Monday, August 31, 2020

2020 Week 18/52 photo



I can't quickly find the original photo. After we did cake smash photos, Dave was holding Liam while I cleaned up. The little guy fell right to sleep on Dave. Falling asleep outside of his room is rare. It's even more rare to fall asleep on Dave. Too bad it didn't last long. It was just too cute. 

Photo Taken May 3, 2020

Saturday, August 29, 2020

8/21/20 instastories

The island is never clean but it's not a disaster. I have been trying to keep up on it. Liam tried to steal Ella's cereal and spilled it everywhere. Miles and Dave do learning.  I took Liam outside for 5 minutes while the air quality wasn't awful. I packed away the pack n play. Liam likes Poly. I took Energize.  I moved the table from the other room.   Liam walked to Ella and then hugged her. Liam keeps trying to sit on the potty backwards. I did my workout. Ella's lunch but she didn't finish it all. I cleaned the island. Miles tried to be helpful but the garbage cans were too heavy. He helped make dinner. Liam watched Dave play video games. Liam loves to hug Miles. He does it so much Miles tries to hide from it. I went back downstairs after everyone was in bed to clean up the kitchen.

Amazon Favorites

Since I don't go to stores anymore I've been ordering some stuff from Amazon. Some things are great and some haven't been.  I figured I'd share some good things I've ordered.  I swear I spent 2 hours of research sometimes just to give up because reviews are so good and so bad on the same items. 

Medium Cereal Containers | Air Dry Clay | Large Cereal Containers

Insulated Water Bottle | Round Beads | Zipper Pouches

Blender Bottle | Athletic Shorts | Flower Crown Kit

Flowy Tanks | Visor (White and Pink) | Headphones

Notes: 

Lots of cereals get stuck in the medium containers and even some in the large. But The containers are great for snacks too. We will take off the entire lid and eat out of the container too.

We bought a few different clays which seem super similar but then this was the best deal of what we got.

I bought the water bottle because last summer someone I follow on instagram tested 22 water bottles and this one was the best. It is really good. It's better than the contigo insulated water bottles we got a few years ago. I bought 22 oz so it would fit in my running stroller cup holder. If I just wanted it for home, I'd have gotten bigger. 

I did hours of research and these were by far the best deal for beads. I bought them and a few other beads. These held up well and for the price and how the coordinate with each other and come with string they are by far the best deal. You can make many bracelets with all the supplies included for under $10! I bought these beads once and we used so many making bracelets for others that I ordered a second batch of these.  I initially paid 8.99 and that was still the best deal by far and then the second time I paid 7.99.

The zipper pouches are great for organizing paper or crafts. I used them for some games that didn't have a box and then everything is kept together. I also took some when we went swimming to put the wet suits in so everything didn't get soaked.

The shaker cup is nice and short so it fits in the top shelf of my dishwasher unlike the other shaker cups I already owned. 

I bought a few pairs of shorts with pockets. These ones don't ride up at all. They are so soft and comfortable. They are a good length. I own 3 pairs. I also bought the same brand in capri after I bought 2 pairs of other brands and did not like how I had to be tugging them up all the time. 

I got the flower crown kit for Ella and she was so happy to get creative and organize the flowers for how she wanted to create the crowns. We dropped off crowns on her friends door steps too. 

I bought the these flowy tanks when I was just pregnant (size small) and then recently I bought them again since I'm bigger now (size large). I like how they fit and wear them on rotation. I actually just ordered more. I already owned the pink, blue, purple combination but now I ordered the white, black, and gray combination

The sun gets annoying coming in above sunglasses so I bought the white visor. I loved it so much that I bought a pink one too. I like them better than a hat so that I can wear my hair in a bun or ponytail wherever I want it. 

I bought these headphones for the kids to try. They were such a hit. They don't squeeze Miles's head. They even fit me. I bought 2 more pairs. I have 2 in blue (since they were the cheapest) and one in pink.) 


More!!

