Fun times with my camera and Photoshop...

So I LOVE my new camera and it is really fun to play with high quality photos in Photoshop! I will post other pictures later, but I did want to get a picture of my little man up for his birthday!

My Little Man is 5!!

So today is my little man's 5th birthday...where has the time gone? I still remember the day I found out I was pregnant like it was yesterday! Although it was July 4th, so I guess it would be hard to forget, right?
Anyway, Aidan was so excited this morning. Jesse and the girls opened his bedroom door and yelled "Happy Birthday" and Aidan said, "It's Thursday, Thursday is my Birthday. YEAH, I'm 5!" He is such a little ham! When I wished him Happy Birthday again on the bus before school he made me lean over so that he could give me a hug and a kiss and he told me, "I wuv you mamma!" I know it is his birthday, but he gave me the best present ever with that statement!!
We decided to have his birthday dinner last night since everyone was home. I asked Aidan what he wanted for dinner and he very innocently looked at me and said, "Ketchup." And then went on playing. I mean, how do you respond to that? After a little more prodding he decided that he wanted chicken fingers, french fries, and chocolate ice cream with cones. So we had chicken fingers, french fries with ketchup, and chocolate ice cream with cones.
Then he got to get his birthday present, which was the Wall-E DVD.... so of course we had to watch it that instant at 7pm. They all enjoyed being able to stay up late and watch the movie and everyone went to bed after without incident....which was a nice change!
All in all it was a great night with the family!

**My new camera should arrive in a day or two, so I will but up a picture of him then.

School Vacations Suck, but Goals are Good

So at this point there have been plenty of other posts about why I hate when the kids are on school vacation -- so I won't go into to much detail....so here is the overview of my lovely day today:
- Kids woke up at 5:30 am (that is 2.5 hours earlier than they usually do)
- Aidan decided that he would get himself some breakfast sometime before 5:30 any guesses? Yup, I found him in his room eating a box of Cheez-Its -- ah, the breakfast of champions!
- The kids were jumping on Aidan's bed and Haylee got pushed off... very pretty purple bruise on her chin
- The jumping on the bed lead to the breaking of a support brace on Aidan's bed
- Jumping wasn't interesting anymore so they decided to take Aidan's bed apart
- There were so many other things that happened today that my Mommy brain has just blocked out...
So needless to say they were fed, bathed, and in bed by 6:30. It was definitely a bad mommy day!

On another note, my weight loss challenge is going OK. School and life has been VERY stressful this semester so I haven't been exercising as much as I would have liked, but I have made an effort to make it to all of my appointments with my trainer which has been very helpful! So as of this morning I was down to 220 lbs -- only 50 or so to go, right?!?!?!

Goal Update...

Since I said that I would keep the cyber world up to date on my health adventure, I figured I should post an update....

I have increased my yoga to 50 minutes 4-5 times a week, I run/walk for 30-60 minutes 3-4 times a week, I meet with my trainer every Tuesday for an hour, and I am hoping to go to the gym 3 times a week.

With all that said, I have to share that I have finally surpassed the 230 point that was plaguing me... I am down to 228! YEAH!!

I think that about covers it.... I think I have officially lost my mind to be publishing my weight on the web....isn't there some sacred female code I am breaking??? Oh, well....

Running and me...

So for the past many years I have taken care of all of my family members and not myself, per say. So this year I decided that it was the year that I get to focus on me... call me selfish....but I think it will be a good thing. I didn't set any "New Year's Resolutions" per say because I generally break those; but I did set a few goals for myself this year since I am VERY goal oriented.....

1. Run (not walk) in the Old Home Day 5K in June
2. Loose 70 pounds
3. Participate in the 2010 Susan G Komen 3-Day Walk (60 miles)

So to accomplish these goals I have reevaluated my eating habits and have done a complete diet makeover. And I have started to exercise, in some form, 6 days a week which includes Yoga and the use of the Treadmill (thank you Nana and Grandpa for letting me have your treadmill)!

So I started in the end of December at 242 lbs. And as of this morning I was down to 230 lbs and I was able to run a full 1/2 mile on the treadmill after walking 2.25 miles. This is a BIG deal for me because when I started a little under a month ago, I couldn't run more than 60 seconds without feeling like I was going to die! I wish that I had had the confidence to start running this morning a little earlier because I had to stop running at 1/2 mile because I ran out time. So tomorrow I am shooting for 3/4 of a mile!

I will also start working with a personal trainer next week at school. I will be able to work with him every Tuesday for 12 weeks. So I am excited! Wish me luck and I will keep cyberspace up to date so that you all can keep me on track!

Snow.....AGAIN!

So, it is snowing again. It seems like that is all it has done all month! Atleast it is pretty....I would love to post a picture of the prettyness -- but the kids broke my camera (note the bitterness in that).

Anyway, Church was canceled again today. Jesse and I were talking and we both agree that Church has been canceled more this year than in all the proior years combined! In one way it is noce to be able to stay home and drive on a Sunday morning, but I actually miss going. Yes, it is spiritually uplifting, but I miss seeing my friends and catching up on what is going on with them! Oh, well maybe next week it won't snow....although I am not holding my breath!

It's 10:00, do you know what your children are doing?

I can tell you what my son is NOT doing!!

So it was a really bad day with the kids... every time I turned around they were getting into something they know they are not supposed to touch. So I spent my day trying to do housework and make dinner while constantly running around taking things away from them and telling them to "knock it off" (NOT one of my finer days to say the least)!

When it came to bedtime, VERY early I must say, I was happily surprised that Aidan stayed in his room, instead of coming out five thousand times like he normally does. I figured he realized how mad I was for his behavior during the day and was giving me a break. Hehe, how foolish of me!

So I went about my evening finishing the housework I didn't get to do during the day and walking on the treadmill to blow off steam and then settled in to watch a little Grey's Anatomy before going to sleep.

Just as I get comfy and Jesse gets out of the shower, after working 2 jobs today, Aidan starts to cry. I hear Jesse going to check on him so I stay all snug in my comfy bed.... then I hear "OH, Aidan what did you do..."

Well there goes me being snug in my bed! I jump out of bed and go into Aidan's room and am greeted with this....

For those of you that cannot tell that is pink, purple, white, and blue PAINT all over the wood floor and walls!! Yup, the Autistic child that doesn't like gooey things on his hands decided to unlock the childproof lock on his closet door, climb to the back of the top shelf of his closet, and pull out some of my paint!

Aidan himself was also covered in paint (sorry no picture but I was way to angry to look at him), but Jesse being the supper smart person that he realized that I was much to angry to wash Aidan -- so Jesse washed Aidan and I hit the floor. I must say that scrubbing the floor at this time of night is not my idea of a good time!!

I also learned that when the lovely children found the camera this afternoon and where playing with it, that they broke the shutter -- it took much effort to get the above picture. That is 2 strikes against my darling child! All I can say at this point is that he is lucky that Jesse was home from work and that Jesse was able to stay calm!

Anyone know how to get paint out of the grooves in the floor?