Primary Program

It's always fun when the primary kids do their program.  I always wish I could just sit and watch, but I think I have played piano for every program I can remember!!

The program was wonderful, and the only thing I would change would be that the chorister had a poster for EVERY song, even the ones the kids obviously knew.  I was a little disappointed about that, but the kids did great with their parts and music was great too!

Hungry again

Sorry Ben, you had dinner and 2 cookies, you don't need anything else...

But then I'll be so hungry I'll eat 65 bowls of cereal!

Ok, sounds good!

Wait, that will take forever.  Maybe 6 bowls...

I love his logic :)

Mobile blogging

Today I was talking to my mom on the phone and she said she wished I could do blog posts easily from my phone.  I installed the Blogger app, so here is what you want- a pic and a little text!  Now it's sleepy time!

Health challenge day 2

Now, before you get spoiled thinking I'm going to make a blog post every day for 60 days, think again!  I am also going to start working on a journal of spiritual things for my kids.  I'll be sorting through my journals and seeing if there were any experiences I would want my kids to be sure to read.  I think I'd like my spiritual journal to be left out where my kids can read it all the time...

For today's funny:
After dinner we ran a couple errands and on the way back, Ben said he was hungry.  They hadn't behaved well at the store so I told him he already had dinner and he'd have to just wait until morning.  He said "Ugh!  I'll be SUPER hungry by morning.  I'll have to eat SIX BOWLS of cereal!" in his best 'angry' voice.  Sometimes it's hard not to laugh at the things your kids say.

60 Day Health & Wellness challenge

I just started a 60 day challenge with not only my husband and my best friend, but a whole bunch of other people that she knows.  It's not just about losing weight - it's a point-based system with 10 points per day available:

1. No sweets

2. No junk food (chips, etc - or fast food!)

3. You have to stop eating at least 2 hours before you go to bed

4. You have to get enough sleep - 8 hours recommended but 6.5 is enough for the point

5. Regular exercise

6. Write in your journal, blog, etc 

7. Read something wholesome (scriptures?)

8. Drink enough water (72 oz for women, 96 for men)

9. Eat 2C fruits and 2.5C veggies each day

10. Make your own goal

Today wasn't so bad - Neil and I are already part-way through a 5 day inferno with meal plans and exercise routines that came with my TurboFire DVDs I bought a few years ago.  We've made some substitutions or repeated some of the meals though, because who would honestly have 8 oz cottage cheese and 2 pineapple rings as your breakfast??  Instead, we had 2 pieces of toast, an egg, and a slice of turkey bacon.

So, all I've needed to add in is reading & writing!  So here's today's blog post :)

Other highlights of today: doctor appts with all 3 kids.  Regular checkups on Ruth & Tristan, and Ben "hurt his heart" (tweaked his chest and made some cartilege sore) when we were in OR.  He will just keep feeling better - apparently it's like when you get a bad cough and your chest starts to hurt, but it will fade over time.  He also chose to get a flu SHOT instead of a nose squirt because he REALLY wanted to earn $1 for not crying when getting a shot.  Tristan opted for the nose squirt :P

Lastly - during scriptures tonight, Tristan was reading.  There are some long words, like "according" or "therefore" that we help him sound out.  I didn't even let him try to sound out "Lachoneus", I just said it for him, which prompted him to say "I already KNOW that one!"  My bad...  I suppose we have been reading about Lachoneus for the last couple days so he probably really did recognize the word.  He was able to say it again in a later verse with no parental help.