Well if missing a few days, or um, a week worth of blogging isn't real life...I don't know what is!!
I see all these inspiring and creative blogs whether based on food, diet, exercise, health, spirituality, etc...and I think to myself, "Who in the world has time to blog about these things everyday when they are busy managing a household?"
This past week was chilly here in Charlotte and we had snow flurries and enough ice that caused schools to close for a day. I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan so I'm used to "snow days" and lots of snow. Here in NC if we get flurries everyone scatters and the grocery stores run out of milk and bread. It's quite comical. But...it has been much too cold to play outside especially since I don't have proper winter gear to keep the boys warm. Since it's only this cold a few weeks out of the entire year I failed to buy gloves and scarves and water-proof coats for the boys. Whoops!
That being said we had lots of activity time inside! Lots of Peppa Pig and Mickey's Clubhouse, lots of coloring, play-dough, chasing Asaph around the house to get his energy out.
Speaking of energy, Tyler has been doing the Insanity workout DVD every night for the past month and he finally inspired me to get in shape. I'm not athletic by any means, I hate working-out or running, so it's hard to find motivation to stay in shape. I still have my baby-belly and I am now 5 months post-partum from baby #2. With baby #1 I lost the belly fat extremely fast, especially with the help of nursing. This time around I'm nursing as well but the baby-belly is still lingering.
I spent a little time on the internet researching online post-natal work-outs and was happy to find this gem of a site!
www.momsintofitness.com
I'm going to be doing the 30-day slim down challenge in an effort to trim off this baby-belly! And in an effort to stay active! This website has all kinds of great work-outs that can be done in the ease of your own home. I recommend it even if you are not looking for post-natal routines, simply looking for some cardio!
Here's my baby-belly shot from this weekend:
Here are a few things I made for dinner this week. I experimented with a balsamic Salmon with Lemon, Asparagus and Tomato Orzo and a homemade BBQ Chicken Pizza. (I have been giving Colic Calm to Rowan and it has helped him considerably. After a month of no dairy I've started to eat it again little by little. I'm leaning towards a simple heartburn issue rather than a dairy allergy with him. We will see how he does this month!)
Recipe for the Orzo:
http://www.happilyunprocessed.com/2013/08/19/lemon-orzo-with-asparagus-and-cherry-tomatoes/
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