{"id":862,"date":"2014-02-02T22:54:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T06:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=862"},"modified":"2014-02-02T22:54:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T06:54:45","slug":"this-week-in-review-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/02\/02\/this-week-in-review-5\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in review"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a week!<\/p>\n

Micky was out of town. The nanny got sick<\/a>. The babies just grew up before my eyes. And we finally got rain in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n

The rain meant that today was a day to paint at the new house, and have a lazy Sunday morning. We really need a king-sized bed to pull that off with 4 of us, and we’ll get there.<\/p>\n

Amelia is doing a lot better at swimming every week. Luka is still scared shitless. I don’t know what to do except stop his lessons for a semester, and let him forget it all. Then maybe he’ll be excited about it. He’s so damn funny though. He’s desperate to be with her; emulate her; and be her best friend.<\/p>\n

At his 18-month checkup, Luka clocked in at a solid 35 1\/4″ tall, and 30 lbs 12 oz. He’s huge for an 18-month old. I don’t think he knows it though because Amelia is still bigger, faster, further ahead.<\/p>\n

I nailed my books for January, and now I need to find a book for February. I don’t think reading to the kids counts, but we’ve found some great new ones lately. My challenge is that I really want it to be an eBook, but the public library’s main provider makes eBooks that are iPad compatible difficult to get. So it goes. Everyone has to make their money.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this was a really great week. Here’s to many more like this one.<\/p>\n

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What a week! Micky was out of town. The nanny got sick. The babies just grew up before my eyes. And we finally got rain in the Bay Area. The rain meant that today was a day to paint at the new house, and have a lazy Sunday morning. 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