I forgot to include my new tripod. It is sturdy and doesn't blow over like my old one. The remote dies quickly but also I don't even use it so it doesn't matter. My old tripod had a really good remote but I never use it. 

Also the best ponytail holders ever. I bought them about a year ago and the rest of this post is just stuff I bought recently. But these are so good I had set them up for the amazon delivery every 6 months but they are so good, that I won't ever need new ones. 


Friday, August 28, 2020

2020 Week 17/52 photo


Ella likes to eat sandwiches. She likes a bun with a few slices of turkey, a lot of lettuce, ranch dressing, and a piece of cheese broken in half.  She uses so much lettuce and so little turkey that I love it. 

Photo taken April 26, 2020

Thursday, August 27, 2020

8/20/20 instastories


A friend asked how many photos we had on our phones. She thought she had a lot. She got hundreds of responses and apparently she said I won because I had the most! Mine also only goes back to April 2018.  Liam helped unload the dishwasher. He handed me 1 plate at a time. I think he only did it in order to pull out the drawer and climb on it play.  I drank energize. I cleaned the island a little. Dave worked in Ella's office to offer help. I put Liam down briefly with his laptop so they could be buddies.  Liam tried to use the elliptical. He was good at first but then got stuck.  He seemed like he wanted to sleep but then he was unhappy so I went and got him. He loves yogurt smoothies. I finished Day 12 of my workouts. There were a lot of interruptions. Liam helped sort laundry by handing me 1 thing at a time. But then all of a sudden he got super upset.  
I cooked home chef for dinner.   Liam is always exploring and getting into everything. 

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

2020 Week 16/52 photo


Here I am holding Liam while I'm helping Ella make a bracelet. As if that's not difficult enough, Miles climbed up on my shoulders.  This is an example of momlife.  Helping or dealing with all 3 kids with a separate thing all at the same time. 

Photo Taken April 19, 2020

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Mask (5.8.20)

 

Dave watched all 3 kids in the middle of the day and I went to Costco. We had needed to go for awhile. I took a picture to show what I look like in my mask. I bought so much stuff and filled the cart to the max.

It was pretty crowded. They had someone with a megaphone that would constantly see people go closer than 6 ft and then announce to remember to stay 6 ft apart. 

Photo Taken May 8, 2020

Monday, August 24, 2020

2020 Week 15/52 photo

Liam gave me a hug. I asked Miles to take our picture. Miles said we go well together.  I get some hugs from Liam but I rarely if ever get a photo of it which is why I love this and have it as my photo of the week.


Photo taken April 10, 2020.

Sunday, August 23, 2020

8/16/20 instastories

 Liam always is trying to hug Poly. Liam kept diving over me. I went for a run. My hip  wasn't the best. It wasn't the best run. It rained for a few minutes. Liam fell asleep. It was so hot and humid. I sweat so much i lost 2.1 lbs while I ran. Liam helped himself to cookies. I cleaned up. Liam fed himself soup. Liam climbed a lot. Dave and Liam did some learning. Liam napped on me.  I cleaned a lot. I tried to time-lapse it all and then I think it made me more productive. I wear 2 different shoes.

Saturday, August 22, 2020

8/19/20 instastories


Liam wanted a hug and kept crawling after Miles. Miles was running back and forth. Miles stopped for a hug and Liam was happy.  Miles did learning and coloring. The bathroom was a mess.  Liam napped early. I took a pic of a few of Ella's assignments. I did workout 9 in #mbf.   Ella had so much trouble focusing on school without the teacher there to zoom. Liam seemed like he wanted to use the potty.   Miles made a fort to hide from Liam. He said his arms are so tired from always hugging him.   I have realized I have not been doing my push-ups or planks as much as I was so I dropped down and did some. 

Friday, August 21, 2020

July workouts compilation


I put together a compilation of most (but not all) of the workouts I did in July. I made it since I hadn't been posting them all to my challenge groups. Little clips of each.  I also made it on July 27 so it didn't even have all of July. But I did it after spraining my ankle again so I figured I wouldn't workout that much more. 

