5.13

We ran in the morning.

We went to a park meetup. I organized it. The park was packed. I scheduled it 11-12:30 and we were even there until 1. Someone had a doll stroller there and it was a hit. I was so mad I forgot Ella's stroller. Everyone was fighting over it and somehow Ella always had it. At one point one kid pushed another kid down for it and Ella swooped in when they were both on the ground.   Once the park was less crowded, Ella went up the steps and walked across and went down the slide herself. She was so proud of herself, too.

I ended up getting Ella to nap in the crib so I got to do a workout video (Focus T25) and shower. I also ate 2 big plates of sesame chicken.  I ate my lunch at 4:30.  I made some videos of working out. They are silly but then I used a program to put them together. I got the program to do that. I didn't realize I trimmed my videos too short so next time I will do better.

I cooked chicken for dinner. I made chicken and had salad. The spicy ranch was the best part.  Ella ate a lot of the chicken. I was surprised. She got some cheese. She even ate lettuce.  I want to find a spicy ranch dressing but I never can. I found this one in one of those salad mix bags. I really want to find just the dressing. (Since then I have found one and then that same one has been in multiple stores. It says "Now Hotter" on it and it is way too spicy for me.)

Of course we had dinner late and Ella went to sleep late.

drinking and driving

my awful video

5.12

I skipped my morning run because I was just so fatigued from doing so much.

Ella and I coordinated our outfits!

We went to Storytime at the library. Ella was the most behaved she ever was. I was proud of her.  After we went to Daily Donuts and bought some donuts. I ate most of them. I bought 3 and gave Ella a few bites.

We went to PF Changs for dinner. I had been wanting Changs Spicy Chicken for months and months so I finally got it.  Service was so slow.  The food took about an hour. Luckily I had snacks for Ella. She did fill up on them though and didn't really eat her food. But she was so pleasant the entire time.

We went to Trader Joe's after.

I felt so happy I took a plate and cup that would work for Ella.

5.11

I ran as part of the meetup group at 9. There were only 2 of us. I did a lot of venting about Mother's Day. We ended up running so fast without realizing it. We ran 4 miles at a 10:00 pace. Pretty good. Especially good with all the talking that was going on.

Ella played after and we took some selfies so we can post the pictures to get others interested. A few weeks in a row the run has only been 2 people. And the other person has only been coming for 3 weeks. The other regulars need to get back to coming!

Ella and I wore our matching tank tops!

After we were home for a bit Gio and Lily stopped by. We decided to get lunch and go to a park. It was so fun to eat at the park. It was a bit of a chore. And it was so windy food was blowing around. It was so fun and sure made the kids tired.

I got Ella to nap in the crib and I did the Focus T25 Cardio workout. It was tough. I was so exhausted and sweating after. I did do it the same day as a hard 4 mile run but I think it would be hard anyway.

Ella started climbing up the step stool and grabbing Poly's feet as she was eating. This was a big no no!

We went to Safeway!

While I was cutting up chicken Ella found a garbage bag and put it over her head and walked around. I had raw chicken on me but kept an eye on her.  Cooking is tough work. Making sure a toddler doesn't kill themselves is tough work.

I made sesame chicken. Dave ended up not liking it. I can never win it seems.