Websites...

So, I've finally listed some websites on the side of my page. I've only put up sites that I am certain people are fine with being shared. So... if you read my blog and you want your website on my list... just let me know. :)

Just catching up...

So... I posted that we had put the girls beds up into bunk beds. Alyssa is doing great on her bunk bed. She is sleeping more in one spot and not flipping around on her bed quite as much as she used to. :) Angela loves that she has the bottom bunk and Alyssa is above her, and they both like that there is so much more room in their bedroom now! We moved their play kitchen down from the playroom and now they can play with all of that and I can hear and see if they try to start using real food in their play kitchen! (We've been finding them upstairs with orange juice, milk, water, and apple juice playing tea party... that kitchen is just for pretend... not real liquids... :))

Also yesterday Ashley had her first piano lesson! Her piano teacher is a friend of ours and she is a great teacher. We have other friends that take from her and we are very happy to have Ashley starting piano with her. I just need to do my part this week and get the piano books so Ashley can actually do something at her lesson. :)

Today's it's an overcast and rainy day... and after yesterday's busy and full day, I'm going to take it easy today and play with my girls and possibly fold some laundry or do some other household chores... see ya later!

Ahh... I can breath now...

So last night was the first Enrichment Meeting that I've been in charge of. I thought of it, organized it, got the teachers for it, planned the menu, cooked and shopped for the menu, set up and decorated, and taught a short mini-lesson for it. I had help, but ultimatly I was responsible for the entirety of it- and it's the first time I've ever been responsible for an enrichment meeting.

Yesterday I felt like I was hopping from one thing to another all day long. I was nervous. I had butterflies in my stomach and although I was eating food to sustain me, I wasn't really tasting it at all.

Last night went really well! We had planned for around 40 people at the most, and I think we had about 34, so that was a pretty good turnout. The people that taught our classes did a great job and I think we all had fun and learned some little tips and tricks and basic things to help us do some things better. The theme was "Back to School, Back to Basics" and we all went back to school. Our dinner was a sack lunch that people filled from our "lunch line" with a chicken salad wrap, bags of chips, and some yummy cookies... the people that made cookies for it made some really really yummy ones... ginger white chocolate, monster cookies, almond coconut chocolate chip, snickerdoodles, and white chocolate macadamia nut... yum!

Then we had a mini-lesson on Back to the Basic's... Spiritually... I talked about 6 basic things we can focus on to help ourselves get back to the basics there.

Then we had classes on Back to the Basics with Healthy Eating; Exercise Tips; Basic Organizing skills.

It went well and I feel so much better about my ability to do this calling... I have one meeting done and under my belt and next time I know better what to expect and plan and stuff. :)

The girls room

So I spent most of today cleaning in the little girls room. They have a room that's 10X12 which is a good size, but due to doors and window's it doesn't lend itself to a good layout for two twin beds to be in it. I started out the day just cleaning it, and then decided to move the beds to vacuum under them, and wash the walls where they tend to put their feet on the wall at night and it was getting pretty grimey.

That lead me to think about how one of their beds was forced to be in front of the window's and the cold draft that comes in during the winter months... which will be coming in the next month or two.

So... we had been trying to decide for the past few months whether or not Alyssa was ready to be on bunk beds.

Well today we decided to put them up and try them. So Alyssa's sleeping up on the top bunk tonight for the first time. Hopefully it will go well and she will like it. My only fear is if she wakes up in the middle of the night and is disoriented and can't navigate the ladder well.

There is sooo much more space in their room now with the beds up in bunks though... I hope she does well and we can keep it this way. :)

Exercise

I got to the Y again today... I'm slowly getting myself mentally ready to get back to a daily workout schedule...

I did the elliptical for 33 min (3 min cool down) and then did 2 minute intervals on the treadmill for 30 min. I managed to get up to just over 2 miles with that.

Let's see how sore I am tomorrow and if I can convince myself to get over to the Y two days in a row... (or skipping tomorrow and go on thursday... if I can get 2-3 days this week I'll be happy!)