Starting Again

Okay for almost 4 weeks I slacked off big time. I was ill and then the kids were off for 2 weeks and then I had a cold that made me cough anytime i breathed hard so I damn near had zero exercise for a month and it showed. I felt horrible again and very unsexy. I was sluggish and unmotivated. This week I started over. I feel great! I completed almost 3 hours of cardio this week and I did crunches the other 2 days. It is really hard to stay motivated.

H-A-double L-O-W-double E-N That's spells Halloween!

Another Halloween has come and gone and once again we are awesome!




We found a pretty cool transformer costume online and Andrew claimed it right away. I couldn't understand how to make it happen but Larry was able to just look at the picture ands assemble it in his head. It wasn't until I was helping him put the fabric cover on that I finally understood how it was supposed to work.



Nicholas came up with his costume on his own and I think it is pretty clever. If we had planned it better we could have done more but overall it was a good idea.



Josh was easy. A black sweat suit and contact paper bones, ta da, a skeleton!



Logan had to be piglet. No doubt about it, all of his brothers were piglet at the same age and it such a cute costume. When Nick wore it he was often mistaken for a girl and we corrected everyone who said something, well 3 kids later when people commented on how Logan was, "such a pretty little girl," we just smiled and said thanks. My how times have changed.

Where has the time gone?

Yesterday was Andrew's 6Th birthday, I can't believe he is 6 already.






It doesn't seem that long ago that Nick was 6.

I have felt a little confused about Andrew's birthday. On one hand I am so proud of him and how much he has grown. I sent him to school a baby and he is becoming a little boy right before my eyes. On the other hand, I sent him to school as a baby and they sent home a little boy. As much as I enjoy them growing up and learning new concepts, laughing at new jokes, understanding so much of the world around them; it is a glaring reminder that they are growing up and my little baby is gone. When I sent him to preschool last year he seemed so small. His book bag was tiny and he was shy and nervous to start. I was nervous as well. This year he is riding the bus to school and has homework. He brings lunch money and ties his shoes.

Last night he told Larry and I that he didn't feel smarter now that he was six. When he turned five he learned that 200+200=400 and he didn't learn anything on his birthday so he wasn't smarter. It cracks me up that they associate their birthday as THE DAY that they grow taller and become older.

Over all I think this picture sums up what Andrew thinks of his birthday and being six.