Busy busy

Life has been busy though that is nothing new. I'm used to doing both school and real life but never real life and more real life! Having kids has really kept me busy and managing a classroom all on my own has me quite wiped out most days. I even went to school today with Kayla to do some projects. I told Will that usually teachers have the summer or at least a week to get the classroom in order and I was thrown into the middle of everything, starting a new curriculum and setting up the classroom that would match the needs of all the kids.
While everything has been crazy it has been comfortable in its routine. We get up, go to work/school (William tells me in the morning: "daddy goes to work, you go to school"), come home, do homework and I do school work, and then go to bed. My New Years Resolution was to setup a workout routine that I could stick with and this week I was able to run a couple of times. Mostly it was out of need since its been crazy at work recently but its still a success! Will has been extra helpful with making sure if I tell him that I want/need to go for a run that he takes over the extra responsibilities (cooking dinner and such). I've found that running or other exercise has really helped me with me stress/anxiety management and while I'm often too stubborn to admit I need the release, its been so helpful when I break down and go for the run!
The kids have been extra snuggly and its been nice to snuggle in with them when we get home. It does break my heart though when they go to their mom's. I've started waking up confused in the middle of the night, wondering where the kids are, dreaming that they've crawled into bed with us (a ritual now for first thing in the morning... I do prefer them crawling into bed with me to wake me up rather than waking up to the alarm). William often strokes my face as he lies with me and plays with my hair. He has become my hairdresser; complaining when it isn't done to his liking and taking it out to change it whenever he can. Kayla is my little helper in the kitchen and we have started scheduling "girl only time" to make up for the fact that William is with me at school now. Today we just went to the school and she played while I did work. I think its just about the fact that she can have my sole attention if she wants it, no competition for that specific amount of time.
All in all life has been good for us! Will and I are very happy and are continuing on the journey we have started on a year ago. I couldn't be happier here and we feel like a family no matter what legal labels are put on us.