what i did today…

i had the idea to snap some pics throughout my day to capture what a typical day might look like around here. thought you might be interested…or not…

either way, its post material, so here goes!

(note…in all honesty, this is over 2 days, not one. i started off strong one morning, and then bombed on capturing the afternoon. so this is one morning and the next afternoon, but you get the picture. its still kinda a typical day!)

the bug and i usually start off the morning with some kind of exercise. although i should use the word exercise loosely…i’m sure if a trainer checked out my exercise routine, he/she’d laugh her brains out while explaining to me that my “exercise routine” is probably the reason that i can’t get rid of certain problem areas (such as the spare tire i carry around in my midsection…or the wiggly jello thighs…)

but on this particular morning we opted for a walk on the beach!
we walked down the beach about a mile or so to check on our turtle nest that we are waiting to see hatch! no progress yet!
sometimes instead of a walk, we’ll do a little Exercise TV routine from ONDemand….some kind of combination from the choices below. (its okay…laugh away!)

here’s the deal…some of you have asked me about exercise and how to stay fit, and since i’ve made the promise that i will get back to all your comments at some point, i will use this opportunity to quit skirtin the darn question! j/k

first off, let me honestly tell you what immediately pops into my head when i hear any question relating to how to stay fit:

“you wouldn’t be asking me about my exercise routine if you saw me without clothes on!”

sorry for the visual…

but basically….i’ve got no good answer! cause if i seem fit at all, its most likely cause i’ve learned to wear stuff that covers up my problem areas. that, and my skin complection is kinda naturally tan, which in my opinion makes everything look thinner and fitter than it really is! i’m being dead serious….so don’t be fooled! so i guess my answer to the question of “how do you stay fit”, is:

1) wear baggy clothes that hide things

2) go lay out (kinda kidding on that one)

3) things aren’t always what they seem

not the answer you were looking for, i’m sure, but an honest one

after our “exercise” the bug and i played a quick game of Candy Land…she won!

later on, i enjoyed lunch…coffee-table picnic-style, with Rapunzel, while watching Tangled.
one of my favorite lunches is Kashi blueberry waffles with some peanut butter and syrup…quite possibly causing a sugar high…followed quickly by a complete mid-afternoon crash…but i’d still say its worth it!
we took a quick ride to Target to get a few things. i’ll show you our finds.

i had some money to spend that i had received as a gift, so i went out on a limb and did something that i said i would never do…and i bought a romper:

And i’m just a tad bit afraid that I am not cool enough to sport it!

we also came home with some necessities:

i’m loving the coral nail polish…just the color that i’ve been looking for this summer! (its presently on sale at Target…Rimmel Sunset Orange in case you are interested!)

and that compact is a new thing at Target. its a cheap makeup line they carry called ELF, and you choose your colors to add to your compact for $1.00 each, so you can personalize to your taste! kinda fun! go try it out!

and i have to say a word on that mousse. its really really good. like…REALLY REALLY good. this is what it does to my hair, with about 15 seconds of effort. love the time and energy i save not having to blowdry or straighten!

(i feel the need to confess that i am in fact wearing this same exact outfit again today. that’s how i roll around here and why i could NEVER participate in that cute trend i’m seeing on blogs called What i Wear Wednesdays! although…if i did participate, it would provide ya’ll with some comic relief, i’m sure!)

we also snagged some of our new fave snack from Target. dehydrated fruit (strawberries, bananas, and peaches). they melt in your mouth. literally. we fly through these bags…they are the perfect beach snack:

Bella napped (still a necessity for her…and for me!) while i worked on editing some photos from a shoot last weekend. (i’ll post some of these photos in my Before and Afters post coming up that i was talking about!)

check out my handy dandy notebook full of photoshop how-to’s. i’m D-Y-I-N-G to take a for-real photography and photoshop class in the fall at a local college. i’ll keep you posted!

after naptime, the bug and i pick up canaan from school. we have to wait in the parking lot for about 15 minutes, so this is what i plan on doing during that time:

i am a shirker and a slacker when it comes to reading the bible, and this bible reading plan is crazy awesome for peeps such as me! you can download it here.

but in all honesty, those 15 minutes are usually taken up with this:

and its a good thing that i don’t have a really cool, updated phone that can get on the internet, cause then that reading plan would really never have check marks on it!! (but JC would still love me…blows my mind STILL!)

canaan come home from school with the sweetest thing! each kid received a book titled, “I am Special” where every classmate contributed a page.

here are a few examples. this just makes my heart want to explode!! what a great opportunity for kids to get to tell each other something meaningful and thoughtful as well as receive compliments from their classmates! i just love everything about this project!

later that night, we had plans to take Jake’s mom to dinner for her birthday, so as we sometimes do, we decided to pack the crazies’ dinner to save some money. my sweet Canaan decided that he wanted to help me out, so he did the whole dinner packing thing by himself:

here’s what he came up with on his own:

carrots and italian dressing

yogurt

ham, turkey pepperoni, and provolone cheese

and a lollipop for dessert!

i was pretty impressed!

the restaurant was on the Intracoastal, so the kids watched the fish jump and looked for sharks with their aunts while we waited on our dinners:

i couldn’t convince them that sharks don’t live in the Intracoastal. they’ve had sharks on the brain ever since the Boy reeled in these two sharks on the same line all by himself the other night:

we finished dinner then ate our cupcakes that we had made earlier that afternoon:

while pretending to ward off the coming storm with our umbrellas:

after going home and going to bed, we woke up this morning for the very last day of 1st grade!!

i’ve been singing in my head all day, “School’s out for Summer!!”

here’s a comparison…my boy on the first day of 1st grade and on the last day of 1st grade.

PLEASE STOP GROWING UP!!

he just looks SO much older!

well…that about wraps it up for today! i have a little girl up from her nap literally right up next to my face saying in my ear…”i really want to play a game with you RIGHT NOW! are you gonna play a game RIGHT NOW??! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLLLEEEEEEASSSSSSSEEEE!!”

really wish i could see a peek into each of ya’ll’s days too!