I document my workouts on a calendar but didn't analyze how many I picked. 



Thursday, August 20, 2020

8/18/20 instastories


There's a good caption from an instagram post that I shared. Here's the link to it.

Liam slept all night. I wore my new workout capris. I bought the same brand as shorts I recently got. They are great. I bought 2 other pairs that were in the $16 range versus $21 and these are clearly better.  (I'm wearing a large.)  I actually took a video of when the house is at it's cleaner state versus the super super disaster I usually show.  I took my energize and tried to do a workout while Dave had Liam and Miles on a walk. I really loved my new pants. I got interrupted many times. I also didn't get the workout done before Liam got back. He was back so long that he was mad. I used him as a weight.  Dave and Miles are learning to read.  Dave is starting to drink shakeology for breakfast.  Liam and I tried to hang out outside but it didn't last long before Ella needed help.  I set Ella up with a 2nd computer so that she can watch the zoom with screen share and do it at the same time. A 6 year old is too young to be able to memorize lots of steps and then go figure it out after. I'm also too old for that so then it's hard to help. I had to stay close to Ella and I got Liam to nap in the crib so I did a 2nd workout.  Liam woke up just after I was done.

Liam face planted.  10 minutes later, Miles face planted. Liam and Miles watched Dave play video games. 

I made a comparison video of using the BOD ropes. 

8/17/20 instastories

It was Ella's first day of virtual learning for 1st grade. She refused to pose with my first day of school sign.  I cleaned so much. I tried to time lapse record it all but I didn't quite record it all. It was so hard to do it and deal with Liam. And deal with helping Ella.  Dave and Miles started learning in the morning. Liam tried to interrupt them. Dave and Liam matched.  Ella has so much extra stuff at her desk. I finished up week 1 of mbf even though it was actually Day 4. Then I went to cleaning but Liam was giving me trouble. He would also mess up a different area when I was working in one. He also liked to mess up the camera.  

Dave took Ella out to get Chick-fil-A and eat it in the car. I wasn't invited. Neither was Liam. He took issue with that and headed to the door and tried to go outside. 

Liam is always trying to give Poly hugs. 

Liam and i snacked in bed because I was starving and so was he apparently.  Liam is big enough to ride the cars around himself.  

Liam walked!!!!!!

Liam likes to give Miles hugs.  Liam tried to climb the ladder to the bunk bed. 

Sunday, August 16, 2020

7/26/20 instastories


Liam and Miles were on me so early in the morning. I think I was reading. Dave left the candy out and Liam got into some. Liam thinks that banging on the back door and screaming will get him to go outside.   I went for a run with Liam.  I aimed for 4.5 miles  and an hour. I thought there was no way I'd make my goal. I did.  Dave and Liam match again.  Miles climbed in the pack and play to play.   I did my workout video! I probably shouldn't have done that after my first longish run. I'm just getting back strength from having to rest so long with the sprained ankle.  I made stuffed pepper soup. I pushed Liam in the swing. He loves the swing.  Now I have soup to freeze!  We didn't even have it for dinner. I forget but I was out doing something so brought home dinner so I had more soup for me. 


Not shown:  Miles went to spin on the floor and I was walking and didn't see him. I tripped over his legs. I was holding Liam and almost fell down the stairs. I saved myself from falling down the stairs but was very wobbly and shaky on my still recovering ankle and I sprained it again. Oh it hurt bad.  (I sprained my ankle the first time on May 28 and had a doctor appointment a week later. I had to wear my splint for 6 weeks and slowly weaned myself off of it and then here I am again.)

