Boot Camp Week 1

As many of you know, my older brother Greg is a personal trainer and he is holding this 4 week bootcamp 3 days a week. He has been so kind to let me go. I feel great!! I went Tuesday, Thursday, and this morning and it has been the best workouts I have had in a looong time! Yes, I am a bit sore, and I am hating this dang healthy eating, but it will be so worth it come 4 weeks from now! I have yet to step on the scale and see if any progress has been made, but I know it has. I can already feel the difference! He has been having us do everything you can imagine from arms to legs to abs to cardio. A total body workout! I am so excited for Tuesday to come to get back at it!!! :)

Freestone Park

On Wednesday I took the kids to Freestone Park. We had a great time. It was a beautiful 85 degrees out and a little breeze blowing. We packed a picnic lunch and headed out there. We fed the ducks, played on the playground, rode the train that circles the park, and rode on the carosel. Brooke would throw all her bread right in front of her to try and get the ducks to come close, then when they would get close, she would chase after them trying to pet them. Silly girl. They both loved swinging at the park. It was cool because the swings were right next to eachother so I could push them both at the same time. Waiting for the train was not so much fun, but they loved it once we were on. They waved to everyone as they passed them in the park. Brayden kept shouting CHOO CHOO :) Then we rode the carosel, which was Brooke's favorite. She really loved riding on the horse. She kept kissing it and petting it. After all that we sat beneath a shaded tree and enjoyed some sandwiches, juice, and chips. It was a fun little outing for the 3 of us, and needless to say the kids had a great nap that day!


Brooke pointing to an airplane saying "plane! plane!"


Brooke chasing after the ducks


Brayden did not like getting his picture taken...

Brooke running along side the train tracks

Brooke and Brayden on the train. They didnt want to look at the camera.

Brayden on the carosel

Brooke on the carosel

Renaissance Festival

Nate and Brooke riding the camel

Brayden riding the Llama

Me restlin with the rope ladder!

Brooke and Brayden riding the whimsical butterflies :)

Yesterday we went to the Renaissance Festival. We had such a great time! Brayden was set on riding the Llama and he had so much fun! Nate took Brooke for a ride on the camel and they were all smiles. She kept trying to pet the camel as she was riding it. I tried to climb the rope ladder and fell 3 times. It hurt a little, but I am bound and determined to go back and do it! :) We enjoyed these HUGE tukey legs and chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick and bannana on a stick. Yumm! Nate also threw some knives and hit 4 out of the 5! All in all it was a great day. We didnt get to stay as long as we wanted or see everything because Brooke was a little fussy, but we definitely plan to go back and see some more :)

Grocery Store Catastrophe

Yesterday the kids and I went grocery shopping and normally I get one of the carts that has the car on the front of it for the kids to ride in and have some fun, but none were available. So, I got a normal cart, put Brooke in the front and had Bray walk with me. Well, Brayden is infamous for wanting to touch EVERYTHING. I told him if he was a good boy, and kept his hands to himself, he would get a treat when we were leaving. Well, for about the first 20 minutes he was doing really well, but when were nearing the end of our shopping trip he decided he was going to disregard what I had said and touch everything he walked by. I have always seen in the movies where children knock over big displays of things, and I freak out about that happening to me. Well, that is exactly what happened yesterday. I had stopped to get some meat and Brayden kept leaning against and touching this big tower of canned mixed fruit. I told him to stop. He did it again and the second time he did, all the cans came crashing down, scattering all over the floor! I was mortified. Everyone in the store stopped to stare, and of course Brayden broke out in tears. There I was trying to pick up and rebuild what must have been 50 cans of this mixed fruit. I couldnt believe that no one even offerred to help me. So, I finished setting all the cans in this, ugly crooked tower and we finished up our shopping. Brayden was quiet for the rest of trip and as we were getting in the car he puts his hands around my neck while I was buckling him in and says "I'm sorry mom. I wont touch the cans again. Please dont tell daddy." I just giggled. He was so sincere.

Update

Today Brayden got major owies!! I feel so aweful! We were in his room which looked like a disaster hit it and he kept talking back to me about cleaning up the mess so I went to grab him to take him to time out and he ran away from me, tripping over blocks and fell face first, scraping his face on the board the blocks stick to. There was blood everywhere! This is what he looked like after we cleaned him up. Poor guy. I feel so bad. I know these things happen, but I still feel like its my fault. He just keeps saying that daddy is going to come home and give him kisses and hold him. Poor guy!



Last night we went to check on the kids before we went to bed and we found them sleeping together on their little couch! Silly kids! When I went back in to take a picture, Brooke was waking up, but it was still so funny. I dont know how in the world that can be comfortable, but I guess they just wanted to snuggle together?

Recently I have been taking the kids to the mall often because they LOVE to play in the little play area! They will run around for over an hour, then we will head to Barnes and Noble to read some new books! They ask me almost every day to go. Now that its getting nicer outside, I would rather take them to the outdoor park.

I could kick myself because this past weekend we had Nate's mom, brother and sister in law in town and I did not take a single picture! I dont know why, I guess we were just busy having fun. We had such a blast! Luckily Nate had Friday thru Monday off, so we got to spend quite a bit of time together. We enjoyed the nice temps in the 70's and 80's playing outside some basketball, sand volleyball, and dipping our feet in the freezing pool water! It was funny because they had to leave early Tuesday morning, so Brayden did not say goodbye to them and when he woke up he stared at the air matress in the family room and said "mom Jenny forgot her bed! We need to go take it to her!" haha he is so silly.