StrollerFit Challenge

We had a lot of snow again Sunday and I am going out today no matter what!!!! I meant to blog about last week;s challenge on friday but I got sidetracked by Joey and his crazy truck antics. This was after his friend Ella - 3 years old taught part of our StrollerFit Class, It was so cute having her teach us to lunge, I think I might make this a part of class every so often.

Joey has been parking his trucks in a line in my kitchen, trucks of all sizes, looks like a parking lot. He also hauls other toys in the trucks, including his new favorite things, the train movie (the only thing he watches on tv-the Thomas DVD) and his crayons and coloring books. Oh and I can not forget his fork, that goes in the trucks too. the fork is a new tool he has learned to use. Did you know you can use it to eat clementines? For the last week he has had a clementine with every meal and as a snack, that is his food of the week and each time he must have his big boy fork to eat them. Clementines in cereal, clemintines in stew, you name it he has had a clemintine with it.

Now for the StrollerFit Challenege. This weeks winner was a close call, she pulled a head by only one point....

Congrats Danielle, another great week!!!

With only 2 weeks left, who will win each week and who will be the grand prize winner. Only the time and effort can tell. It is still anyone's game, with both Drea and Danielle working hard to beat each other. I think for heart healthy month we will hold another challenge, all about red and pink. Keep reading and see. Oh and Joey says faster, faster, go faster so I guess we will have to go faster.

MMS and Young Love

Wednesday's are all about the moms. We do Mommymusclesculpt in the afternoon and the kids get to run free with Scott there to make sure no one gets hurt. It is great for all, Scott loves to play with Joey and his friends, especially now that we are at RBI's where there are lots of balls to engage the kids with. The moms are always amazed by by his patience with them. But I think of it this way: 1. the men he works with are at least 100 times worse than the kids, 2. he earns $10 a week towards a new video game and 3. its an hr a week where we moms do it a lot more than that.

We had some cute moments at class, first while we were setting up we all looked over to see Joey and his favorite girl KAYKAY locked in a hug that seemed to last forever. Of course I did not have my camera on me. Kasey had the biggest smile, Joey was looking confused, not sure what he was thinking, but he was not tryin g to get away. Kasey's big sister Ella joined them and then the moment was over, it was so cute.

While we worked the kids had the bowling pins up and were trying to bowl, but Joey and Kacey just kept taking the pins down. There laughter and being able to watch while we worked our mommymuscles was inspiring. My favorite part was when Sean wanted to use a band and stretch with us. It shows that we are truly building strong confident kids while building strong confident moms.

and again I want to say thank you to my moms for helping me deal with my mom. I had a good cry with Heather the other night during RTC. So our class ran a bit long by the time we were done, but I needed the cry and Heather needed the workout, good thing Stuart her husband was not wondering where she was. I am going to miss my Tuesday evening RTC with Heather when the baby comes, but we will be back to them as soon as the Dr allows for it!!!

Better go get ready for StrollerFit, who knows what will happen today.

StrollerFit Open House

Yesterday we had 8 moms and 19 children at the StrollerFit Open House at RBI's. It was a an amazing workout, the more people we have the more energy we have the better the workout. I hope we continue to get large groups and continue to support each other and help each other become fit and fabulous while teaching our children to be healthy.

I think the kids had fun running in the big open space at the end of class, the laughter was infectious and I know they enjoyed the treat I brought.

I am getting to the point with less than 5 weeks to go where running is getting to be too much, but I got a little in, including line runs. I am happy just to be out with Joey and the moms. I also heard from one of my moms, she was not going to be late, she wants to win the challenge. I guess it has been a great motivator. I may have to challenge my moms with something new each month, I will have to think about that...

One last thing, do you know what happens when an 18m old eats lots of berries, his new favorite food, he gets purple hands, purple face and purple hair!! oh what fun for me to clean!!!

Schedule your workout contest

And this weeks winner is, opps I have not tallied it. Let me do that, one moment please:

It was a close call, but Drea pulls ahead by making it to class first most days. Remember first person to class gets and extra point and if you bring a fiend and they join you get an extra point too.

Congrats Drea, by the time the contest is over I think you will have enough StrollerFit Shirts to wear to every workout!!!

There are 3 weeks left to the challenge and it is still any ones game for the grand prize, who will be the big winner, I guess we will have to wait and see. In the mean time baby and I are off to get a snack and go back to bed, its time.

Joey's loves at StrollerFit

So Joey use to have a harem to himself - First it was Ariella and JOOOOEY, then there was Casey and Ella and Autumn. Some days he had to share his girls with Nate and Mason, but he was happy to oblige.

Now things are changing, Autumn's Little Brother Lincoln is moving and not so little anymore we have new moms that bring us Jayce and Wes, so Joey really has to share now.

I think since Joey has not reciprocated Ariella's love she has given up, there goes his older woman, but now he has Casey a younger woman chasing him. It was so cute on Thursday, she chased him down after class and held his hand and tried to drag him around. She is 2 months younger and they are so cute, but he got free and took off with Casey hot on her heals. Where is the camera when I need it for these little precious moments.

I came home and told Scott, he said that is why we have a boy and he is positive the new baby who is 5 weeks away is a boy too. He says he would need lots of bullets if we have a girl. He has informed Casey's parents that he is willing to loan the gun and bullets out for when she and her older sister Ella begin to really date as long as it does not get used against Joey.

Today was busy, a new session of Restore the Core Started and one of my new clients asked how far along I was since I did all these moves as demos, like planks. I said 5 weeks and thank god for Danielle who demoed the rest. It made me feel great the she and my SF moms have commented that I am still active. I have my days where I do not feel great but the working out makes me feel better. And to top it off I had a great laugh watching Joey and Emma another little girl watching us and making faces from the party room upstairs. He makes me smile and brings love into my heart every moment of everyday and I thank god for my miracle and the one to come.

I took April and Mason to Costco with me to get stuff for the StrollerFit open house Monday and 4 different woman told me my twins were adorable. here I am 5 weeks from giving birth and I had Joey and Mason who are a month apart in age in the cart and people thought I had twins. Wow!!!

then part of Joey's harem came for dinner. We had Casey and Ella and there parents over and it was so cute to watch the kids play together. Joey was all excited as son as I told him Casey and Ella were coming over he says kaykay and claps. We had a great night. A healthy dinner and some good adult conversation, while the moms did, I bet the dads had a blast watching the Little Mermaid since the kids did not want to watch football. Too bad for the dads!!

So off to bed I went until 3 am as usually, baby did not want me to sleep. I look outside and it is snowing, so I guess no play dates today, Joey and I "will build a hot" and hopefully he will sleep so I can gets lots of work done and maybe try a new recipe or too!!

As I reflect on the week, I think to myself a few things: I live the friends I have made through SF and I love my old friends, even the ones I do not see or talk to very often, but I wish the sadness would go away and I could take Joey to grandma, the one thing that would light up her days as much as they light up mine as she goes they all the side effects of Chemo again. Here we go again and I wish I could take the pain away. She is a fighter and says she will see him and the new baby grow up and I believe her because she has the best outlook and I hope I will always be as positive as she is, but I know Joey would make her feel better. This is the one regret I have with leaving Las Vegas and moving back to MA. If I could get on a plane and fly the flight without risking my health or the babies I would be there in a heart beat and I know that my SF moms would keep the classes going because they are the strongest bunch of Woman I know. Without them everyday and all the dramas we share with the kids I would fall apart.

I want to thank them for coming to class and helping me through each day weather they know it or not. Lastly, I wan to say Joey loves sharing his harem and he only hopes it grows bigger and bigger and bigger so he has stories to tell Grandma.