Elf on the shelf from 2013

When I decided to introduce Elf on the Shelf three years ago I just used one that I had picked up that was suppose to be a decoration for the tree but thought it was adorable and would work great. 2014 will be Elfie's third year coming to our house and I have realized that their is one issue with having a unique one. When you forget where you hid him. I was frantically looking while at the same time trying come up with an excuse why we had a different Elf. Luckily I found him (he was were I put him just got shoved back further.) Our elf is a lil different as he likes to be played with (no way I could do the no touching with a 2 year old the 4 year old would have been freaking out and I figured it would be a headache and lead to lost of fighting. So instead they play with him and do what he is doing!

Day 1: Elfie decorated our tree with lights. And  brought a letter from Santa!

Day 2: He brought wrapped books for us to open one each night tell Christmas.

Day 3: He got spruced up for the Seahawks game!!!

Day 4: He went  fishing!

Day 5: He got in a silly string fight with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Day 6: He brought stuff to write letters to Santa!

Day 7: He decorated our tree since we had none on it!

Day 8: He was painting and gave them piggy banks to paint so they could learn to save!

Day 9: He was zip lining from our window to our tree.

Day 10:  He wrapped up our tv in wrapping paper.

Day 11: He brought coloring books from Santa and was coloring.

Day 12: He decorated our tree with snowflakes.

Day 12: He roped off our hallway and made a maze

Day 13: He turned the donuts into snowmen and reindeer and was eating them with toys!

Day 14: Elfie was making snow angels in the flour.

Day 15: He brought movie night goodies.Movie and popcorn.

Day 16: He was having car races.

Day 17: He was building with lincoln logs

Day 18: He sent them on a gingerbread hunt!

Day 19: He was hanging from the chandelier with their afternoon snack.

Day 20: He  brought all the makings to make their own gingerbread houses and men

Day 21: He made Seahawk ornaments for the tree

Day 22: He was playing trouble with super heros

Day 23: I must have forgotten to take a photo! oops!

Day 24: He brought Reindeer food for the boys to leave outside so they could find the house.

Insanity!!!!

My jeans started getting to tight so I decided it was time to start the insanity 60 day challenge again. Its been about 15 months since I did it last. I went from a size 12 to a 6 and even some 4's. However the 4 are no longer fitting and the 6 are getting tight so I decided that it is time to get my but in gear. WOW is what I remember feeling after that first fit test and once again I feel WOW and dreading tomorrow when I do day 2 but I know that in the end it will all be worth it when I can wear the cute shorts and cute top this summer and look in the mirror and feel good.

On the insanity challenge every two weeks you do the fit test and keep track of your numbers so you can see your improvement.

Here are my numbers for week 1 fit test: Date 5/5/14
1. 43
2. 50
3. 69
4. 24
5. 7
6. 10
7. 16
8. 36

If you have never done the insanity fit test these numbers mean nothing especially since I could barley breathe to write down what the exercise was. Will try to next time. But the goal is that in two weeks when I do the test over again all my numbers will improve!

Here is to getting fit and healthy and teaching my boys all about living a healthy life.

Enjoying the Sunshine

So I suck... I was going to update every week of what we do and it lasted a month. I didn't have a screen and got behind and then was so behind that I stopped. But hopefully I will stick with it this time and catch up from the missing months.

The first day of May was amazing.... After the rainiest March on record and April having more rain then normal we were due for some nice weather and it finally came with recording breaking heat for May 1!!!!! We went out and enjoyed it!!!

We finally got hot hot hot weather... What do you have to have on hot days? Homemade Popsicle!! pineapple juice, apple juice, and frozen strawberries! 

The boys enjoying them!!!

Then in was time to cool off! sprinkler fun and then they stuck it under the trampoline and keagin got them with a water gun!

Then it was off to Hunters baseball game! Him and his team did great!

WEEK 3

My children have been in football mania and this is the face Wyatt gives you when you tell him the football is not allowed at the dinner table.

 This is the face you get when he was allowed to have the football at the table.

We had game night!!! Fibber!!!

Seahawks vs 49ers... The game we had been waiting for. The game to go to the super bowl!!!

   

12 layer 12th man bean dip!

The boys got beast mode drinks

And our beast mode shots!!!

The game got to intense for Wyatts ears and he had to to wear ear muffs from all the screaming and yelling. It was a super fun close game and we came out with the win. Can't Super Bowl!!!