Spring Slim Down Challenge Week 3

This week I earned 88 points again, all but 1 for a night of bad sleep.  I lost 1.2 lbs., and 3.25 inches.  Considering the busyness of last week I'm feeling pretty good about my numbers.  Time to kick it up a notch for next week.

The group goal for this week is to have fresh produce at every meal.  This is my favorite group challenge yet.

Spring Slim Down Challenge Week 2

This week I earned 88 points (all but 1 point...yesterday I only got 6 hrs. 40 mins. of sleep because Ethan woke up early).  Everyone says losing weight is easy math, calories in/calories out.  According to the "math" this week I should have lost 4 lbs., but in reality I only lost .8 lbs. but still some how lost 9.25 inches?!  How does that work?!

I'm proud of my points though, not eating after dinner all week was tough, it is such a habit for us to have a snack after the boys are in bed.  I also got 445 mins. of exercise in this week, so that is good too.  Next week's group challenge is no carbonated drinks, and no sugary drinks (including fruit juice).

The Valentine Matrix Mystery

Last night after the boys were in bed I made a maze of yarn around the house for the boys to follow to find their Valentines.  I tried to keep a clear path from their bedroom to the bathroom in case they had to get up in the night.  I also made sure to warn Clark that he would have to jump over to strings on his way out the door in the morning.
At midnight I heard little feet coming up the stairs, and then Ethan yelling, "what is all this rope?"  Clark got him a drink and put him back to bed and assured him the rope was okay and he'd find out about it in the morning.
This morning Ethan ran into my room, "Mom, there is a mystery, there is string all over the house."  Once Caden woke up they found the starting point with their names to solve the "mystery."

They followed their strings until they found their little Valentine gifts.  Caden kept yelling, "oh my goodness."  After they found the gifts I heard lots of, "I wuv it, I wuv it, this is my best present ever," from Ethan.

And now my cutest little Valentine of the day in all of his pre-nap sleepy glory!

Cute little outfit compliments of Grammy.

Don't let his face fool you...He loves this holiday!

And then I got the sweetest, most sentimental, heart felt Valentine from Clark this morning in my inbox:

And if you knew Clark, you would know how much this really means!!!

Our Valentine's Day is off to a great start!  Hope you have a LOVEly day too!

Preschool Valentine Fun

We had preschool at our house this week.  We learned "I" and "J" and had Valentine's fun.

We made fun Valentine Heart guys to hold our valentines.

So excited to see what is inside!

"I" is for igloo.

When the preschool is at our house Ethan gets to say the prayer and lead the Pledge of Allegiance.  It was pretty sweet this week because he let Caden do it for him so he could have a turn.  Caden was pretty proud to hold the flag, it was pretty cute.

Let's Go To The Hop

Last Friday there was a 50's Valentine's Day dance at the church.  At the last minute we almost didn't get to go (Clark was on call)...but then we did and it was so much fun!  We got to do some swing dancing, and some line dancing.  It was such a fun date!
And we looked really good!

Afterwards we went with some friends to Applebee's for half-price appetizers.  We discovered that on Friday night they do BINGO too!  So fun!  BINGO and dancing all in one night, it was almost more than I could handle.

There was also a hula hoop competition.  Clark was A.mazing!  Who knew?  I think he ended up taking 3rd, only to lose to the dance instructor.  He went for a over a minute and a half.  I think at :25 you can see my friend Megan who was pretty amazing hula hooping with her neck, I'm pretty sure she still has a headache from that.

All in all a great night.  We really need to go dancing and dating more often!

Spring Slim Down Challenge - Week 1

So week one is done of my fitness/weight loss challenge.  I worked hard and earned every little point this week!  To get my last 5 exercise points I ended up finishing doing my 60 mins. of exercise at 10:35 last night, I was so tired but I had to get those points.

I was nervous to weigh in and do my measurements this morning, I was afraid that it wouldn't show on the scale...but I lost 3.8 lbs. and 8.75 inches!
Boo-yah!

And now week 2 starts today, the group challenge is no eating after dinner, yikes!

Super Bowl

We had a little Super Bowl gathering last night with yummy food and good friends.  I think the boys were a little disappointed when they realized we were watching football and not playing football.    

The night before I asked Ethan which team he was cheering for and he said, "the robins."  We laughed and told him the team was the Ravens.  So then he decided he was cheering for "the raisins."  Love it.