That was fun

We had a play date today with new friends from soccer and that was a lot of fun. Their oldest boy is just Gabe's age and they played so well it was fantastic. They built that elaborate castle in Gabe's room, with knights and star wars figurines and were just quiet in there for almost 2 hours i think. Meanwhile I got to hang out with their mom who also seems to be a very nice person. I'm really looking forward to doing this again and to getting to know new people a little bit better. It's something that I really need to feel good.
It also seemed like my week was a little more relaxed this time so I'm feeling a little less overwhelmed by things, which is good because the last two or three couple of weeks I felt like all I could do was keep my head out of the water. Today I actually got to relax, cook a nice dinner for the family, have a glass of wine and hopefully watch Grey's anatomy tonight with Brent. Small pleasures but sometimes you just need that. Hopefully i will also do good work on the diss' next week. I need to make progress there.
Kids are good. Gabe lost another tooth on Wednesday. I think he now has the cutest smile ever... Brent and I are working on getting a discipline program together that will make the house more peaceful. It's mostly good around here but sometimes there are also serious aggravations and i'd like to keep those to a minimum!
Miriam got a haircut (!) with her dad this morning. That's a real miracle since usually she starts screaming bloody murder even before we're in the hair cutting place. Apparently she did okay and they got to trim her bangs and just the ends of her long crazy mane... She looks adorable. I'll try to have a picture taken soon and post it on Flickr.