Silly kitty

I walked by my daughter's room today and was reminded of this little song....."One of these things is not like the other. One of these things is not quite the same." hahahaha This is the favorite spot for our cat, Oreo, to sleep --- amidst all of Abby's stuffed animals. Sleep tight, kitty.

Cuddles with Daddy

Relaxing on a Sunday night watching our favorite family movie, "Kung Fu Panda". Love watching a little boy cuddling with his daddy. Warms my heart.

Journey to health revisited on my blog

The last few weeks I've been keeping a healthy life blog on the site The Organic Monkey. It was started by a friend of mine who desires to live a healthy, natural lifestyle and influence others to do the same. There is a store on the site as well and they carry natural supplements, fish and flax oils, etc etc. You need to check it out.

We decided that instead of me trying to keep up with 2 blogs, it would be easier to have her link back to this blog on her site so I could do all my blogging here. So for those of you who haven't been following my blog on her site, let me get you up to speed. I'm very honest about everything when I blog....including my weight. I use actual numbers which was quite scary to do at first. I blog about the good, the bad, and the ugly....about my successes and my "failures"....about everything I'm learning and how it is impacting my life and my family's lives.

I weigh-in every Friday and report what it is regardless of if I've lost weight or not. I will share recipes that I've tried with my kids and let you know if it was a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down".

If you have any questions or want to connect with me in any way, please leave a comment or go ahead and email me.

I'm very excited about meeting the goals that I have laid out for myself. Come along for the "journey"!

Art

We have been making window clings over the last couple of days.
You first use the black paint to outline the character you've chosen...

next, put it somewhere safe to dry....

once it's dry, fill it in with whatever paint you want. Here's your chance to be creative....

put it somewhere safe to dry again.....

once it's dry, peel it off the paper, stick it to the window, and....

ENJOY the look of joy on your child's face when they see their artwork so beautifully displayed.

Dental appts then playing at the park = a beautiful day

Eli had his 1st dental appointment yesterday....
And he did awesome.....

Even with the x-rays. He thought the dentist was fun!

Then it was off to the park in the evening....

1 scootered -- when did he grow up so fast?!

Thankfully I brought the stroller....scootering is tough work!

1 walked....

1 rode his bike....

1 rollerbladed.....

We swang (or is it swung? swinged? I don't know)...

Jumped off the swings....

Practiced being monkeys....

Practiced climbing....

Scared Mommy to death when I turned to see this....that was HIGH....

Finished up the evening playing tag. It was a beautiful day!

Last day of our adventure!

A self-portrait with the flower my oldest son gave me this morning.

Exploring Trout Lake Bible Camp.....ah, the memories for me.

The new whiffle-ball field that the Twins gave permission to the camp to re-create their new ball field. They took the dimensions and plans of the Twins stadium and shrunk them down. How cool is that?!

More paddle boat rides.....

Games before supper....

Movie after supper.....a wonderful way to relax after our very busy week.

Our "home away from home". How we've enjoyed it.

Day 5 of our adventure!

The best part of waking up is having these 4 squeeze into my bed every morning.

It was off to the park for some fun!

Showing off our muscles...

Pushing each other on the swings....

Showing off our coordination and strength on the monkey bars....

Climbing to the top of the metal spider web....

Sliding down the slides....

Playing "peek a boo"....

Exploring.....

Doing flips....

Taking a paddle boat ride.....

Once again, a very fun day!