2020 Week 40/52 photo

Liam is just a little model on the floor being cute while I take pictures. 

Photo taken September 28, 2020.

School Pickup (10.1.20)

Ella and Liam went with me to pick up Miles then all 3 kids walked down the walk together. 

Photo taken October 1, 2020. 

This was back when if you had a sibling with you, you were allowed to get out of the car. Now they will have a teacher bring the student down to you. This was also back before all kids wore masks. 

Park (9/25/20)

Liam is so big now. He hasn't been to a park since he could only use a swing so he wasn't sure what to do. This is the first time we've been to a park in months. #thanksCOVID

Photo taken September 25, 2020.

Screen shot of video. Miles holding Liam's hand.

2020 Week 37/52 photo

The fires caused the sky to be orange. This was not a filter. There are many links that talk about it. My camera didn't do it justice. The links have many more examples. I had to use my DSLR, because my iPhone was color correcting.

Photos taken September 9, 2020.

2020 Week 39/52 photo

Liam was having fun playing outside in the dirt. He had a lemon like a ball. I took pictures of him. 

Photo taken September 25, 2020.

2/15/21 instastories

Liam slept in. (He didn't through the night but slept in.) I walk in and see he has a dart gun. I don't even know how he got that in his crib.  Liam is begging Miles to share his egg.  Liam gets a laundry basket to use as a step stool to "make popcorn" but the stove wasn't on. Now that Liam has his own egg he's sharing with Miles since Miles shared with him.  Liam doesn't like my off the shoulder shirt. Liam got Dave's jalapeño pretzels. He got one out then tried to give it to me. I could barely handle how spicy it smelled. I of course didn't eat it.  Liam played in the rain and got soaked twice.  I had such a good workout.  It did take 2 hours to even start it with all the kid delays.  Mountain Climbers didn't suck as bad. I got 92 mountain climbers in 40 seconds. Last time I did 75.  This fire pit is not a toy but Liam thinks it is. 

Miles worked on riding a bike. The bike wouldn't pedal right so he couldn't ride it so he got discouraged. We tried another but the seat was just a tad too high and so he gave up. He was discouraged but I said it was not his fault. Then we went for a run/bike ride with his old small balance bike. 

The starving kids wanted food so I made a snack tray. They liked it. 

I cleaned. I spent sooo long cleaning up everything but didn't take any time lapse videos. 

2/16/21 instastories

Dave rode bikes with Miles to school. Liam wanted to go.  I took photos and video at school for over an hour. Miles had a fake smile. He thought it was a good one. I told him I should have said "poop" to get him to smile for real. It works every time. Then we went out to lunch for our first time at outdoor dining. Liam bonked his head and got a welt. Liam would not take off his jacket and napped in it.  Liam is crazy dancing ...no stomping on the table.  

Miles wanted to practice his smile when I said poop. I did my workout really late.  I did a lot of procrastinating. I upped my weights on some of them. 

Hike (2.7.21)

Miles always asks to hike up a mountain so I took him on a hike. I took Liam too with a stroller. The 3 of us walked over 5 miles. It was a bit of a struggle walking up and walking down. I was so exhausted and tired. There were many water breaks and many snack breaks. Miles walked over 3.5 miles of it. I was so impressed. Near the end on the level, Liam walked about half a mile so then Miles got to ride in the stroller. I tried to have Miles sit in the front part of the stroller but Liam kept kicking him off. So then Miles sat and held Liam who sat on his lap. 

This was a fun adventure. I don't know how well it'd have gone with 5 of us. Ella would have gotten tired by the end. 

2020 Week 36/52 photo

It's bed time and Liam is not going to sleep.  He's extra cute since he's rarely without clothes. 

Photo Taken September 6, 2020.

Running Streak (Jan 2021)

I decided to try for a 7 day running streak. I thought for sure I would never make it so I didn't tell anyone. A few days into it, I realized I ran on December 30 and 31 so I had 2 days there.  I went 10 days. I could have kept going but my shins were killing me and I needed to rest.  10 short runs. It felt so great.  I never did 7 days in a row before let alone 10. 

I went for a run mid day on day 7 to make sure I got the 7 day run streak in.

I ran 3 more days at night. I can't believe I Ran after 11 PM so much!  I didn't make another collage so you have the individual pictures. I like Garmin because it puts the date in the graphic. 

1/29/21 instastories

Liam was up and eating breakfast pretty early. He likes to make his own pop tart so now that's his favorite breakfast. Poly was on me and Liam climbed up. He was loving her so much. Poly puts up with a lot. She did get sick of it and left but she lasted longer than I'd guess.  The weather was great so I went for a run and talked to my mom on the phone. I finished my loop but was still talking so added on a little more.  Then I talked on the phone more while I pushed Liam on the swing. Liam enjoyed a pear. Liam is silly with the kitchen sink.  I met my mileage goal for the month. Ella wanted me to take her picture. something about a youtube intro.  We all biked to pickup Miles from school. Miles loved it. The trailer is a little crowded with both of them in there. I ordered new pants and they are 3" longer than the inseam I ordered. Liam and Miles like to hug. I have 3 Step Bets going and randomly like to calculate how much I'd make so far with them. 

1/31/21 instastories

 Liam was up early and then so was Miles. I was tired. I tried to lie down on the floor. The both joined me. Liam is trying to make coffee. He actually hit the button to start grinding coffee.  The kids love the swing. After all the rain the swing set flew in the air too much so we decided to anchor it. Dave went to the grocery store and the kids helped me do it.  I did my workout after.  After my workout, I walk out to Liam under the sink spraying windex. Liam loves to vacuum. He tries to go for stuff way too huge to pick up though. Liam sees what he wants and climbs on the counter for it.  I was cleaning and got annoyed that I was the only one cleaning so I decided to go for a run. My shins hurt but I still decided to run a 5k since I hadn't in a month. My guess was 5k in 40 min then I kept thinking I wouldn't make it so I tried to hurry and hurry. (I got it at 38 min). The sky was pretty out the window.  Liam was super silly. My January calendar for what workouts I did. 

Exercise Goals

 

I made January goals. Some of which contribute to my success in my 2021 goals. I met every goal! Push-ups were tough. I had 125 to do in the last 4 days.  Push-ups are rough since my shoulder bothers me so much. It should be getting better but it's not so good. 

I make a dashboard of how I do each month compared to my goals. The goals get adjusted based on injures and number of days in the month.