Thursday, July 23, 2009

More Fun with Spray Paint

Found this wooden airplane shelf at a consignment sale for $10. I knew it had potential.
Finished product. It took a couple coats of blue spray paint to get it covered. We hung it on Will's wall with his initial letters hanging over it. The initial letters were in JW's room as a child and we spray painted them red when Will was born.


Thursday, July 16, 2009

Will's 6th Birthday

Will turned 6 yesterday at exactly 3:43 p.m. We had a wonderful backyard birthday party complete with friends, family, cake and a huge waterslide! It was a baseball themed party, but no baseball was actually played! Will woke up yesterday morning at 5:45 asking "how long until my friends get here?" Bless his heart, he was so excited. And I am so glad we had such a beautiful day for my Willabug's 6th birthday. Enjoy the pictures!



Attempt at a group photo on the waterslide

Baseball cookies


Boys on the lookout of the playset



Will blowing out his candles
(yes, that is a bowl full of peanuts on the right, and we had cracker jacks too! baseball game food was the theme, complete with a snow cone machine!!)


Will hitting the baseball pinata
The pinata was very stubborn and was not coming down so JW had to get out the real baseball bat and hit it. Notice the candy flying in mid-air and the expression on Meme's face! (thanks to Aunt Gini for this action shot!)


Will on the water slide


JW on the water slide- (I went down the water slide too, but thankfully no one took my picture)



Wednesday, July 8, 2009

My Spin Saga

Did you know that an entire world of highly functioning people exists at 5:00 a.m.? Yes, I know, I was surprised too. In my world, 5 a.m. is still the middle of the night. It is dark and all sane people should be asleep. How do I know this strange world exist, you ask? Well, I will tell.

We joined the Y (as in YMCA) this summer so that we would have a pool to go to. There are two Y's in Brentwood. This is a wonderful thing. One is about a 1-2 minute drive from my house. This is fantastic. The other is about a 5-10 minute drive depending on traffic. The latter has a really fabulous pool for kids. Slides, sprinklers, the works. This is the one that we use for the pool. The first one I use for exercise.

A couple of factors are at work here: a. We are spending $90 a month on this membership, so I am determined to get the most out of it. b. depression from a recent dr. appt. where I did not like the number on the scale or the fact that the dr. politely tells me, "it is almost impossible for women to lose weight in their 30s because your metabolism drastically slows down." c. My rear-end protrudes from my lower back in a 90 degree angle.
So, here I go to the Y.

Since school is out, I have the boys all day, everyday. Yes, I am their mother. Yes, I am blessed to have this as my job. But, that leaves my exercise options open between the hours of 5-7 a.m. before JW leaves for work. So, here I go. Alarm set at 5:40, exercise clothes laid out the night before, I quietly creep out of a sleeping house into the unknown.

The first day I walk in around 6ish. People are walking out already dressed for work. I'm like "what in the world?" "what time does this place open?" 4:30 a.m. people!! Seriously, that is not right. So, my first day I just run on the treadmill, do some weights, and exercise on the Pilates ball. I am feeling pretty good. That is my typical work-out. Then I hit an 1 1/2 hour Yoga class. Sore afterwards, but still feeling good. I think I'll step it up a notch and hit the 6 a.m. spin class. (Please take note that this is the 2nd spin class of the day, because the 1st one starts at 5 a.m.)

Well, to make a long story even longer, this was a mistake. I am not a cyclist, I have never done a spin class before, and it was just awful. I could barely keep up, but I managed to "stay on the bike" (as the instructor said at least 45 million times) for the entire hour. I felt sick the rest of the day despite 2 Gatorades, and lots of protein with carbs. The next day I thought I was dying. I was literally sick from that class for 2 days. I haven't been back yet, but I am determined to go back next week. However, I may not "stay on the bike" for the full hour.

Any of you out there do spin class? Does it get easier?

I was told at one point that you can use the excuse "baby weight" for up to 3 years. My excuse ran up back in April. Now I guess I've got to get busy.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

A Fun Fourth!

We have had a fun-filled Fourth of July weekend. We went up to my parent's house on Friday morning. We went to the pool during the day and that night we went to the Freedom Festival in their town. It was a huge event full of booths, live music concerts, and a great fireworks show. The boys did great even though we walked forever! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so I have no pictures from Friday.
Today we went to JW parent's house. I remembered my camera today!

David, Will, and Ryan
(It wasn't easy to get Ryan to stop running long enough for this picture. Notice the red cheeks.)

Meme and John have a huge garden this year. Will especially loves the garden. Here he is posing with the huge bounty he had just helped pick.


Will picking vegetables

Ryan pretending to be the scarecrow. (standing next to the fake crow!)