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We just had one of those busy days like we used to have before having kids, and like we were starting to have with Mateo around the time Natalia was born, but this time we did it with two little ones in tow. And, we are actually feeling okay now, at the end of the day. We feel like we're starting to get back into our groove.

We woke up and got everyone out the door by 9 this morning. We headed to a park, where we met my brother, who is in town for the weekend, and each of us ran for 15 minutes while the other one hung out with the kids and their uncle. It was a cold and somewhat wet morning, but we had fun anyway. Mateo discovered that going down a wet slide while wearing rain pants can allow you to catch serious air at the bottom. Sacha said he flew about three feet before he finally landed on the bark chips! And, there were ducks and much running around ensued due to that.

Then, we went home and made a late breakfast while Uncle Galen entertained the bigger kid. Mateo wanted nothing to do with us, except for occasionally informing us that Uncle Galen had come to play with him! Immediately after the uncle left, Apa came by to consult with us about house design. As in: how do we get our lovely daughter to sleep somewhere other than our room. We actually may have a solution, but it will take some rearranging, a big boy bed, Mateo moving into the playroom, which would become his big boy bedroom, Natalia moving into Mateo's current room, a white noise machine, and some time. Whew. It seems impossible that it will work, but we'll just go as slowly as we need to.

Anyway, after Apa left, Sacha made us lunch and then everyone went down for a nap. Yay, weekend!

We all got going again around 3 pm. Sacha sent Natalia and I out to buy fancy drinking chocolate for us all at Cacao downtown. Yummmm. We drank it while eating microwave popcorn. Classy, eh? Then, spurred on by the surge of chocolate and caffeine in our systems, we tackled our basement, which had devolved into chaos. With the help of the ocean of toys down there and the computer, which has this mesmerizing visual thing that you can put on while you're playing music, we managed to spend a couple of hours down there. We sorted all our baby and toddler clothes, organized other stuff, and actually managed to clear some wall space, so that we are no longer surrounded by our possessions on all sides when we go down there.

Then, once Mateo and Natalia finally couldn't stand it down there for one more second, we went outside to take a walk. It was in the low 40s, so a bit chilly. We started wandering around the neighborhood and ended up dropping in on some neighbors with two kids slightly older than ours. They took us in and let Mateo play with their toys while we checked out their basement project. Then, we headed home for dinner. Sacha had made a delicious stew in the slow cooker. Yum.

Then, we reset the clocks, got the kids ready for bed, and put them down. And now, miraculously, we actually have some energy left over. We were going to watch a movie, but it's a bit late with daylight savings coming tomorrow. So we're probably going to head to bed soon. It was just a lovely day filled with just the right amounts of everything. Now, I'm off to scour craigslist for big boy beds before turning in. Good night!