Happy Easter 2016



We had a really nice Easter weekend. 

 

Things got started Thursday when Lyla had her Spring Party at school.  Lisa, Tommy and Madison had sent her a little Easter package in the mail, these cute bunny ears were one of her presents.  She wore them to school Thursday and then the rest of the weekend!  She was so excited about them!

 

 

Friday Gary played handyman.  He changed the light switch and put in a ceiling fan in the reflection room, put a new fixture in the bathroom and fixed the light in our bedroom! 

 

Saturday we dyed Easter Eggs:

 

 

 

Lyla was really into it this year, so that made it fun!

 

Sunday morning Lyla had to find all of her eggs the Easter Bunny left.  Of course she wore her ears to do it... backwards....  ;)

 

 

The Easter Bunny brought her a new swimsuit.  This is how she ran around the house until it was time to go to Grandma & Pappy's!

 

I'm not sure if she is going on 6 or 16..... Ugh

 

We got to spend Sunday afternoon at Mom & Dad's.  Em, Gerald, Carter and Diana were there too.  We all enjoyed getting in some playtime with Carter.  He is growing up SO FAST!

Leaping Leprechauns!

Tuesday evening Lyla came home from school all excited that they were going to make a leprechaun trap in her kindergarten class on Wednesday to try to catch a leprechaun!  And she told me she wanted to do one at home too....  So afterschool yesterday her and Gary got to work.  They did a pretty good job!

She was really dead set on catching a leprechaun.  I asked her what she was going to do with the leprechaun if she did catch it?  She said she was going to "keep it for a pet and scare Zoe with it"....  She really wanted to put her trap outside "in case the leprechaun can't get in the house".  I convinced her that if she put it outside the box will blow away and that leprechauns can get inside, they are magical.  So we put it right inside the front door.  THEN she set other shoe boxes all across the doorway inside in case he got past the first one....

When we checked the traps this morning, the one out by the front door was turned to the side and there was a string of beads half and half out of it.  There were beads on the door coming into the house.  All the other shoe boxes had the lids off and were tossed all around with more beads.  In the kitchen there were beads on Lyla's chair and a container with a St. Patricks Day donut inside.  On the lid it said "Nice Try!  You can't catch me!" 

Lyla was so excited!  She said we did a really good trap!  We got his attention and he got in our house!  Next year we will have to put more boxes all over the floor then we will catch him for sure!

After her donut we got her ready for school!

I call my look today "St. Patty's work casual - aka - BORING!" 

St. Patty's Day - The BEST Day of the Year!

I was so excited to get Lyla in on the St. Patty's action this year!  And I was completely overjoyed that she was genuinely excited about it too and didn't just think it was something stupid her mom likes! 

We went shopping a few weeks ago and when I turned around this is what I saw:

She is so silly!  No, we didn't buy her the bearded hat...  BUT we did put together one really great outfit for the parade!

I wasn't going to be outdone, I had full on green these year too!  All the way down to the neon green shoes!

The weather could not have been anymore perfect.  It was sunny and warm enough that long sleeves were perfect!  We invited Becca to come to the parade with us too.  Both girls had a blast!

After the parade we took Becca home, then Grandma came and picked up Lyla for a slumber party.  Gary and I headed back down to the city to meet Ashley and Jeremy for an adult evening out!

We had dinner at Burgatory and since Ashley and Jeremy share a birthday on the 14th we got them a happy birthday milkshake!

No worries, I manage just fine without a selfie stick....   :)

On Sunday when we went to pick up Lyla at Mom & Dad's, Em, Gerald and Carter came over too.  I'm starting Carter young!

So that was our weekend!  I loved every second of it!  I'll add a little update on Thursday, because you know Lyla and I are going to do it up again for work/school!

Weight Loss Wednesday - An Update - WLW 2016 - Week #9

Starting Weight:  135.0 lbs
Last Week's Weight:  135.4 lbs
Today's Weight: 135.0  lbs
Total Loss:  0 lbs


I had a realization over the weekend. When I started keeping track & documenting my weight loss I started at 155 pounds and I lost 20, which is awesome! BUT I have kind of forgotten that I was heavier than that before I kept track. To be honest I really don't know what I weighed at my heaviest. I intentionally didn't have a scale. I knew it was bad but didn't have any motivation to do anything about it. My first step in losing it was when I was pregnant with Lyla & got diagnosed with gestational diabetes. From that point forward I didn't gain anymore pregnancy weight & after I had Lyla I continued to eat the way I was with the diabetes & quickly lost more weight than I gained pregnant. We all kind of didn't notice that I was thinner than I was pre pregnancy. Then I plateaued until I started working at it last year.

BUT this past weekend I had a fun reminder & the timing couldn't have been better! I've had some issues with my foot & haven't been able to be as active as I want to be & haven't been able to lose these last five pounds & was just feeling yucky. We got out our St. Pattys bin to sort through things before we went shopping. I pulled out my St. Pattys jeans that we made back in 2009. I looked at them & thought "wow these look HUGE". So for fun I tried them on. I knew they would be too big but I didn't anticipate they would be this big!




If I let go, they fell right down!



For comparison I laid my current jeans on top of them:



So I've really come a long way, even if I'm not exactly where I want to be!