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Monday, April 3, 2017

Life As We Know It... February & March Edition

Here's what we've been doing during February & March...

Alex has been busy with his cub scout troop.
He sold coupon books outside of Kroger to help raise money for his pack.
His goal was to sell 15 books & he accomplished that :)

He also went on a field trip to the Armand Bayou Nature Center. While he & his den were busy earning their Paws on the Path adventure loop, Addy, Nick & I explored the nature center.

We went to Urban Air

and bookclub

and celebrated Nick's birthday

Brooke's birthday

and St. Patrick's Day.

The kids took their school pictures

Rocked their Socks for Down Syndrome Awareness Day

And Addy tried her hand at skating during PE.

She wasn't the best at it but luckily she has some sweet friends who held her hands & helped her out while skating!

And I started bootcamp.

And I love it!!

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Boosterthon 2015

The kids' elementary school had a new fundraising event this year which replaced the 5K run that the PTO has put on for the last 10 years. It was called the Boosterthon.

The Boosterthon team was at the school for 2 weeks interacting with the kids & having pep rallies & giving out prizes while encouraging the kids to get pledges for their school. And on the last day, which was February 20th, the kids participated in a 2 mile fun run.

Alex was so excited for the Boosterthon.

He came running out with his class grinning ear to ear.

But he quickly went from this

to this. (He got nervous & uncomfortable because he didn't know what was going on.)

But then once he started running, he was fine.

Well I said running, but I meant walking.

I'm pretty sure he did not run. At all.

Just walked & talked. With friends.

But he did awesome!

He walked the entire hour & completed 30 laps, which was 1.875 miles.

(And that's a lot for the boy who gets tired walking a quarter mile from the house to the playground!)

I'm so proud of him & his whole class. Way to go Kindergarten!

Addy was also super excited for the Boosterthon.

She actually ran though.

She did walk a few laps

and take some water breaks.

But she ran most of it.

And she finished all 35 laps which was 2 miles!

Way to go Addy & all of 2nd grade!

Friday, February 13, 2015

#Project365

One of my goals for 2015 is to learn to use my new camera in manual mode & so to help accomplish this I decided to participate in a photography project called Project 365. The object of the project is to take a picture every day through out the year & post them somewhere.

So far, I've been taking most of my pictures with my iphone & posting them on Instagram. But I plan to also take some with my camera throughout the year (hopefully in manual mode.) And I'll post them on my blog once or twice a month.

So here are my pictures from #Project365 for January...

What do you do when it's too wet & cold to play outside? Go snorkeling in the bathtub, of course! 1/365

Winter Weight Loss challenge started today. Successful first day even though I'm battling strep throat & Addy insisted that I make her fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Didn't even have 1! 2/365

A perfect Sunday afternoon! 4/365

Nothing like spending your Christmas money on some of your favorite things... My Little Pony, Little Live Pets (she definitely need 1 more bird) & As Seen On TV toys! 5/365