Current Workout Routine

My mornings have been a little unbalanced since getting back from the cruise.  Ryan has been going into work extra early (5am) so I've been taking Kherington to school.  That combined with me not waking up at 6 or 6:30 to workout means that I don't start the workout until 8:45 or 9 when I get back from taking Kherington (stopping and dropping her off mid-workout is not cool when you are drenched in sweat).

Anyways, so after I drop her off, I get changed and put on the workout DVD.  Since I can't go running unless I want to push Kevin (I now just try to get a 5 mile run in on Saturdays), I've gone back to doing the Insanity DVD's because they give you a good cardio workout.   For the first couple days Kevin was content with just watching the Wee Sing Train moving...then he decided he didn't like that so I started breaking out the train tracks.  Some days the train tracks takes up the bulk of my workout space so I end up stuck in a corner with Kevin saying, "watch out mommy" or "move" while I'm exhausted and dripping in sweat just trying to get through the DVD.  After Insanity, every other day I do a weights workout which Kevin joins in using the purple half kilo weights.  Kevin also takes breaks from playing and will come jump around (Insanity has a LOT of jumping) with me.

After the workout is done, I have my granola/yogurt/whey powder bowl and he has granola and milk.  Most days he likes to eat his while standing on the step stool at the table.  He's such a cute kid.  After breakfast, I take a speed shower and then run grab Kherington. That's pretty much my morning. Sometimes I feel like I've wasted it all and I need to start getting myself out of bed earlier so I can be more productive while Kherington is at school, but my body always feels good after a workout so that makes up for it :). We'll see if I get back on a normal schedule when Ryan starts taking Kherington to school again.

Kids Update

 We've been working with Kherington to write her name and not only does she enjoy it, but she's getting pretty good at it.  She is also big into role playing with her favorite being 'playing teacher' or 'playing mom'. She is a great big sister and seems to love going to school (so long as her friend Daniella is there).

Kevin either drives me crazy or makes me laugh depending on how the day is going.  His newest thing is opening the front door whenever I'm not looking and have forgot to lock it.  Like this morning when I was in the shower.  Not cool.  He like to empty the laundry basket and use it as a step stool when I put the real step stools away.  He helps himself to a midnight snack.  After everyone is in bed we've found that he sneaks out and gets some waffles out of the snack drawer.  That's our little Belgian boy for you.

They love playing together...or fighting with each other...they do both.  They watch Mickey Mouse on the iTouch while dressed up in pretty skirts, scrounge through the sticker box to fill pages of paper, fighting over the purple workout weights, run around outside, play make believe and more.  We had one of Kherington's friends over and I think they equally enjoyed it (Kevin was napping while the girls painted).