goodbye 7!

Today is Peanut's last day of being 7.

She wanted to get glitter toes to help say goodbye to 7th year.

But, Peanut.......8 is great!!!!

smoothie

my daily breakfast........orange, banana, blueberries, milk, ice and spinach. Deeeeeelicious.

recipe found here.

besties

Friday is short day at school, which in Peanut's mind=friends.

squeaky clean

Today was cleaning day. I survived. Dust and Dirt did not.

cocwat

Seriously. I am not even joking that Peanuts first word was "cocwat". It may have even beaten MaMa. translation of Cocwat=chocolate. I think it may be Meadow's first word as well.

Tri baby

Peanut competed in a triathalon at our local gym. The funny thing is, is that she really doesn't know how to swim. We wondered how she was going to pull it off. Here is what she did:

Notice her holding on to the side while she tries to do the breast stroke with the other. I guess it is time for another round of swimming lessons.

focusing on biking to the finish line.

Tired and suffering nausea, but still pushing. I love this girl. Way to go Peanut! We are proud of you!

(photos courtesy of Cache, still counting them toward my Photo-a-day)

Saturday

Peanut just started piano lessons, she loves it. She can't believe how good she is "after just one lesson!" she plays a killer one handed Mary had a Little Lamb. The fruit man came to our house yesterday. He came to our house 4-5 years ago and his oranges were so good, I wished I would've bought more. He never returned and I was so bummed. When he rang the doorbell yesterday I screamed with excitement(okay, not really) and bought way too much. Does anyone else have a fruit man come to their house or do they only come to mine because they know I am a sucker? His fruit is so good though, I think he must inject the seeds with karo syrup.

Meadow enjoying her orange

Finley eating a.....grapfruit!? see what I mean about the Karo syrup.

Slave Labor

Cache sent Finley out to shovel the walks thinking that he would do a few sweeps and come in complaining of the cold. 45 minutes later he looked out the window and the WHOLE driveway was cleared of the snow. I think we have a new chore for Mr. Finley.

I love her.

nuff said.

Homemade bread

We love fresh baked bread at our house. Finley loves to help, although I am sad to say I don't let him help enough. This time I was in a good mood (rare these days) and let him help.

I wish I had pictures of the finished product, maybe next time. We like to use these women's recipe for our bread. We bought the DVD and it is great. I like that there isn't oil in the bread, only Lecithin. email me if you would like the recipe.

I bowled......

a 138!! That is pretty good for me, I am lucky to break 100.

Pictures are taken at the Ladies neighborhood bowling league, which I am not a member of, but was filling in for a friend.

Can you tell I am trying to catch back up with my photography, a picture a day is my goal. I slacked off when I was pregnant and I feel that my limited skills are disappearing.

Also on my weight loss, today was a little harder. My neighbor brought me some yummy birthday cake over last night, I had three bites and had to throw the rest of it away (face down, so I wouldn't be tempted-hahaha) with me, once I start it is hard to stop. I also had a cookie and a handful of plain m&m's (see I started, and now I can't stop) tomorrow will be better, maybe I will even make it to the gym.

Yesterday our day consisted of sickness and Puzzles. We would have liked swimming and ice cream, especially because it was a no school day. Why do kids get sick on no school days, don't they know how to save illness for days that they would be able to miss school?

Peanut enjoying Princess Protection Program

Finley enjoying his favorite past time of puzzling.