Last night we tried ‘phase one’ of Dr Gordon’s ‘Changing Sleep Patterns‘ plan, which seemed to work awesome for this wee family. It sucked for about 45 minutes and then the next time I heard Mika start whining, I checked the time and it was 6am!  I leaped out of bed, kissed her a million times and happily sat with her on the play mat for an hour or so while she chatted away to me, pretending to feed me from her play bowls and practicing her sweet standing moves. She started yawning again around 8am so I whisked her away in the pram for a beautiful morning jog. How can morning jogs be beautiful? When they’re crisp and fresh and leave your skin feeling tingly and alive and your lungs feeling strong and ginormous.

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Did I mention we are going to Mexico City this week? I am impossibly excited. Mexico City is huge. According to Wikipedia, the Mexico City metropolitan area population is 21.2 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere. That’s massive. (New York apparently has 22.2 million, just to compare.)

The list is long, but here’s a quick rundown of the things that I am most excited for:

• Bikram Yoga!
• Swimming pools
• Organic health shops
• Searching for great coffee
• The Anthropology museum
• The library (!)
• Bosque de Chapultepec (the largest city park in Latin America, measuring in total just over 686 hectares!)
• Zara (kid’s clothing)
• Cheap and amazing food
• Our sweet accommodation (found through Airbnb)
• Hair cuts
• Wandering the streets
• Sitting in cafes
• Dancing!

I’m also excited because I’ll be running a 10km race! Remember how I said I was going to look for one? Well, I did – and as a result – we planned an entire week’s holiday around it. I’m not sure about running it in under 45 minutes….for now I’m just going to be happy with 50 minutes. We’ll see how it goes!

A few things I’ve been loving lately:

• The Shins have a new album. ‘Simple Song’ is available today!
• I’ve been thinking about weaning Mika. (Thinking about.) This very honest post by Joanna Goddard is a great read for anyone who has weaned or is thinking about weaning.
• A city decides to adopt a type-face. (This video just makes me think that Chattanooga would be a fun place to live!)
• Have you been following the Food Matters Project? This week’s roasted red pepper pesto is making me drooool.
• Ivan’s finally had a bit of time to work on his short film these last few days. Check out his progress.
• You have to read this. It’s long, but incredible.
• Have you heard of the humble brag? Until a few days ago I hadn’t either, but they.are.hilarious. Check out these 50 funny ones.