Why, hello. This would be my view for much of our 4 hoursĀ in the woods today. Who wants to walk when you can be carried? Despite lugging around 30 lbs of toddler, we had a great time with our homeschooling friends and our day outside! We walked the trails at a local park and spent …
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With an active day in store for us, I used my workout time this in morning to make some head way on packing and other turning-our-lives-upside-down prep work. I got my heart rate up a couple hours later during an outdoor homeschooling mid-morning adventure with 28 extra pounds strapped to my back. She looks thrilled, …
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Given that yesterday was our Stay At Home day, I decided to take the girls car seats out of the car to wash the covers. Upon removing the Britax Beasts, I discovered they were harboring a small community of broken crayons, cheerios and Kashi granola bar crumb fugitives. So this morning instead of running past …
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I swapped my early morning work out today for a little early morning de-cluttering/getting-ready-to-pack-up-this-entire-house-and-move-our-worldly-possessions-25-minutes-east-of-here instead. La de da just taking stuff we don’t use any more to drop off and donate! Don’t mind me! Wait a minute. Not so fast. Have you ever tried to donate or get rid of something with your children around? …
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My hesitance to work out yesterday was my cue that it’s time for a rest day – so today’s the day. We’ve got another beautiful day in store for us and we’ll be outside and active for sure so it’s the perfect day to take a break. Instead of getting my sneakers on, I turned …
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I’ve had one thing on the agenda for today: Recalibration. After a week of brownie sundae’s, Halloween party goodies and Kit Kats, I channeled Brendan and Natalia today to help me fend off the sugar cravings that have started to try and sneak up to hit me on the head with a lead pipe, in …
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Per usual, I was up before the rest of the crew this morning. I fired up the oven first thing and put together another batch of Toasted Apple Cinnamon Cereal a la Brendan Brazier and Thrive. When I made this cereal earlier this week I was sort of surprised at how perfectly chewy the apples …
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Another Tuesday, another glass of green goodness. Today’s green juice was pretty typical. Romaine, cucumber, lemon, ginger, with the addition of a red bell pepper and some spinach. The orange-ish tint at the top of the glass was sponsored by the red pepper. Zak wanted to swim laps this morning so I stayed home with …
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Exercise this morning is going to be in the form of a homeschooling adventure. My mom is coming to stay with Maxagirl while Ava and I take off on a little road trip. I enjoyed my breakfast with staying power! I ate while I packed our lunch and started compiling the stuff we need to …
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