Monday, January 15, 2007

MARVELOUS MONDAY

~I woke up and it was cold and icy. . . and raining. Jamin thought that it was a BAD idea to go biking - and I agreed. However, I will not let my CWLS friends down...and so I dug out an OLD Becky Tirabassi Step video.

~Yes, I did *Thoroughly Fit*. A few months ago I got rid of all my workout videos because I really HATE using videos and it's hard to do with little ones hanging on your ankles.BUT this a.m. it worked GREAT (maybe because I was so grateful to have an option that kept me INSIDE!). I was glad I'd not parted with this one. I holed up in my room, hooked it all up, and was done before the littles woke up. Now - if I can continue to do THAT I could make the exercise video thing work. I do not have a step these days....but I managed to be-bop around enough to get my heart rate up to the maximum for my age. What a HOOT! The last time I did this I was in the 20-30 age range. ::snort:: AND then I knew all the moves... and could SEE the screen to tell what I was supposed to be doing. This video has a warm up, 3 different aerobic segments and toning at the end. I tried to use a box for a step but ended up squashing the box. ::snort:: ::gasp:: ::chuckle::

~We did school. I cried again reading Corrie Ten Boom - this time when Bessie and Corrie see each other again. Ah.

~We tried to stay warm. I began reading a new book. Arielle began a new book. The boys continued on books. The little boys raged around.

~Arielle and I made no-bake cookies - I used rapadura this time and I was MUCH happier than I was with honey.

~I made MORE of Heather's Better than Hidden Valley Ranch dressing....thank ya, Stacia.

~I made Chicken Pot Pie for dinner.

~Cy, the two little boys and I ran to Sam's club for milk and eggs.

~We read about 40 pages in Jungle Book and all agreed that they'd rather stick with THIS version - original and lose the "Great Illustrated Children's Classic" version. I did edit the thees and thous on the fly.

~Josiah had the day off and we all LOVE having him home. We miss him at dinner a lot! He received a call from Pastor Nate - the director of Master's Commission in Spokane. He's grown up so quickly.

SNACK CENTER



This was a GREAT idea that Anita, one of our produce members, shared. This is our snack center and the children know that they can eat from it as much and as often as they'd like. I also pull it out at lunch and dinner time. The cauliflower isn't going anywhere but I've had to refill the other slots a couple of times.....oh and the celery...well *I* grab a piece every time I grab something else...

Ranch Bath?

Can you tell what is going on here? Thank goodness she had stripped her clothes off before THIS. Yes, that's the ranch dressing in her hand....and all over the floor...and she was LAUGHING and crying at the same time.

First time *WE'VE* seen this in TX

...though others tell me they get snow here "often"

Josiah's New Uniform



*The funny thing about these photos is that I had to make him sit down because I couldn't get the perspective right with him standing...he's too much taller than I. He's got to be 6'3" or 6'4" by now...I need to measure him.