unintentional break

I know I just sort of dropped off the face of the blog-earth there.  Steve spent last week on the West Coast Trail doing bridge inspections, so I was on my own with the kidlets.  My hat is off to single parents. 

I’ve also been mad busy.  MAD.  Meeting after meeting, on top of the whole about to have a baby any day now thing.  I’m worn out.  I have bouts of nesting, but mostly I’m just tired.  Everything is overwhelming and it seems like there is a million things to do.  This is typical for me in the last weeks of a pregnancy, judging by the archives, but it doesn’t get my kitchen floor clean or that trip to the grocery store taken of.

At any rate, tired or not I did manage to scratch off a few items on the old “To Do” list, including painting Callum’s room and begining the rearranging process for when Claire moves in there.    I’m taking suggestions on how to cram two single beds, two dressers, the toyboxes and some place to store books.   Bunk beds are out, the kids are too small, not that that has stopped me from considering the bunk bed route.  The reality is that everything isn’t going to fit in there but maybe you’ve seen some sort of cool storage device for small spaces I need to know about?!

The weather out in these parts has been spectacular, so we are trying to get outside to play, or to the beach for a make-shift picnic.  And we took a day-trip to Victoria to visit the Royal BC Museum and the Victoria Bug Museum.  The bug museum was amazing, mostly because our guide in that tiny little room was amazing.  The kids loved it, Callum said the cockroaches were his favorite part.  That kid even pet a tarantula!  Definite must do again although I’ve heard it is hit-or-miss and really boils down to getting a great guide.

Ramble, ramble.  Hopefully I’ll get my energy up this week and do some more regular posting.