Give love

Please give some love to Mrs. Pithy today.  It is one year ago that her beloved Adam left this earth. 

I think Spring has sprung

Hello to all! I know I've been neglecting my space here. Everyone is getting big and we are always doing something. The latest being E and myself going to Disney on Saturday. M will stay home with Peanut and Squeakers.
A special thank you to Photogrl @ Not the Path I Chose for sending me some yummy goodness. She found my cafe latte french vanilla and sent me some! Suzy @ Not a Fertile Myrtle for sending me happiness via snail mail. Thank you!!
I'm trying to lose weight. I got the whole set to Brazilian Butt Lift. Some workouts were ok but I felt like I wasn't doing enough. I found Bodyrock via P.interest and I really like it. The exercises are old school and it's HIIT (high intensity interval training). I am getting out more now with the babies in their jogging stroller for walks. I also reconnected with an old friend and we've been meeting to go for long walks. I've lost 7 lbs but I still have about 15 or more to go. I found out that with getting in shape it's 80% what you eat and 20% working out. I am doing better with eating but I need to knock off the bad snacks at nighttime. And also drink more water.
The weather here has been soooo nice! It's almost 70 degrees today. Unreal. I have to shave my legs more often! I keep checking the weather for Orlando and it's going to be in the mid 80's next week for our vacation. Shorts it is.
I have E almost all done with regards to her clothes. I bought some shorts for me. I hate clothes shopping. I do wish Gap would bring back the classic preppy look. I'm not much of a trendy clothes horse. I like my polo shirts, classic t's and regular pants/shorts. We each still need new sneakers and I have to get stuff here for the babies and odds and end for our trip. It's a lot to get me and E ready and the babies/M/house.
I started to read again because I find it relaxing right before I go to bed. I read "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"--excellent!! And now I'm almost done with "The Help"--very riveting.
I hope everyone is well!

Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, How are you?

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good holiday season. Ours was crazy! E had a good time and did well in the gift department. Peanut and Squeakers were a little overwhelmed and cried when they saw Santa. The poor dears-so many people, all the presents, two different houses. They just really wanted to walk around.
We took E to NYC on Dec 26 for the day. The city is so magical all dressed up for the holidays. We packed a lot in one day: Rockefeller Center, American Girl store, FAO Shwartz, Central Park, handsome cab ride, Tiffany's to just name a few. We probably walked over 5 miles! E was mesmorized by the city. I did tell her about homeless people to give her a heads up. She kept asking me where they were--we really didn't see any. There was a guy sleeping on the steps at Port Authority but I don't think he was homeless.
The kids were sick over Christmas vacation. E had a cold and the babies had RSV. We had to get a nebulizer for the babies. They didn't like it at first but then after a few treatments they were alright.
E started ice skating lessons. Her first lesson was this past Monday. She fell and got a nice cut on her leg. But she got right back out there after I cleaned her up. I was very proud of her for doing that :-) Next lesson is bring a friend for free--I'm going!
I am going to start doing something for myself--working out. I ordered Brazil Butt Lift and I now have a beachbody coach. It's time to get back into shape. I believe working out first thing in the morning is the best time. However, I am not a morning person. I'll have to see how it works out. I'm also debating on whether or not to take before and after pictures. I have looked at myself in the mirror holding a little hand mirror and I don't like what I see.
We took down the gates in the living room. After baby proofing the downstairs the babies can walk around the kitchen and hallway now. I think I may have to order the magnets for the kitchen doors/drawers. I did give them a cabinet with plastic lids and containers. It's nice to open it and tell them they can play with the things inside.
M and E with Balto-the dog that saved Nome, Alaska

E read about him in one of her stories.

E, Me and M going for our handsome cab ride


Peanut and Squeakers with E's grocery cart. They loved pushing this around!




Peanut, Logan and Squeakers. I can't tell you how hard it is to take their picture! They are little whirlwinds! I couldn't even get one with all three kids for our holiday card. Hopefully next year!


That's me!


I'm not going to make any resolutions. I would like to lose weight, eat better, do more things with just E, see my friends more, organize the house and go to sleep a little earlier. That's not to much, is it?

Life

Hello! I haven't been blogging because I've been ordering Christmas presents online and trying to declutter the house so we can start decorating. M put up all the outside lights and hung wreaths on the windows. I just have to get started on the inside. We have to put the tree in the basement this year. We only have one living area on the main floor and that is Squeaker and Peanut's domain. I can only imagine what would happen to the tree if we put it in there.
I'm pretty much done shopping. Yay for T.arget and E.tsy online. I had everything shipped to my parents house as to keep the goods from being found. The only items left to get are some gift cards. I'm way ahead of the game this year. Last year I did everything in a scrambled sleep induced haze.
I'm hoping to get back into the swing of working out. I asked for Z.umba for the W.ii and E asked for J.ust Dance 1 & 2. My good friend is going to be taking pole dancing classes in Philly. I would love to take those! They look like so much fun and it tones/strengthens your whole body. In my neck of the woods we aren't up to speed on the latest fitness trends.
We are doing better eating. We have added more fruits/veggies to our meals. Plus lowfat yogurt and jello are now in our snacks. Trying to be good eggs. It would be easier if the babies slept through the night. Now we are in the throws of teething. They are each getting three teeth in the front. Broken sleep makes it hard to do the regular house/taking care of kids, etc. let alone adding regular workouts. Working out would increase my energy. But I have no energy to get started.
Here's a picture from this week:
It was so nice out we walked around the neighborhood for an hour. These hats I bought last year on E.tsy. I call them their baby bear hats.

Woohoo!

Happy birthday to me! I am one of those crazy people who love their birthdays ;-) I think birthdays are special because they are a celebration of you. Today started off great with birthday wishes from my family and friends. And some D & D!

Happy Halloween

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!! E was flapper. Peanut is a koala bear and Squeakers is a polar bear. Hopefully they will stay still long enough to get a picture.

Happy first birthday

Today Peanut & Squeakers are one year old! I am amazed that this year has gone by so quickly. We had a party with family and friends and they were so good. We've been practicing singing "Happy Birthday" and I think that helped. M made all the food yesterday and I got all my cleaning done too. So today it was put food in crock pots and vacuum (just because of our dogs). My Dad came up early to help watch the boys so we could get cleaned up ourselves. We had a beautiful party and they got so many wonderful presents. A good time was had by all.

Squeakers & Peanut


Squeakers

Peanut


Peanut




Squeakers

In the last two pictures the boys are wearing t shirts I purchased from E.tsy. I had Peanut's done with a monkey and his name. Squeakers has a giraffe with his name. I am so happy with how they turned out.