Walk Home 3.12.20

I walked Ella to school since Dave was sick. Miles wanted to go too. Walking home, he held my hand. He enjoyed the walk just us. Usually when we do anything, we have Liam.

Photo Taken March 12, 2020.

2020 Exercise Goals Progress (May)

Here's my goals so far.

For 2020, here are my exercise goals and how I'm doing:

1. Run 100 miles (with a reach goal of 200 miles)


• January = 10.01 mi  (8.33-16.66/ mo goal)
• February = 7.89
• March = 6.26
• April = 13.85
• May = 32.15 {69.12}
2. Run 52 times (With a reach goal of 100 times)
• January = 9 runs (or 7 if to and from school count as 1) (4.3 - 8.33 x a month goal) 
• February - 11 (these might have been broken up ones on the same days. I need to double check) 
• March - 8 
• April - 8
• May - 10 {46}
3. Complete 2 Beachbody programs
• January - May = didn't start a program
4. Exercise in some form 156 times (that's 3x/week) (Reach goal of 312)
• January = 20 (on app)  (13 - 26 x month goal)  This is probably higher since sometimes I forget to use the app.
• February
• March as of March 29 I completed 89 workouts
• April as of April 15 I had completed 107 workouts (then the app changed and I don't have a count.  (107 workouts in 106 days)  + 12 more workouts 
• May - 29 workouts tracked on my own and I forget some)  {148 workouts}

For inspiriting others, I plan to

1. Run 6 free challenge
• Ran 2 of them. February and March
2. Run 3 month long challenge groups
• Ran 2  - February and March

I also set a push-up goal for May to do 10 push-ups a day but I forgot to start until May 11 but still wanted to do 300 push-ups and I made it. I then created some June goals. So now I have more than what is above. I might be ambitious because the top of my right foot is injured, my plantar fasciitis is back, and I rolled my left ankle and that still hurts. The injuries are how I can post this a day early.

Here's the blank graphic if you want to make one. 

#itsmomchallenge Week 1

Last year I participated in #itsmomchallenge.  It's more of a hey looks it's mom type challenge. The goal is to get the mom in pictures. The person who created it lacked pictures when she was trying to pull something together for a funeral.  This May she didn't actually host it but a couple of us did it anyway.  She might host it another month and then I'll do it again. I posted to instagram last year daily but only made blog posts for Weeks 1 2.

I used Canva again even though I haven't used it much at all since the end of last May. It's just so nice to have pictures and text all together on a photo.

Week 1 for this post will be May 1 - 9.

May 1 - Look at Liam's core strength.

u8We got the bike trailer set up. It was the first bike ride in a long time. Miles had been afraid of the trailer but now he likes it.

 We biked as a family so then I had Dave take my picture.

On May 3, we did the DIY cake smash session and took a few family photos. 

May 5

May 5

 

 I made a collage then I remembered I had Dave take my picture so I went to his phone and airdropped them to myself and made a new one.

May 7

May 8

May 8

The challenge is to post 1 photo a day but as you can see I try to do more. I attempt for non-selfies and prop my phone or use a tripod but sometimes a selfie is still done.  I also took a decent amount of videos that I posted to instagram too. They are too much trouble to try to post since google makes you add them to youtube instead of just linking google photos.

5/27/20 instastories

I did so much cleaning. Liam and Miles were good huggers.  School is a struggle. I cleaned A LOT.

Swings 2.9.20

I took the kids to the park. Liam loves the swing and Miles loves to push him when he's not in a swing himself.

Photo Taken February 9, 2020.

Books 4.5.20

Liam loves books. When he wakes up early, we end up reading in his room. He loves the flaps of Dear Zoo. We have 2 copies of it.

Photo Taken April 5, 2020.

Ball Pitt 2.9.20

I put Liam in the ball pit. I went to the bathroom and came out with him escaping. 

Miles looks like a giant in the picture. 


Photo Taken February 9, 2020.

Liam is wearing his camo just like Miles.

He looks exhausted here from making it out.

Dave was asleep on the chair right there.

5/17/20 instastories

It rained overnight so Miles got to jump in puddles. We did our family meeting outside after the walk looking for puddles.  I got Liam to nap in the crib so then I finished crafting the crowns with Ella.  We dropped off 1 crown and got McDonald's on the way home. Ella eats a big mac now.  Miles likes to put on the old infant hat.

Liam Collage on Blanket

My friend, Erika, got me a blanket to use for monthly photos. Here I made a collage comparing the photos I took each month. These photos were quite hard to take. He was always wrinkling up the blanket or hating being put on the ground. I feel like he grew more than these pictures show.

2020 Week 8/52 photo

We were using our new chairs. We were all out there chilling so then I went and got the tripod to snap our photo. Liam's hat was a bit big but I wanted something to protect him form the sun. It got hot so we ended up moving the chairs to the shade. I have on a visor and everyone else has on a hat. It's rare we have a picture with all of us without it being one for a birthday or one a professional takes. 

Photo Taken February 17, 2020.