A lot of Nothing

The anticipation before a 4 day weekend (ok i'm sure ben will work tomorrow even though he says he has "nothing to do") even so before a 3 day weekend is fun. But i have nothing fun planned. It's rainy here, and supposed to continue for awhile- and cold.

Last year we went and did fun outside things, the year before we went to the beach. Weekends are highly anticipated in our house. We stay up as late as we possibly can (i usually only last till 1-2 ben goes till 3ish) watching movies/playing Wii but hey in my defense i get up at 7 with the kids while ben sleeps. it evens out :)

Not sure what we'll de but even if we just sit on the couch it will be FUN :)

In other news Madelyn is actually crawling for real now. That only took her about 2 months to figure out. wow. She loves to bounce. she bounces while crawling, on her knees, while holding her. it's funny and blow spit with her mouth. She started it when she didn't like something- mostly baby food and being annoyed. Now if you do it to her she does it right back. VERY funny except when she does it in my face. I don't like that :)

All my kids have colds what is that...it's almost JUNE. Maddie's is the worst but i saw in her mouth she's got 2 teeth coming up. 2 more bottoms none on top. Kyles got a wiggly tooth he won't leave alone. totally grosses me out, which of course makes him do it more :)

Kyle is having fun reading mini chapter books. He LOVES the chapter :) growing up so fast.

Zach has been doing so much better since starting school. He now rides the bus (whihch is a bit annoying cause i have to walk "all the way" down to the cross street - that sounds lazy i know but it is a little annoying with the kids) so anyway now he's gone from 9:01-12:15. Crazy. It's like a new Zach most afternoons. And nursery is starting to go better I think. He ran up and gave his nursery leader a hug on Sunday. That doesn't happen hardly EVER. He loves her.

Not much new with Sadie. She has her last day of preschool tomorrow. She's excited. Haha we got her a bigger bike at garage sale she's getting used to it being "wobbly" or tipping back and forth on the training wheels.

Well that's a lot of nothing really. Me....well the past 3 weeks I've hit a weight loss plateau. Stuck at 24 lbs. VERY frustrating. I've changed up my morning workouts some made them longer, more intense. Cut my calories by 200 a day....wow that's ALOT I realized on Tuesday :) though I blew it out of the water yesterday ben's boss is in town and sent ben home with Thai food and cheesecake for me. OOOH it was good. then the depression of failure for the day hit :)

we'll see if I can kick it. I am down to the lowest I've been in 5 years though. we'll see what happens monday- my weigh in day. I need to have a good weekend :)

Mothers Day Tea

On Friday Kyle's kindergarten class had "mothers day tea" The kids had worked on a few projects for the moms, sang us songs, he showed me all around the room, and served me juice and cake. It was so cute. Kyle was really excited about the "pinch pot" he made me for candy. it's on my desk now. i love it I always get so emotional at these things. i have to choke back tears the whole time. Even just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes. Isn't that weird?! It was a fun afternoon

I had to laugh though because Kyle wrote on one of the things his favorite thing I do. It's tuck him into his bed and say I love you. Which made me feel SOOOO bad. I feel like most nights I'm screaming for them to get in bed and stay there and rushing :) i'll do better at that :)

Maddie's New Tricks

One day last week Madelyn just starting pulling up on stuff. Now she is really making messes around here. But it is just too cute to care :)

Bye Bye Zachy

Yesterday Zachy started preschool. He now goes 4 mornings a week for 2 1/2 hours. I left him yesterday with his teacher out on the curb - he watched me walk away...surprisingly didn't freak out. But after I left I had this huge pit in my stomach. I was in a way sad to see him go.

Then I got to the gym and ran errands and the pit was gone.

He had so much fun! He was in a great mood all day. Wow it was good for him - and me :)

hopefully today will go smoothly too, but here are some picts of his first day- notice the monster back pack...fitting isn't it :)

Goal of the Week

With the weight loss challange i'm in we think of a new goal each week to work on, write it down and stick it someplace I look often. I'm also going to write it on here in hopes that it will really sink in :) Last week I needed to snack on more veggies instead of other things. i did pretty good. This week my goal is to "Write it Down". I have gotten to where i can keep track of my calories in my head but then I'm not as strict with myself. Little things here and there start to creep in. I need to watch it so i don't push myself into a plateau.