Saturday, August 15, 2020

8/13/20 instastories


I wanted to wake Ella up again and Liam wanted to go in her bed so I sent him up.  He did drop the car down.  He went a little crazy just curled up in a ball.  Liam likes to walk holding my hand. When there is tan bark on the sidewalk he has to bend and pick it up and move it. I took video of myself making the bed. I am not fancy. It doesn't look amazing. There are a million pillows. But it looks nicer. Yet I have only made the bed 38 times this entire year. This is actually a little different because the past week I stopped using my weighted blanket (That I had under the comforter) and brought back and afghan. I think the blanket was contributing to a lot of my pains. Liam and I went to Costco.  I gave Liam ice cream cake. I had to make room in the freezer and the cake container took up so much room. Liam liked it but didn't eat it all. I got Liam in the crib and I skipped ahead to do the stretching workout. My right hip and both shoulders are bothering me. Oh my tomorrow it will be hot.  Liam loves to play piano. Costco tacos for dinner.  Miles, Liam, and I played outside.  Our pepper plant is getting peppers. Liam climbs up and down on the bench. Liam did not want to go inside but it became bed time. 

Friday, August 14, 2020

#mbf Week 3

 Week 3 took a long time to complete because I sprained my ankle again in the middle of it.


Day 15

I went for a long run for me and then a little bit after did this workout.


Day 16

This was my first cardio workout with the BOD ropes since I did 2 full weeks before they showed up. I modified some jumping because of my ankle. The hop scotch one was so hard to jump and hop and even harder to mix in the BOD ropes.  I have so much trouble counting to 4 for each move. I wrote down tallies every 2 even though we are told to do it every 1. When I rewatched it, I realized I missed marking down an entire round. I went 3 instead of just going 2.  I got 8.25. Week 1 I got 7 and week 2 I got 7.25. The BOD ropes actually make it tougher. I sprained my ankle in there too. But just getting more familiar made it easier. 


Day 17

I did upper body since I wanted to do something but also couldn't do much with my ankle. 

 

 Day 18

After I got back from running I went and did the last workout from week 3 since I did them out of order.  I did a lot of planks instead of climbers and jacks. I was so tired from my run. Since I did them out of order, I was behind. A friend did her Day 18 and improved on her AMRAP by 1.25 so I wanted to improve on mine by that much. My first one was a little rocky because I forgot what I was supposed to be doing. I thought for sure I wouldn't make it so I pushed more to try to do it.  I had 8.75 last time.  I just needed to hit 10 and I got 10.25 (really maybe 10.35 since part of the next thing too). 


Day 19

The warmup has helped my shoulder mobility a lot. I don't usually record but did here.  The workout felt so quick.  I modified some balancing ones. My sprained ankle is not good enough yet. 


Day 20

I switched up where I worked out. I forgot to take preworkout. I had to modify starting 2/3 because of my ankle. Liam sure got in my way.


 

Day 21

I was so sick of falling behind because of my sprained ankle that I skipped to day 21 to do the stretch.

Since I did them out of order here's the order and days I did them. 
7/26 - Day 15 (then later that day I sprained my ankle)
7/30 - Day 21
8/2 - Day 17
8/5 - Day 20
8/6 - Day 19
8/7 - Day 16
8/9 - Day 18

8/5/20 instastories


We did our virtual fun run in the morning. Well Ella only did it with Liam and his shorter distance. She'd do her real length another day.   I did some push-ups.  Liam played in the living room. I decided to workout in the living room too. I carried some weight in. I enjoyed being able to be further from the camera. But also I was hitting my feet on plank jacks. I kept moving because Liam kept getting in my way. I documented via my tracker sheets. I love broccoli and mac and cheese. It was so much food I couldn't finish it.  Liam played in the water table and played outside.   Liam climbed over to hug Miles. Miles was done and Liam tried to go in for more.  At bed time the kids kept jumping on the bed instead of calming down for bed. 

Thursday, August 13, 2020

6.6.17


Ella helped cook.












Miles likes books.


















My dad helped build a new piece of furniture.





We put the rug down. It wasn't as easy as it seemed. Look how far off the rug mat was. 


Ella played with blocks in the basement.
















Ugh to the cracked drawer.


All of these photos were added to this post 3 years ago. I just added the text to get this posted!!!  We moved in just a couple weeks earlier!