FRIDAY!

Right now I'm in Alaska (!!) (so is Fischer) and I'm so excited that I can finally say it out loud! It was a surprise trip to come up and see my best friend for her birthday (she honestly had no idea I was coming...again pulled this shindig last year as well) and since I'm here now, she obviously now knows (haha). So, yay!

I'm not going to spend my time here blogging (shocker, right?) so I'll update with pictures and such when I get home (in a little over week) to tell you all about it - but one thing I can say now is that I'm sure we're going to have a blast drinking loads of coffee and not sleeping at all!

See you next week, my peeps!

Oh, and since it's Friday I should let you know that I weighed in yesterday (Thursday) before I left and I lost 2 1/2 pounds last week. So total lost is 32 pounds! (This week might not be as pretty, I'm just sayin'... I'll update you on that next week, too, even if it hurts because it turns out ugly. Pinky swear.)

Jack-Jack

I'm easing in to doing a home school (PreK) program with Jack and let me just say that if we both make it out alive it could be a modern day miracle. (Can you say headstrong? Someone apparently takes after their Mama and it might not be too pretty by the end of the week school year.)

However, he is loving the one on one time (you know, much better than the time-outs at least) and when we sit down and get right to it, I'm amazed at how much this guy knows! Little man's got skillz, yo!

All in all I think it's going to be fun - possibly even for both of us - and maybe, just maybe, at some point even at the same time! 

I sure do love that boy, though. Even if he does say the reason I'm terrible at Memory Match is because I'm so old... Wouldn't trade my days with him for anything.

Jack and his best buddy, Noah.

Thanks, buddy!

This morning (after school drop offs and temper tantrums were over) I was changing my shirt (I still had on a sports-bra) when Jack walks in and goes, "Oh wow, Mommy! Your tummy is so much skinnier now!"

My stomach is by NO means (and I do mean NONE, not even by any stretch of the imagination) NO MEANS   "skinny" but he is still in favorite-child-status for the day because he said it.

Some days it's the little things, I swear.

First day of school.

I should be super excited (town trips with only two kids? Yes please.) and happy for my kids (who were literally jumping up and down because they could.not.wait for school to begin) but my heart is always torn on this day (and every school day until Summer starts again). I miss my kids when they're not home and I don't like not  having them with me. Nonetheless, it's a big day for them and they were stoked and I'm glad for that.

Note: I don't worry about them, I just, well, I just don't like being away from them (even if that makes me sound like an over-bearing-freak-type-Mom). I'm their Mom and they are awesome kids and I just feel like I should be the one enjoying them all day! (...but.I'm.still.not.homeschooling.)

Anyway, here's to the great start of a brand new school year!

Carter starting 3rd grade and Natalie starting 4th. 

{ *Not pictured is the four year old laying on the floor crying his eyes out so hard I thought for sure he was going to throw up because he wasn't ready for the big changes going on...* }

Wait, what?

You know how the chairs you have to sit in at the dentist are all awkward in an I'm-not-sitting-but-I'm-not-laying-down sort of way? They're super flattering, right?

Well today as I'm laying there in the awkward chair feeling amazingly chubby the dental assistant tells me I have BIG TEETH.

Seriously, what exactly am I supposed to do with that information?

Fit Friday

Wooohoooo! Another 2 1/2 pounds down!

I did not get in as many "organized" workouts (like actual runs, or Ripped in 30 sessions) as I would have liked this week, but I ate super healthy and made sure that I was still pretty active so my calorie burn was up enough.

My younger brother is going to be home this weekend and we're having a big potluck-style b-b-q on Saturday and a big breakfast oh shoot! I'm supposed to be in charge of that! on Sunday which makes "dieting" challenging, but I'm going to power through and just make it a goal for the week to not gain weight.

Here's to another week!

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Total lost: 29 1/2 lbs.

Still to lose (to ultimate goal): 25 1/2

This little piggy...

Tomorrow morning we'll be the proud new owners of two little pigs (8 weeks old) because apparently we're that kind of crazy. (But also because little pigs grow up to be big pigs and big pigs taste good.)

Things are about to get REAL on this farm, you guys.