Movies, Trails, Goodwill and the Lake

We had quite the day on Tuesday!


Every summer a certain chain of movie theaters (I don't remember which one right off the top of my head) does a free movie once or twice a week. I've always wanted to go but knew the girls wouldn't sit through a whole movie. Plus, it's always during the time I'm running on the trail.


Cindy decided she was going to give it a try this year so we came up with this plan:


The girls and I went to their house. We put Quinn's booster (by the way, she is now in a backless booster seat! Sydney has Quinn's old one) in Cindy's car and Ben's seat and stroller in my car. Cindy took the older kids to the movie (Veggie Tales) and I took the little kids to the trail.


This was Quinn's first time in a movie theater. I guess they keep the lights on so that helped. I hear neither one of them was real interested in the movie. When asked about the movie Quinn says that it was about vegetables that don't have arms or legs but that talk. LOL! I think if it was a different movie, she would have loved it. But, it sounds like they had a good time anyway.


Meanwhile, when we were done running and were stretching, Sydney peed her pants (she was out of the stroller - thank goodness!). I just happened to have an extra pair of underwear in my purse so we hit the coffee shop (I HAD to buys us some cookies and a smoothie since we used the restroom) so she could finish going potty and to change her underwear. The other gals and I had already decided that we were going to go to Goodwill after we ran to find pirate costumes for the Torchlight 5k on Saturday. So, I was planning on running home to get Syd another pair of shorts but then decided to just let her go in a bronco shirt and underwear. So ghetto I know, but I didn't want to waste the gas driving home and back.


So, while we were shopping, she says she has to go potty. So we go in and she pees. Great! A little later she has to go potty again. Turns out she pooped a little in her underwear but did the most damage in the toilet. great. So, we finish up and plan to meet at the Dollar Store to get the rest of what we need for our costumes. I decided on the way there that I'd better go home and get her a change of underwear and shorts first.


I pull into the neighborhood and see Cindy, Quinn and Jack on Evie's front porch! Turns out she thought she had my cell# but didn't. So we all went to my house and had some lunch. Our original plan was to meet them after lunch to play at their beach (they live in a neighborhood that has it's own private lake - Pipe Lake). So, after lunch, the girls and I hit the dollar store and then met Cindy and the boys at their house.


Sydney doesn't go in the water too much. She LOVED it until she went under at Lake Wilderness one time. After that, she's not too interested. Here she is playing on the beach:


Quinn on the other hand just LOVES being in the water. We bought a couple of water floaties at the dollar store and Quinn used them all! I don't know where she learned how to 'swim' but she did it like she's had lessons and has been doing it for awhile. I was very impressed to say the least. She did fall off one floaty once and went under but that didn't stop her. She got right back on and kept going. I think we're going to have to get her some swim lessons now! I have a great video clip but can't seem to get it to post. I know the original is too big so I cut it down a little, but still can't get it to post! So, here's a picture of her swimming:


We had a very fun day and all came home and collapsed!

Catch up posting session....again!

I use to be so good at keeping this thing updated! I have no idea why I can't do it now. The house looks the same as it ever did - chaotic - so me focusing on getting other things done isn't what's keeping me from posting. Oh well, I'm doing it now so I guess that's good enough. Now, if I could just remember what all I was going talk about....

Following this post will be a couple more that have pictures. One is the Fourth of July and one is the Relay For Life, so I won't go into those ones on this post.

Potty Training:
We are doing SO good with potty training! Sydney is wearing underwear all the time during the day now - even for naps! She still wears a pull-up for over night. She's gotten up a few times with a dry one so once that starts happening a little more regularly, we'll be done with the pull-ups! Hooray!

As a side note to Sydney, I just have to mention here her cute names for K.C. and I. She calls K.C. Daddad (just like what we call my dad) and she calls me Mommom. It sounds so cute!

Whole Foods Journey:
We LOVE our Blendtec blender and use it several times a day. The girls ask for smoothies now! I've also kind of gotten into raw eating. I've just started with it and in no way will probably ever eat totally raw, but I am going to try to eat mostly raw. I've found some pretty good recipes on Raw Food Art - a pink smoothie, protein complete bar and vanilla cookies. I'm looking forward to trying some dinner recipes soon. I hope they are good since I had to pay for them! I've even ordered a dehydrator to aid in my raw eating. We'll see how it goes.

However, I am having a hard time trying to figure out why I'm gaining weight instead of loosing weight! I feel like I'm getting good exercise through Stroller Strides and working 4 days a week. I feel like I'm eating pretty healthy - way better than before. Yet I'm gaining weight. In fact I told K.C. that if it weren't for the fact that I haven't skipped any periods, then I would swear I was pregnant since my gut is where all of the weight is going (and my thighs, of course!). He likes to remind me that just because something is natural, it doesn't mean it's healthy or good for you. Maybe all of the agave we are putting in the smoothies is doing it? Maybe I'm just simply eating too much? I don't know but I'm damn sure going to figure it out! My clothes are getting waaaaaaay too tight for me!

Tomatoes:
Remember when Sydney pulled all of the tomatoes off our plant while they were all green? Someone at work told me to wrap them in newspaper, so I did. I'm happy to report that about half of them are red now and ready to eat! We'll have to give them a try soon.

Life:
I've made it a point to try to play more instead of stressing about the house - since it's never as clean as I'd like it to be anyway. We've gone on another hike with the mom's group, played in the sand and water at Lake Wilderness and even had a couple of play dates with friends. I still seem to rush things on the days where I have to work, but I'm trying to calm down with all of that and just go with the flow.

I am very excited that we got a web cam and were able to video call Nana & Dadad and my sister Tami and her family last night! We are going to try a conference video call tonight to see if we all can be on at the same time!

So, that's about all of the catch up that I have this time. Two more post with pictures to follow.