Kids are getting back into the swing of things!

Slowly we are settling into an afterschool routine, this year will be challenging with Nik having more homework than last year (can't wait for next year when all 3 will be in school!). The boys like their teachers and classes over all, still complain about little things but we are not having any major issues (knock on wood)! Nik comes home every day with tons of letters "above" the line which means he was rewarded with a letter for something good (being quiet, being respectful, completing an assignment). Today he had 17 letters! I used to be happy if Alex got 3 LOL  And so far none under. I think he would be so upset if he got any below. We are still working on getting used to Alex's class system. He only brings home his big folder once a week with his behavior chart, so it makes it harder to know if he is actually behaving! But in his folder last week he brought home 2 A+'s and 1 D... he did not know the one he got a D on was going to be graded so he did not put in the effort... so hopefully that will change now.

Lainie too started preschool, she is in the EVERY Day 4's class and loves it!! She is so excited each day to get up and go just like the boys. She loves Ms. Felicia and the friends in her class this year. Some she knew from last year, or from the neighborhood. There are some new little girls in there for her to get to know as well.

So we are getting there.... the next few weeks will be a challenge as we work in having Scouts for the boys on Tues, Piano and Church on Wednesday and later in September... boys will do TaeKwonDo for 8 weeks... then in the winter Alex will play basketball and Lainie wants to do the Cheerleading! It will be a busy year!!

We are doing it!

Well Kerry and I finally started the P90X workout!! It is very intense, hard and long!! Each work out is at least an hour (we have yet to really do the full hour due to time constraints) But what we are doing is kicking our butt anyway. I am so proud of us for getting motivated to do this. Basically it is doing different work out each day of the week for roughly 12 weeks. I am also starting to run more now too. Have to do it in between being sore from the work outs however! We are not following the recommended diet YET, I still need to sit down and read thru it. But we are trying to watch what we eat and do more portion control. So hopefully we can commit and stick with it for the whole 3 months! Hopefully by Christmas we will look totally different!! :)

Back on the Workout Wagon

OKay so I was so "with it" last spring, lost just about 10 lbs and felt great going into the summer.... Well between the kids being home and the heat, I stopped running and worrying about it so much. The weight did not really creep back on until just a few weeks ago but now I am right back where I started in January!! Darn vacation, love taking them but have got to learn not to eat like a mad woman while there!! So here we are again.... This time however, I have a partner... Kerry got the P90X workout system last month and we are going to do it together. You do a different work out each day for  90 days, change your diet and your life. So by Christmas we should both be looking totally different *IF* we stick to this and make it thru!! I also plan to start running again in addition and hope to run another 5K in October (if I am ready again).

So good bye fast food and coke... hello water and carrot sticks!!