a while) and luckily they still adore Sofie.  The tough part still is coordinating bedtime and I don't really have the energy to cook dinner for us anymore.  We either eat the kids' leftovers or put oil and vinegar on lettuce. that's it.

On my last week of maternity I tried to spend as much time with Diego as possible.  I figured it was my only time to focus on Diego so Sofie, Diego and I went to the aquarium, the air and space museum by Dulles, the trolley museum and the zoo.  We had such a good time together.  Diego is so pleasant when he isn't around his brother!  At the zoo his favorite things were the water misting machine and the carousel...go figure.  He LOVED the trolley museum even though it was just a single running trolley and a little miniature trolley set.  The aquarium was cool too although again he mainly liked looking out the windows at the boats going by.  Good use of the $30 entry fee:).  He eats interesting food, loves to help with Sofie and laughs a lot.  ohhh my little bag of sugar.


Charlie was super excited for the Capitol Hill Classic race this year.  Some how I managed to get all three kids out the door by 8am on a Saturday to go cheer for Carlos running in the 10k.  Charlie's advice to Carlos before the race was "daddy, pass the person in front of you."  I thought that was pretty good.  We found our spot along East Capitol and got there in time to see the winners (and carlos) go by.  Charlie stood on the side faithfully cheering for all the runners and giving high fives to willing participants.  He then took his race very seriously and lined up in front with his friends Cici and Joseph.   The week before I timed him doing a 400 around a nearby track - 2:32 min.  Carlos ran with him and I guess somewhere around the 200 meter mark he got tired and started quoting the little train that could "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."    Pretty cute.   He has also been really into t-ball which is hysterical given my aversion to baseball.

 

After the race we walked to H st to test out yet another crappy taco place in DC and then played mini-golf at H St. country club.  It was fun, but a total hazard - who knew playing mini-golf could be so dangerous -  balls and clubs were flying everywhere!

Sofie brings me total joy (and little sleep).  She is so sweet and loves to be held and be the center of attention.  She started smiling really early - I think around 10 days old and hasn't stopped.  She loves her brothers and I'm sure she'll adore her dad once he starts paying attention to her!  Little babies aren't really his thing.  I'm back to work which means we've had to figure out schedules between her and Diego.  I feed her before they go out, pump a bottle for her while they are out in the morning and then feed her when they come back from Diego's nap.  It's okay though we clearly both prefer nursing over the bottle.

We had a nice mother's day: swimming, brunch and paper airplane flying.

As for Carlos and the house...well maybe it'll get done by the 4th child (though Carlos often reminds me there will not be a 4th child).  Neither our bathroom nor my office are done.  It certainly is not for lack of effort on his part it's just that he is always way too optimistic with his timing.