As I write this, two Littles are fast asleep. I am among the lucky ones: two kids that nap at the same time. Jack is still going strong with his three hour a day rests, and Isla sleeps on and off throughout the day. It usually works out like this: Jack down at 1-ish and Isla down by 2. Jack up at 4-ish and Isla around 5. It's a great schedule. Each kidlet gets a little "mom" time of their own and mom gets a few hours to herself. Up until recently (I have started back to work) I used this time to do things I really enjoy. Most of the kitchen revamp was done during naps and I redid the downstairs powder room (pics to come) as well. I painted the banister one afternoon, potted plants the next and last week I baked a cherry pie from scratch. It is amazing what a difference this time makes. The mornings fly by with breakfast, baths, usually some sort of arts&crafts project or outside play, lunch and clean up. The evenings are crazy with dinner prep, Adam coming home (among the highlights of my day ;) baths, books and bed. A night or two a week we keep the kids up a bit later to Skype with grandparents (the three-hour difference is the pits)and of course there is always laundry and cleaning. Phew! With starting back to work I realize I am fortunate to work from home (I can throw the laundry in between emails) but find it difficult to set aside time for the things I enjoy. The cherry pie was so dee-lich I bought more cherries to bake another. I just had to throw them out because of mold. I just wasn't able to get around to baking this week. I have been using the naps to work-except today. Today I blog.