Challenging to say the least

As you know, Brett started full-day school this year. It's only 2 days a week, but that leaves two full days of just me and Owen - which I love!!! (Next year, Owen will go to school Mon. and Tues. and Brett will go Wed. - Fri., so I'm looking forward to those two days with just Brett!) :)

Anyway, my sweet Owen has had someone to occupy his time since the day he was born - Brett was/is his little partner in crime - for those of you who need a refresher of my little partners - check out this post and this post. I just re-read them, and boy o' boy they are growing up!

Back to the story now...

Owen has me all to himself on Mondays and Tuesdays. The first day I dropped the kids off, Owen asked if we could play Lego's just me and him. Of course I said yes, and then it progressed to Chutes and Ladders and playing ball, and just about anything that involved me and him. That first day, I loved it. Just time with me and my youngest son.

Fast forward to today. Again, Brett and Chloe go off to school, and it's just me and Owen. He starts to ask me to play this and play that, and all I wanted to do was clean my room. I instruct him that he needs to pick up his room and make his bed (he normally does this chore with his brother - they share a room.) He cried and cried cause he couldn't do it himself and he needed my help. We finally got through that and he asked to play outside. I sent him to the backyard and it wasn't two minutes later that he was bored and there was nothing to do. I gave him some bubbles, and he of course wanted me to blow them with him. Uggghhhh! We made brownies together today too! :)

Now, don't get me wrong. I absolutely LOVE having time with just Owen, but at this rate I am going to get NOTHING done!

So if anyone has any great independent games/activities for me to try out with Owen - please let me know! I'd really appreciate it

Crazy

So, I'm sitting in my car, on my way to Michigan. I find it absolutely crazy that I can get the internet while driving in my car.

Enjoy your weekend everyone - I know I will! :)

The First Day

Today was the first day back to school.

The kids were so excited they couldn't fall asleep last night, and they were up before I was out of the shower, which was pretty early for them. Brett was particularly excited, because this is his first year of school - Pre-K! Where oh where does the time go!



Chloe started 2nd grade! My goodness!


I think it was so sweet how Chloe was instructing Brett to behave, or he'll get on the "red light" at school. And what time recess is, and who will be out there, etc. She was really excited for him. We'll see how long that lasts! ;)

On the way to school I told Brett that I would walk him into school, thinking that he, of course, would want that. He quickly told me that I didn't need to do that and that I could just drop him off at the door. I told him that I had to show Chloe her classroom, cause she wasn't able to make it to the Open House last night, so he finally agreed to let me take him into his class too. Phew! There's no way I could've just dropped him off!

He set his backpack down and went outside to play. I of course cried. It was just so easy for him. He was totally ready to just take the plunge and get it started. I was not.

I saw another mom that I knew, and she was wiping at her nose with a Kleenex. I was excited, cause I thought I was going to be the only mom crying (that seems to be the case most years). I walked up and said, "Oh, Nikki! You're crying too?!" To which she replied, "oh - no, I just have a cold." So, again, I felt a bit like an idiot cause I was crying. I cry every year. My husband thinks I'm nuts because of it - and maybe other moms or teachers think I'm a bit nuts, but ya know what? I'm o.k. with that...

I had a date with Jillian

So, I finally bit the bullet - again...

This past fall & winter I was so faithful with doing one of Jillian Michael's Biggest Loser workout DVD's just about every day. Of course, summer came and I was at the lake most of the summer and just didn't make the time to do any workouts. I did a lot of swimming - does that count for excercise!?!? :) Summer is just about over here, (kids start next Tuesday) and I made the decision to just start doing the workouts again.

I started out with the Power Sculpt (I think that one is the easiest) although I have the Cardio Max, and the 30-Day shred (KILLER!). Once I get back into the swing of things, I will probably do what I did this past fall/winter: 20 minutes of Power Sculpt and 20 minutes of the Cardio Max. That was a good mix for me!

Wish me luck, and if anyone wants to join in and do these workouts too - let me know! I like to be held accountable!