My Child the Baker

Baking......

For anyone that knows me, you know I love to Cook, no measuring required!!! As for baking, not my favorite activity, usually too many steps and too much measuring. As my pregnancy comes to an end, my sweet tooth is gaining momentum and with the diabetes, I am truly trying to keep the sugar intake down.

The best way to do that is to make it from scratch. And then eat a bit and send the rest to work with Scott. This morning I sort of had a little helper.

He is definitely related to Grandma Sharon, she loves to bake and he is my child because I loved to mix and then clean the bowl and utensils.

Now we need to go run errands and then off to StrollerFit, to burn the calories before we eat the cookies.

Cancer....

Life is so fragile and Cancer has been destroying the lives I love for more than half of my life. I look at my mother who has been battling this disease for far to long and I am amazed everyday by her strength, I am not sure I could do it. I know that Joey and this new baby help her to fight everyday, but in my heart I know that without her own inner strength nothing could make her go thru what she does everyday. She says it is not the cancer that will kill her, but the side effects to the Chemo and I believe her. In the last few years she has had congestive heart failure, neuropathy in her hands and feet, back pain and colitis. The new drug made her miss my brothers wedding but she is fighting to be well enough to be her for the birth of the baby. She was there for Joey's birth and nothing is going to keep her away, not even being pumped with Chemo and lots of Anti-Nausea drugs.

In her honor and the honor of those who have passed away Linda (who Joey's middle name is for), Len, Barbara, Debbie, Bertha, and many many more, and for those who have beaten this awful disease and are still with us like Carol W, I have started a team to participate in this years Relay for Life in Milford, MA on May 16 and 17th at Milford High school, called Hip Mamas and I hope the ladies from StrollerFit (and there families) and the WW members will join me once again to help raise money to end this awful disease. Joey, Scott, my parents and a few friends participated last year and we had a great time and I hope we can get an even bigger turn out this year. I know it will be a late night for the kids, but we can bring the pj's and have a good time.

If you want to register to join us go to:

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=16296&pg=teamlist and find Hip mamas and click on join the team.

Hope to see you all there.

The end of the StrollerFit "Schedule your workout challenge" and the start of the "Healthy Heart Challenge"

Lets recap. In December we started the StrollerFit "Schedule in your workout challenge" We ran two contest one for StrollerFit and One for Restore the Core.

Each week we had a new winner:

StrollerFit Winners:

Week 1: Drea
Week 2: Danielle
Week 3: Alysa
Week 4: Danielle
Week 5: Drea

Week 6: Danielle

Week 7: tie between Danielle and Drea
Week 8: another tie between Drea and Danielle

And the StrollerFit Grand Prize narrowly goes to:

Danielle

Restore the Core had a Monthly winner in December and in January and a Grand Prize Winner:

December: Heather
January: Sarah

And the Restore the Core Grand Prize Winner goes to:

Heather

Congrats to all the winners!!!!!

Prizes will be awarded Friday at StrollerFit and Saturday at Restore the Core (unless I have the baby before then). Now for the next Challenge,

Lady and Baby (Child) in Red!!

Here are the Rules and again we will be holding a contest for StrollerFit and one For Restore the Core:

1. Every time you go to class you get a point
2. If you are wearing red or pink you get a point
3. If your child is wearing red or pink you get a point (if you have more than one child at class you still will only get one point to be fair to those who only have one child)
4. Be the first to class get a point
5. Bring a friend to class, if they sign up earn a point.

The contest begins February 1 and ends February 28. the person with the most points on February 28 will win a StrollerFit Utility Bag filled with Goodies. Good luck ladies!

The Boston Children's Museum

Last night was Scott's Birthday, so we went to $1 night at The Children's Museum. It starts at 5 and ends at 9, we stayed for 1.5 hrs, but for $3 it was perfect. I am not sure who had more fun Joey or Scott. There was lots of Balls, Boats and Trucks, but the highlight was the Bubble room. There is a machine where you can stand and be inside of a bubble.

I forgot the camera so there are no pictures. next time, we will definitely do it again. Yesterday was the day of pictures I missed. I have been taking my camera to StrollerFit, took it out of the bad to charge and never put it back in, so I missed Casey and Joey hugging again, they seem to only do it when there is no Camera, I think they know.

As of now the magic cream cheese has not worked, so the count is 18 days til my due date...

magic cream cheese

So I bought the magic cream cheese yesterday after my StrollerFit class, but the owner said with 2.5 weeks to go he is not guaranteeing anything, he says it has only worked for women within a few days of there due date. We shall see. I ate it on a bagel this am, it tasted good and we shall now just see what happens.

I am now preparing to end my Schedule your Workout Contest at StrollerFit and prepare my moms for heart healthy month and the contest I am holding for that. It should be fun and I hope the ladies will enjoy the recipes we put together in the recipe book.

Off to class I go.