Where is Isabelle

I could not find Isabelle today for a while, but then I found her trail...

 

 

Mayonnaise, Mustard, CATCH UP!

I have dieted continuously for the last two decades and lost a total of 758 pounds. By all calculations, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet" ~ Erma Bombeck

When I went to cheerleading camp in high school, there was this chant we would yell when a group was falling behind. I don't remember it all, but I do remember yelling, "Mayonnaise, mustard, Catch Up." I still say it to this day. Anyway, I am obviously trying to catch up with blogging. It had been since June since I last blogged. It would keep me up at night, but I just never found the time. Why, what has changed and what does weight loss have to do with all of this?

Well, this summer (around June), I started boot camp. It starts very early in the morning so I had to up my bed time to a more normal hour . This loss of night-time time has really messed with my ability to get things done. Hence the total lack of blogging. I apologize for doing so many posts at once. Its ridiculous...I know.

What gives this week? Why the sudden surge of blogging? Kevin went out of town so I have not hit the covers before 1 all week. Of course, I am realizing I need more sleep than I'm giving myself because I'm not as nice to my kids when I do this and I am just not as happy. Exercising definitely makes me a nicer mommy and a nicer person. Too bad it has done nothing for the weight loss. Oh well....can't have everything right?

But really, I know there is a way I can do both blogging and boot camp. I vow to try to find a time to fit it in because I so love keeping up with my family and yours through blogging. So, again, I apologize for the blasts of posts all at once. Happy reading and its good to be back!

Evelyn's first haircut

At almost 3 years old, Evelyn got her first hair cut. I didn't realize how long it really was, but we cut off a lot.

Before


After

Halloween 2011

Two princesses and a pumpkin. I love Halloween when you have a big bin of princess dresses (thank you Rheann). At about 5:15 on Halloween night, I tell the girls, ok, pick out a princess dress that you want to be. They wanted to be princesses for Halloween so our deal was they could be princesses for trick or treating if they would agree to be 3 blind mice for the Halloween party. It worked and everyone was happy. Josie picked the hello kitty princess dress (because it is not itchy) and Evelyn picked the light up princess dress because let's face it - if your skirt lights up, that is pretty cool. Isabelle wore the pumpkin costume we bought for Josie when she was the same age. And Isabelle looked cute as pumpkin pie in that outfit. She loved it too - she danced around with all that tulle on her.


The trick or treating gang. Watch out!

Three Blind Mice

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life as....

three blind mice

Josie's First Day of PreK

The first day of Pre-K. I don't believe she is old enough, but she is. She loves it! If she had her choice, she would go every day all day.


I love how excited they all get for one another.

A whole lotta Apricots

Another exciting activity on our Idaho vacation was apricot picking and canning. Jill and I have never canned anything on our own so we figured the best way to do it for the first time would be together. It was an adventure.


Look at the excitement. It is almost as if we know what we are about to do.


The first of many tools we used during the process. The Ball Canning Book.


The second of our many tools - the Internet.


Again, such excitement.


Josie (our non-napper) helped.


And the third of our many tools - a direct phone line to my mom. And yes, before it was all said and done, we called her 3 times.


Our canned apricots fresh out of the hot water bath.


A job well done!