Uncle Ryan playing with the boys
Pojo's Fun!
Tonia, the one responsible for my Zumba obsession!
Part of the reason behind taking a break from doing workshops was so that I would have more time to do stuff like this...um, yeah! Going to have to rededicate my efforts to doing this much more often!
Thursday, February 17th... Not a big, eventful day by any stretch of the imagination. The boys had swim lessons, and Zach was anything but cooperative and progressive. He kept saying 'I can't' and would flat out refuse to do pretty much anything coach Amber asked of him. One of his off days again. It's really frustrating when you know, and he knows that he CAN do something, he just chooses not to even try. Oh well, there's always next week right?!? Got the rest of the stuff ready for Friday's workshop...the last scrapbook page workshop for awhile. Can't wait until I can scrap for myself again!!
Friday, February 18th... Preschool again today. I love my mornings with my boys however. This morning they were particularly into the cat. They decided that she was cold and they needed to warm her up with a blanket. It made for a cute picture. It's the little things in life that matter, right!?! Had my last scrapbook page workshop. It was a big sigh of relief to know that I was done with them after this one! I'll still be scrapping, still be going to workshops, still getting to hang with the girls...but I don't have to be the one to create, prep and teach the workshops anymore! WOOHOOOOOO!!!!! Decided that I'll create the 20 page workshop pages for my own use with the time I have at the Scrap n play day here at the house tomorrow... first time since August that I'm working on stuff just for my own pleasure! This is what scrapping is all about!!
Saturday, February 19th... AWESOME day! Started the day off right, Krispy Kreme donuts with the boys! The boys headed out to the movie theater to see Megamind, compliments of Mike Conklin. Since Grandma and Grandpa had also bought a house through him, they went too. The boys were excited to not only see Megamind again, but to see a movie at the theater with the grandparents!! It was a day full of scrapbooking for me with the girls! Got the bulk of the 20 page workshop pages done! Had to take a break to help Terrie with her workshop pages from Friday night since she wasn't able to make it to the workshop. And helped Michelle with her banner project since she wasn't going to make it to the workhshop on Wednesday. And another big break for some kick butt breadsticks and pizza from Papa John's! Cannot get enough of their breadsticks!!! It's a good thing that black light zumba also happened to be that evening!!! And OMG, it was a total blast! Everyone was glowing! Indi sported a fabulous blue wig, Tonia had on glow in the dark eyelashes and my favorite were the handprints on her boob and butt that glowed in the dark!! Juliann had a great glowstick necklace, made up of several smaller bracelets, that really rocked in the black lights! And everyone that came raised over $1000 for the Strong Kids campaign at the YMCA. Love my zumba family of friends, and zumba...it was a great event!!!
Sunday, February 20th... Decided that I needed to attempt another run today. After Maire had worked on the muscles in my chest, and my diaphragm I was very hopeful that I would actually be able to breathe this time...and VOILA, I was!!! Maire is a miracle worker!! I got my time back down to a 13 1/2 minute mile...not where I was before surgery, but much closer than the previous attempt!! I still had to stop and walk a couple of brief stints, but there was much more running than walking, and that felt really good!! Finished off a great Sunday with a movie with the hubster since he didn't have to work in the morning. We watched 'I Love you Man'...very funny!! I finished making the pages for the 20 page workshop. I'm always leary of movies like that, and feel like it's 2 hours of my life that have been totally wasted when I don't like the movie, so I decided to scrapbook throughout the movie! And instead of wasting time, I got the 20 pages finished, and enjoyed the movie! 2 birds, 1 stone!!
Monday, February 21st... President's Day... Decided that today was the day to go couch shopping. We had our list of places to go, route planned. First stop of the day, Mor furniture. It's where we found Casey's big comfy chair & ottoman. And as hard as it is to believe it, it's where we found the sectional that we wanted! First stop, c'est fini!! They had to order some of the pieces, so it will be delivered on the 5th of March...WOOHOOO!!!! Now to borrow Mike's or the inlaws truck to haul the old stuff off to the dump! ; ) On the way to Mor the boys of course noticed that we were driving past Pojo's. I told them that it's really too bad that Pojo's didn't sell couches or it would be the best of both worlds, and promised to take them there someday in the near future! After buying the couch in less than an hour, we decided to stop at Pojo's on the way home! Fun was had by all!! I think the new favorite for the boys is the Homer Simpson game because they got to beat up the bad guys with dad! The first runner up for favorite for Zach would have to be the motorcycles that he gets to 'ride'! The crotch rockets were like magnets, and he like metal! Unfortunately for me, he's going to be like Uncle Mike and like those darn things! Anyways, it was a great family bonding kind of day! LOVE those 3 day weekends!!
Tuesday, February 22nd... Started off the day on the wrong foot! The darn cat woke me up twice in the middle of the night because of her snoring! Seriously, who in the world would've ever thought a cat could snore loud enough to wake me from my slumber... bad news for the kittay is that it's time for a DIET! Dropped Casey's car off at the shop for an oil change, and treated myself to a skinny Starbucks coffee and coffee cake on the way home! We're eating breakfast and Lucas asks if they can play the wii while I shower before I take them to Grandma's. Since they had just seen Grandma at the movie on Saturday, and went to church with her on Sunday, I hadn't even asked if she wanted to see them for a couple of hours on Tuesday. But Lucas informed me that 'it's Tuesday mom, that means we go to Grandma's', so I had him call and ask if they could go play! : ) Love that he loves his grandparents so much, and that it's reciprocated!! I got to come home and do some scrapbooking!! When the boys got home it was like Christmas morning. I had cleaned up the scrap room, and brought up two empty boxes, that I was planning to break down and throw in the recycle bin...they were immediately hijacked by the boys, and have yet to see that recycle bin... I guess the whole re-use concept is more important since they are thoroughly enjoying them! And it gave me a great photo shoot for the day! I didn't think the day could get much better...but it did! It was Limelight Zumba night, and my friend Jeny joined me! She loved it! And it was fun to have another friend to join the family! Topped the night off with some Biggest Loser and Parenthood...love those shows!!
