And So It Begins

Today was the first day of school for Data, Worf and Tasha. (yes, our school district starts retardedly early)

Poor kids all have their eyes closed. The sun was brutal this morning.

 The kids were all super excited for school this year. It was all they could talk about for DAYS. They each got the teachers that they wanted and new backpacks. Honestly, I was nearly as excited as they were.

See? He CAN smile :)

He looks SO sad! But, really it was just the sun.

 

Now, I know that my birthday was just a couple of days ago, but I am NOT old enough to have a kid entering FOURTH grade! (I still REMEMBER fourth grade!) They are all growing up SO fast! I am so excited for Data this year. It was one of my favorite years in elementary.

She at least makes the eyes closed look intentional!

Tasha moves into 3rd grade this year with the same teacher that Data had last year. She is pretty happy about that since she knows what to expect from the class this year. It is nice for me as a parent too, since I already have a good repertoire with the teacher.

My baby is all grown up!

 

Worf is in 2nd grade! (Where has the time gone?!?) He is getting a teacher that neither of his siblings have had before, but that we have heard good things about, so here's hoping. The afternoon teacher is one that Data had for 1st grade, and is the mother of one of Worf's classmates, so that should be a little more familiar for him.

Here is to a GREAT school year!!!

It's my birthday...

Shirt from my sis. She knows me too well :)

They say that "today is the first day of the rest of your life." For me that was never truer than it is today. Today will be the last time that I age. I turn 29 and will stay 29 forever! (mwahaha)

No, seriously, today is my birthday, and I have to admit, it has been a pretty great day. My wonderful husband got me a gift card and a custom tulip bouquet (they lasted longer with our plant-eating cats than the last 2 rose bouquets did!), kids all made me some absolutely wonderful birthday cards (complete with what I thought were a ridiculous number of candles, until Data informed me that he had counted them all twice and there were exactly 29....), I had an amazing buffalo chicken and blue cheese wrap for dinner, and I got spoiled rotten. I even made a rhubarb pie for dessert:

And then I blew out the candles :/

That's a whole lot of wax on my pie.... I even had some candles that had burned all the way down and scorched the crust (the black spot in the upper left corner). I guess that's what you get when you get "old" lol.

I am really excited to see what my last year of my 20s has to offer. It's been quite the bumpy road so far, but I am totally happy with where I am. :D

Insanity-Day 6

Somehow when I scheduled this workout, I didn't realize that my rest day was scheduled for MONDAYS and not Sundays as I usually schedule them. I typically don't like to do heavy workouts on Sunday as it is my day of rest and is set apart from my normal everyday routines. So, despite not working out yesterday, I am skipping today as well. I did walk to and from church today, so that at least helped a little. I figure that I will just switch routines with Monday's rest period and go from there. I feel so lazy today...

Insanity-Day 5

Today was Sacramento's Annual Creek Week and I took Data and Worf out to clean up our local creek. Data was excited to do it (although he SURE doesn't look it in that picture lol) because his teacher was there and also because it counted as a conservation project towards his World Conservation Award in Cub Scouts. Afterwards, they had a celebration lunch and activities for the kids. Unfortunately, it was clear across town, but I had already told the boys they could go, so off we went. The whole thing turned into nearly an all-day event. We didn't get home until late afternoon, even though we had started first thing in the morning. By then, I hadn't done any housework to speak of and still had to make dinner. As it turns out, I didn't get any time to do my video today. I'm actually kind of sad, because, for as much as the videos SUCK while you are doing them, the rest of the day, I don't feel too bad and by the next day, I am ready to go again. Weird...

Insanity-Day 4

Today's workout was entitled "Cardio Recovery." What a terribly misleading name. While you are, in fact, recovering from the last 2 high-cardio workouts, you are still getting your butt kicked by this one. I don't think my thighs have EVER hurt that much. There were several times where my legs just gave out. Ugh. Not to mention my poor arms from having to stay in plank position for so long. I seriously had to keep reminding myself why I was doing this. I think I need to get someone to photoshop a picture of me all svelt and sexy and hang it next to the TV. Maybe then I will be motivated to make my real life body look like that. Or maybe not since I could just photoshop all my pictures... All this hard work is going to pay off, right?