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Monday, September 8, 2014

Some Sprucing Up

Well, hello there!  How's this picture for a greeting on this lovely afternoon...


...the boys are really pumped about Halloween this year so we've been doing lots of practicing with scary faces.  It's pretty funny around these parts these days.  We'll see how funny they think it all is when the real day rolls around.

Anyways...Our weekend was a productive one and I'm quite proud of all we accomplished.  We kicked it off in typical fashion with a trip to Home Depot for some building fun...



...now we have new birdhouses to replace the ones that are falling apart.  Woohoo!  They are definitely sprucing up the yard ;-)  

We spent the rest of our morning tackling a million errands that are now happily crossed off the list.  It was pretty dreary outside which made it much easier to give up the weekend to chores.  

We've been on a mission to declutter and better organize our house and after getting rid of a bunch of stuff, decided we wanted a couple new things to spruce things up and made a trip to Home Goods.  I'm so glad we went.  It's amazing what some new throw pillows on the couch and a new quilt for the bed can do for making your house feel a little more cozy.  

By the way, that place is way more fun to shop in without two crazy 3 year olds in tow.  Can't say they didn't have fun though...


Needless to say, this happened as soon as we got home...


...fitting name on the label, huh?  Sometimes I feel like we're a freakshow on parade wherever we go.  The boys never cease to get way more than enough attention.  I think it's starting to get to their heads.  The other day they told someone asked if they were twins, they said "yes, we're cute twins boys and we're 3!"  Oh my!

With all our errands out of the way, and a ton of clouds still in the sky and lots of passing showers, we decided to dedicate our Sunday to Fall Cleaning, football and comfort food.  Since cleaning and football aren't much fun to document, I decided to document my chicken pot pie instead...


...I used this old recipe and it was delicious, especially on a dreary day.  The only subs I made were to  use gluten free flour and almond milk.  I highly recommend it!

And...here we are at Monday again and back to the grind.  The highlights of our day have included this snail spotting...


...Mason's request for a salad for lunch that he actually ate...


...more Halloween finds at the Dollar Tree...


...and the start of a new walkway outside our front door...


...soon there will be no more falling down on the slippery tile right outside our front door.  We're excited!  

Time for some PiYo before the boys wake up.  I'm on round 2 and doing the strength round this time.  So far I'm loving that the beginning workouts are just as challenging as they were the first time around.  That's the beauty of PiYo...as you get stronger, you are able to do more, and the challenge remains so change continues to happen and you continue to improve.  I love me some PiYo! 


Happy Monday!!




Friday, March 14, 2014

Life Lately

Our day got off to a good start yesterday.  Mickey and I started bright and early as we tackled the challenging Triometrics P90X3 workout.  I love to hate that workout.  I seriously think there are over 1000 squats in that 30 minute workout.  It's intense!


Thank goodness today gave us a bit of a break with PilatesX...a break for every body part but our abs, that is.  Mine need all the help they can get :-)

The boys were ready to seize the day early yesterday as well so we had time to play outside a bit...


...and hit up the playground quickly before heading to music class...

  

...I may be onto something with running off some energy before classes.  We're still in the testing phases but it seemed to work yesterday.

After music class, our day began to derail from our original plans, but we bumped and rolled our way to lunch.  Seems to be the trend these days.  You know what else is becoming a trend, especially since that darn daylight savings time...


...stroller naps.  I like them once in a while, but they are becoming a daily occurrence thanks to boys who think it's not time to nap yet...hopefully we get over that soon.  They sure are cute when they sleep though, aren't they?

Yesterday we found some time to finish up some of our Pinterest-inspired St. Patrick's Day crafts.  These two were hits with the boys...



Rainbow mosaics just waiting for us to make pots of gold at the end and binoculars for hunting down those tiny little leprechauns.  The boys are very interested in making sure they do NOT come into our house.  Funny the things they worry about.  At least we've got some gorgeous weather to look forward to while we track them down...


Today's outings included a trip to BJs with my undercover shoppers...


...and a visit to the library to restock our stash and play a bit as well...


We headed home for a picnic since the weather was so nice and ended up playing outside for quite a while...


...the boys especially had fun playing with the bugs and trying to scare me.   See that big spider on Mason's head??

Now it's time to enjoy some yummy wine...


and homemade pizza...


...it is Friday after all, right?  Counting down the hours til Miriam and Leah get here.  It looks like tomorrow should be a LOT of fun!!