Time to Make it Happen

    I've decided it's time to make anything and everything happen!  Time to get a new career path figured out...or at least figure out what I need to do to get to where I want to be.  Also time to quit pinning so much on my Pintrest account.  I need to stop finding things that I want to do and DO THEM!  Time to have a little more gumption when it comes to losing weight.  Time to implement the ideas that are swirling in my head.

    I plan on making a timeline for the next few months and write down what I want done...and when it needs to be done by.  I'll post that when it's finished.  I tend to work better with deadlines, so hopefully this will get my butt in gear!

    I do know that one of my food plans for the month of March is to make breakfast every morning.  I am not a big breakfast eater (I know, I know...the most important meal of the day, blah, blah).  I never have been!  However, I have noticed that my indifference to breakfast has been passed down to my kids (my fault) and I don't like that!  Evyn and Sylas love pancakes, waffles, sausage, and bacon.  I'm pretty sure these aren't the best breakfast foods out there.  My job this month is to find new, healthy breakfasts they will look forward to eating.

    I tried to be sneaky today and give Evyn a frozen gogurt passed off as a popsicle.  She takes after me in the yogurt department - a big NO THANK YOU whenever it is offered.  I wish she would like it though and thought I may have come up with a solution.  Well, that little munchkin too smart.  I waited until after nap time when we always have the yummy snacks.  As I handed it to her, she took a sniff and stated, "This smells like yogurt, not popsicle."  After licking it a few times, she added, "It also tastes like yogurt.  This is not a good popsicle like at Manmum and Pop-pop's house."  I tried to laugh it off without having to outright lie to her, but it was to no avail.  She decided to have no snack at all if that meant she could throw away the "smelly popsicle". 

    Guess I'm going to have to be sneakier than a four year old in the future!

Whew

    Let me start off by saying that this blog has gone too long without some love!!  I didn't even realize it had been so long...shame, shame, shame.  So I'm back (again) and I have another new plan (again).  Plus, I totally re-vamped the site and I am really digging it!!

    My very dear friend, Jessica, has brought juicing to my attention.  I love this woman so much...and I am convinced that if we lived closer, we'd be seeing each other pretty much every day.  She has held my hand through my never ending cloth diaper journey and is now about to take me on another ride.  I have heard about juicing a few times and always thought the idea was cool, but not for me.  I just don't think I have it in me to give up all food and rely only on juice.  I am a food addict.  This is where Jess comes in!  She has started her own juicing system and to ease herself into a juice "feast", she has started drinking juice before a meal.  This helps with filling up on good-for-you juice and not overeating the real food.  I think I'm going to start doing this!! (After I gather up enough doll hairs to buy a juicer that is!)  Jess talks about having more energy and is losing weight fairly well.  I think I'm going to team this up with my irregular zumba schedule and see where this takes me!  She, however, will begin a juice feast on March 1st and try it for 94 days.  You can read about her awesomeness HERE!

    Now I just want to post some photos of my beautiful children.  It is GORGEOUS outside today, so we have been living it up out there.  Played all morning, had a picnic, and then ice cream!

       
    One more thing I wanted to pass along to all you moms.  If you are anything like me, you have "bad mom days" as I like to call them.  Those are the days when I'm extra tired/cranky/stressed/anything other than happy and I'm not my normal mommy self.  I tend to carry a lot of guilt around after days like that.  I read an article this morning about that subject and I really enjoyed it.  It reminded me that I am only human!!  If you're interested - take a look.

    Time to get ready to go hold my sweet, new nephew Ezra!  I'll be back sooner rather than later!

Winning!

    Just wanted to make a quick entry - I made a lunch today that Evyn had TWO helpings of!!  I am so excited!  For those of you that know us, Evyn is my picky eater and the one that I am always trying to find food for.  Today's lunch was so simple.  I used Light Italian Flatout Flatbread that is 100% whole wheat and has zero grams of sugar, added turkey, and then cheese.  All I did was roll it up and slice it like sushi - super simple!  Evyn ate five of the rolls and all of her strawberries that were served with it.  I even heard her say, "Come to mama" while she was eating!  Sylas ate a little bit, but I know this was because of the strawberries.  He is a fruit fanatic and will eat that over anything. 

 
    My wrap was a tad bit more nutritional.  I had brushed fat free Poppyseed dressing onto mine, then added pepperjack cheese, turkey, and spinach leaves.  So yummy!  I wanted to add spinach to the little's wrap, but Evyn informed me that they "don't eat leaves yet."

    I loved hearing Evyn tell her Daddy all about her "delicious lunch" and that she couldn't wait to eat it again.  Score one for Mommy!!!

Starting Over

    ALRIGHT!  I am starting over!  I got really overwhelmed with my new adventure...I was confused, nervous, and a little self-concious (when it came to the blogging).  I got in my rut, then realized I needed to be more realistic. 
    
    When it comes to our food, there aren't too many changes I really need to make - yay!  I already made fresh veggies and fruit.  I already tried to make as many meals from scratch as possible.  I already made sure my kids didn't get Little Debbie cakes for snacks.  SO my new goal is take one step at a time in making little changes.  The blog, Real Food in Little Rock, helped me understand that it is easier to do a change like this in baby steps.  For example, this month I am trying to buy more organic foods and to reduce our consumption of high fructose corn syrup.  I am going to look into local farmers so that I can compare the pricing.  I am more jazzed about this, because it seems less overwhelming by doing it in smaller stages!
   
    As far as the blog goes, I know that I need to write more often!  I am going to set aside time one night a week (Wednesdays are my night of choice!) to blog.  I was wondering if there was a point to write, because I felt that I wasn't writing about interesting topics.  I got caught up - again - in all these other mommy blogs that look awesome and have a ton of followers.  Then I remembered why I started this - for ME!  I'm sure I'll get better at blogging as time goes on.  I'm even going to look into how to design it a little better...maybe even add some ads or more decor.  For those of you that do read, thank you :)

    Tonight, the littles, hubby, and I are going to a latern festival.  We are all very excited as this will be something we've never done.  I'm hoping that it's a lot like the laterns in Tangled, as that is what I told Evyn is would be like!  If anyone would like to go, here is the link: Laterns!.  I'm pumped for the Rio de Janeiro vista because Evyn loves the movie Rio and also for the American Baseball vista as Sylas lives and breathes baseball. I'm hoping to get some awesome photos to share!

    Thank you to everyone who encourages me in my life changes - I love all of you!