OMG. I am SO pumped right now!!
First of all, let me just pat myself on the back real quick: For the first time since I was on the all-liquid phase of this thang, I not only met but went OVER my protein (102 g) and liquids (72 oz) goals for today! 'Course I had to drink three protein shakes to do it, and three bottles of water (or was it four?), but whatever works, right? And I got to eat a teeny slice and a half of Pizza Hut pineapple pizza to boot!
But that is so not all. Oh, no no no.
So I had planned all week to take Jack and Sophia on a nature walk when he got home from school today. Why today? Because it was the one day we had nothing else going on, and we could do it at our leisure and then spend the rest of the day making collages or some such project.
However, Mother Nature had other plans, and it has rained - or poured - this. entire. day.
FAIL!
Could we go out in the rain? Sure. But when your kids seem not to have the strongest immune systems, really, you don't want to tempt fate too much. And they don't have rain boots; only Big Sis has them. So I had to come up with other options.
First, I had to prep the kids. Sophie's favoritest dessert in the whole world (thus far) is Schwan's mint chocolate ice cream cones. Since I haven't ordered from there in months, she's been SOL. But last night, the guy caught me, and I figured I'd make My Sweetness happy. So I ordered some. And some other stuff. (Ooh, rats, just remembered I took out the scallops for dinner for tonight. Ah, well.) After lunch, I made these two as happy as larks and let them have a cone. Joy!
Then, what could we do? Oh! Wii Fit!! I've been meaning to do my exercises in fron of them during the day, instead of waiting until after bedtime. Then, they could see that I actually DO exercise, and they could see how to play things and join in themselves. This was the perfect opportunity.
So we played. And we played and we played and we played and we played and we played.
We played that thing, all five of us at some point or another, all the way straight from 1430 to 2330. That's right, let me chickadees stay up half-past eleven PM to play on that thing. And we have all had a ball. Chloë and I both racked up over an hour's worth of exercise - my most yet - and Rob also got on it for the first time ever.
We unlocked SO many things tonight! The kids each unlocked game after game - some things I didn't even know were on there, like more and more advanced running - and I unlocked a whole bunch of advanced things tonight! Chloë found my nunchuk, so I was able to box and unlock the advance one. (Man, I SUCK at that!! But I've only done it once so far, and I used to suck at the Advance Step, too. Now I'm a calorie torcher!)
And the Tightrope one. Man, that one is a riot! Not just to play, but to watch other people. When Rob was doing it, I was literally falling out of my chair screaming, yelling and when he fell, dying of laughter. Too freaking funny. That is, until he managed to cross the whole thing! Then he dared me to do it in front of him. Okay, smarty pants, I will. Not only did I cross it, but I managed to unlock and cross the advanced level, and unlock and cross the expert level! Go me! Go me!
Ooh, ooh, and the water bubble! You know, the balance game (if you have it)? It is SOOOO hard. I have been trying and trying to get to the end of the course, but I keep popping the bubble each time. Well, today, I tried here and I tried there, and finally at the end of the night, the kids made me stay on it until I finished. And I DID!! The kids and I were all cheering and yelling and hooting and hollering, and we woke up Daddy and made him so mad! Hehehehe!
As you can see, I'm excited!!
Oh! Oh! And guess what? Sophie is QUITE the little track star! Her little butt was just running and running, all day and all night long! Every time it was her turn, she just wanted to run. And run she did! She unlocked the advance course, then the island lap course, then another free run! And on the advanced course, she beat her father the first time she did it! Hallegeud, I was so impressed!
Jack was awesome at the soccer heading and table balance games. He's got great balance!
And Chloë is a star at yoga and the strength exercises! I haven't even done any of the strength ones yet!
Anyway, it's been such a fun day, and I've had a huge blast exercising with my family. After we do our booth sale tomorrow, and hopefully do a grocery trip, I have a feeling I know how we'll be spending the weekend!
Fin.
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