my three monsters

Henry and his lips:
Charlotte and her vampire smile:

Owen and his 'stache:

Weigh-In Wednesday

Down 1 pound this week!
I wasn't expecting a loss this week because I ate like a freaking pig on tour this weekend with my high school students. We went to Harrisonburg and stopped at Kline's Ice Cream Bar (I had to, it's a JMU tradition!) and had a HUGE ice cream cone. Delish. Totally worth it, too.
Hopefully some fun pictures of the weekend coming up.

You will not even believe the amount of catching up we have to do.

A while ago, there was a carnival in our neighborhood. So we went, and the boys loved it. Here are some shots of that:

Same weekend, we went to a Pumpkin Race - the boys did a dash and Todd did a 5K.

Different day, adorable Charlotte outfit at the park:

This week the kids got to go to a pumpkin patch for their first field trip! Here are some pics of that:

"A loss is a loss."

Down .6 yesterday.

Went to a new restaurant with the girls afterwards and had delicious shrimp and a steak salad.

And some banana pudding.

Which was good, but not as good as the catfish farm in Tylertown, MS.

Weigh-In Wednesday

Down 2.8 pounds this week. A miracle, I think. It was my birthday weekend and I drank a lot. This was the first week I went over my points and dipped into my activity points. So, needless today, I am surprised that I lost. I feel like sometimes my body is a week behind what I actually did that week.

Here is all of the activity I did this week! Yeah, I turned 31 on Saturday and then drank so much I didn't work out Sunday or Monday, and then yesterday I was lazy, and today too busy. Back to the grind on Friday. I think exercise boosted me to a loss this week.

My 2 friends who have joined WW with me also lost this week. I did miss the meeting tonight because I had all 3 kiddos with me at weigh-in. Then we went to Red Robin and I had a turkey burger (which I thought was a good choice, but was 17 points! Shit!) Luckily, I haven't had too many points today, so it wasn't too bad in the end.

On another food note, another strange things has been thrown my way in the form of a possible peanut allergy. A few weeks ago I had to go to the ER because of a reaction to something - I was given benadryl, steroids, and a prescription for an Epi-Pen. I have avoided peanuts ever since because I had eaten a crunchy PB sandwich that day (even though I eat peanut butter all the freaking time) and haven't had any of my regular hives since then. Yesterday I had a big hive reaction after eating some granola that was nut-free (but manufactured on a possible nut machine) and am starting to reeeeaaaalllllly think I might be allergic to peanuts. And how much that sucks. Like, really sucks. Like, I am going to be so depressed if this is true. I see an allergist on Nov 1.

Luckily there aren't peanuts in the wine I drink.

Dias de las semanas

This is Henry singing the days of the week in Spanish. "Domingo, Lunes, Martes, Miercoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sabado!"

Dias de la semana

Lyrics: Domingo, Lunes, Martes, Miercoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sabado!

Wednesday Weigh-In

Down 1.2 pounds tonight at Weight watchers. Anna and I went to the GYM before WW tonight, what a success!!! I am super sore. Back when I was skinny (pre-marriage I was super skinny!) I would do the stairmaster at the gym (the best gym ever, Centre Club in Gurnee, IL) and this afternoon I decided to jump right in and try it again. It was freaking hard. But I did 30 minutes and went 70 flights. It is definitely a harder workout than the elliptical, which I usually do. Then I did some situps and some back exercises. My lower back seems very weak and sore, I am hoping to find some good exercises to strengthen that. Any suggestions?

Tonight's weight watchers topic was portion control. It was kinda boring. But it was the first meeting where EVERYONE in the meeting lost weight! So, a good week for all.

I have noticed my clothes are fitting better, and yesterday at Girls on the Run it felt much easier to keep up with the girls. So, that's good. I just want to weigh 53 pounds less and I'll be over the moon.

In other news, boys got new beds tonight. Henry screamed for a bit after bedtime because he wanted his little bed back. He better get over that shit. Pictures to come - they picked out some super cute bedding.

Another confession....

I am addicted to.....

....making bulletin boards.

It's a problem.

But just look at my latest achievement: