Today I'm sharing a round up of our January. To be honest, this first month of 2018 was spent "adulting" more than usual, which left little time for the fun stuff. *sigh*
I did managed to get a new family photo printed, framed and hung within a few weeks of taking the photo, which is a first! So that's a win for January and when there aren't a lot of them you've got to celebrate even the tiniest ones! HAHA!!! By the way, thank you Alyson for the beautiful photo! :0)
The kiddos on the other hand had a great month. Yippy!!!
After being off for the first week for winter break, Rory returned back to school just in time for the first semester to end. We are so very proud of all the hard work Rory has put into his school work, homework and reading this semester. I know that with some kids, getting good grades comes super easy for them. But for Rory, he has to work a little harder and this year he's finally finding his "groove" with school. He loves school and I love that he loves school.
So a trip to the Lego store was in order to celebrate a great report card!!! (More on Rian in a minute!)
Sorry for the shadow-y pic, but I just had to share Rory's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (And Rory refers to Dr. King in his full name, always, every single time.) I just love his eyebrows and mustache. :0)
Rory's been helping out at one of our friends' house lately. He loves to help work on the cars and work in the garage! For the times you need a miniature size you and shrinking yourself is just not an option...
Rory and I had a date to the Mother/Son Dance last Friday. This is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Rory is one of the kindest, if not the kindest person I know and he made me feel so special at the dance. During the "mother" dances, Rory never acted embarrassed to slow dance with me. He always tells me he loves me and hugs me tight while we dance. I know that one day another little girl will take my place on the dance floor, but until then I will gladly be his date!
Rian is also doing well at school, really well in fact. She loves her teacher and every morning asks if it's time to go to school. She made it to the school bulletin board. While her class and many other classes were on the board, Rian is the only one with an individual photo! Can you tell what the board is about? I'm pretty sure the Santa hat is a dead give away!!!
I love the way she draws people and the way she writes her name.
Because Rian is doing so well in school and always comes home with an excellent weekly report, she too got to go to the Lego store!
Playing with Insta-stories filters are still her favorite!
And while her Daddy and brother get to work on cars, she gets to go on an ice cream date with me! A little side note: Rian is OBSESSED with her baby dolls. And while "Josie" pictured here is her current favorite, she totes around a total of 8 dolls everywhere she goes. (She was allowed to take only one baby inside to get ice cream. Haha!)
If you think this is a picture of Maggie falling between two pillows, think again. It's just her taking a nap. How is that even comfortable?!?
And while we are on the subject of comfortable sleeping positions: I took this pic at 2:45 in the morning. Both Randy and myself were pushed to the edge, while these two slept like babies, spoiled babies!!! I finally gave up and slept on the couch in our room.
So if you follow me on Instagram, you know that I started the BBG workout this month. And while I was super excited to start the January challenge, I have to admit that I hated this workout. If you aren't familiar with this particular workout, it's a 12 week program that shows great results. I found that it's incredibly hard both mentally and physically. And that wasn't the reason why I hated it. I hated it because I found that the workouts were broken into certain body areas and I prefer to do a total body workout versus certain areas. But what really was the killer was that the leg workouts had a mix of exercises that I liked and did not liked, the arms & abs had more exercises that I did not like, but the total body exercises were a combination of ALL the exercises I hated doing from the other two workouts. So what was happening was I was putting off the workouts because I was dreading them and then ultimately not doing them all together. So after two weeks I decided to go back to another workout regimen that I put together in the past. And I'm actually looking forward to my daily workouts again! So for anyone that has completed the BBG workouts: Kudos to you! I have a whole new respect for you!!!
Dear January,
Thanks for stopping by, but it's time for you to go! February is on it's way and it's promising us a much better time than you gave us!!! You've got 11 months to think about what you did and change your behavior. We hope when you come back that you will be nicer to us.
Thank you,
The Harringtons
Thanks for dropping by HOH! I hope you have a great week and are looking forward to February as much as I am!!!
xoxo
-aMie
