We Joining the YMCA

We joined the YMCA here when Jonathan turned 6 weeks because their childcare will watch kids 6 weeks -12 years for 2 hours a day while the parents workout.  When we joined I was a little unsure of what I would think about working out at a gym.  I have always worked out on my own, but now with 3 kids I had only gotten through a 30 minute workout video once without interruptions.

Well, the Y has been awesome.  We have gone every weekday since joining.  I try to make it in time for a class each day which means I have to start the whole process of getting out the door (pump, dress, feed, change, etc) 1 hour before the class starts. The days I don't make it to a class I run on the treadmill.  I started doing interval training on the treadmill because I read it was much better workout. It's true.  It is.  I am sore the day after every time I do it.

The kids love child care too.  Depending on what time we go they do crafts, play in the gym, play outside on the toys, do games inside or just chill and watch a movie.  Most days when I pick them up they are made that they don't get to stay longer.  It is an added bonus that there are often kids from our previous ward that are in the childcare at the same time so it's like a play date. Jonathan does fairly well.  I've gotten pulled out of a workout class twice because he had been crying for 20+ minutes and there were lots of other kids there (one day I know he was fussy the whole time but it was early afternoon and my kids were the only ones there so they kept him).

Every day driving home I wonder what I would have done if we hadn't joined.  It is so nice to have a built-in break from the kids.