Procrastination

I thought my procrastinating days from life as a student were over. But here I sit, writing on my blog (which I obviously NEVER do), instead of doing my homework. Homework? Yes, I'm taking a French class that meets on Mondays. Ahh... that old Sunday evening dread is setting in...

I've decided to take the class because ESK is in a French immersion program and being a typical 4-year-old, she is absorbing her new language like a sponge. She comes home with new words, songs, and phrases everyday. Already, her accent sounds quite authentic (lots of back of the throat sounds). So in order to at least be able to read out loud to her and recognize some words here and there, I've enrolled in a class that meets once a week for an hour.

How's it going? A bit overwhelming. It's an immersion-style class, so even the homework is totally disorientating. I am in a small semi-private class with two other people and so there is absolutely nowhere to hide. And my teacher is a somewhat intimidating linguist of Romanian descent. Somedays, I can feel my cheeks getting hot and wishing I were invisible and I feel transported to middle school Spanish with my disciplinarian, ex-nun teacher, Senora Swan. Eeek! A bit of an exaggeration, but definitely some stress here. But a different kind of stress than the usual, child-rearing-related stress... so in that way, it's kinda nice.

Besides this new class, our fall has been very busy. School for both ESK and AMK (just two half-days a week for her) and their activities have me running in all directions. I can't even imagine what life will be like when the baby (PHK) will begin doing things... In the meantime, I am enjoying every little baby moment with baby P. She is such a sweet little thing with her little baby noises and her chubby little body parts. Some pictures from this fall:

Fall hike

Seattle trip

Halloween

Pinkalicious: The Musical and Tea Party



Baby P sitting up