Wednesday, February 23rd... Another preschool day! While at home with Zach he followed me into the bathroom, and after observing me sitting there for a moment he asked me why girls don't have weiners. I told him that it's because we were made that way. He thought about it for a second, and then told me that it's ok, because he's going to make a weiner for me! : ) I love how the most random stuff comes out of their mouths. I would seriously like to be inside their brains, just for a few hours, to observe what they're thinking. I can only imagine!!! The boys are in another intense obsession with coloring with markers phase! I took a picture of the dishwasher, covered in their artwork! Yes, that's right, I said the dishwasher. The refrigerator is too full, so they've moved on to hanging their masterpieces on my dishwasher!! And as soon as they are finished coloring something, that's the next thing they do...hang it up! I wonder if too much confidence, and too big of an ego is a bad thing...or if there is even such a thing with kids that age. They're pretty proud of their efforts! And of course I can only think to myself...ding, ding, here comes the shit mobile! I like the pages that have stuff predrawn on it, that they just have to color in, because I'm terrible at deciphering their scribbles!! LAST workshop was conducted! I'm in that, can't say I'm going to miss this phase currently! Huge relief to be done with it! Moving forward!!!!!
Thursday, February 24th... Might have previously mentioned how much I love my mornings with my little men. They are so bright eyed and bushy tailed, and so eager! This morning brought out their nuturing side. I had to get a picture of them babysitting for Fuzzy and BoBe, they had them swaddled up in a blanket, napping on the couch after breakfast! I'm glad that if nothing else, they are learning to be nuturing males! I want more than anything to teach my boys to be compassionate, nuturing, respectful men...guess I'm doing something right! Swim lessons were AWESOME today! I told Zach that I didn't want to hear the words 'I can't' or 'I don't want to' come from his mouth, or there would be no wii tonight. He did everything Coach Amber or Coach Shannon asked, and he was amazing!!!!! Lucas totally rocked at swimming through the rings, holding his breath so well! And he's able to float on his tummy by himself now! So proud of their efforts today!! The only bad thing about today...had to head back to work after almost 2 weeks off! Vacation doesn't give my attitude about that place any kind of a makeover, it just further convinces me how badly I'd like to retire! Worked with a new to me tech, Sarah. She was a kick in the pants! Too bad our day started off really rough, we got our butts kicked until about 7 o'clock! Good news for business though! Oh, I decided that after having emailed Dr Young my postop pics on Sunday, and not having heard from him yet that I should call and see if they got the email. BAD NEWS... they never got the pics! So now there are pics of my boobs floating around in cyber space...the ONLY good thing is that my head is not in the pics!! I confirmed the email address, and resent the pics, and they actually received them this time!
Friday, February 25th... Started off the morning with another kindergarten readiness class at Summerwind with Lucas. They focused on math for the assessment today, and did the eye test that is part of the registration process. He did awesome! His friend Jeffrey was able to join the class today. He'd be so excited if they both got into the magnet program, fingers still crossed... as well as everything else that's capable of being crossed! Switched shifts at work so I could go to the program with Lucas, so it was another very uneventful day.
Saturday, February 26th... It was a Zumba kind of morning! I cannot believe how many people showed up for it, again this Saturday. Renee was teaching for Crystal, and still sooooooo many people. It was fun, but I work so much harder when Crystal is teaching. Zumba is a high energy kind of thing, but she brings soooo much more energy than a lot of the other instructors. So for whatever reason, I push myself much harder in her class! Anyways, I hurried home afterwards, had some lunch, grabbed the boys and headed for the car wash... along with everyone else and their dog! Holy crap...the line was amazingly long! But the car was soooo stinking dirty that I had to wait it out! I still swear that a clean car drives better than a dirty one, but the hubby thinks I'm crazy when I say that! Home to shower, and off to a jewelry party! It was fun, and I bought myself a new bracelet! Trying to girly up my wardrobe, and think that adding some jewelry to the everyday stuff is a great place to start! ; ) Met the boys and Ryan at Casa Mexico for some dinner! Oh how I love that place...but oh how I hate the scale the next day! The boys were ecstatic to see Uncle Ryan! They go into super hyper/spaz mode when he comes over! I heard him at one point ask them if he looks like a jungle gym! Cute picture of them tackling him! Finished the night off with a nice bubble bath and some scrapbooking! That's what I'm talking 'bout!!
Sunday, February 27th... Today was a lazy Sunday, but I'm trying not to feel too guilty. A nice restful, relaxing day is in order every now and again! Casey even indulged in a little cat nap this afternoon while the boys were playing the wii and I was tackling the laundry. Got the grocery shopping done, most of the laundry, blog posts caught up... even made strawberry shortcake for dessert! Enjoyed the day with my boys! Now to prepare for the week...another busy one! Just noticed that tomorrow is the last day of February, where in the heck have 2 months gone, I'm quite sure that Christmas was just yesterday! Oh well, good thing I have this as some sort of journal to remember the day to day grind of the past couple of months. Until tomorrow....
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