Saturday morning, I took Cleo to an art class at the Vinings School of Art. Her friend Chase gave her a gift certificate for the class for Cleo's 4th birthday party. It was set to expire on March 12 so we had to use it. Cleo made a pretty butterfly, which I will photograph another time and post a picture of. It was rainy and cold so Cleo sported her cute rain boots and rain coat (not pictured below). She looks so big and grown-up.
After Class, we picked up Sidney and Roger and went to Publix to let Cleo select her birthday cake. She selected a 2 level cake with a Cinderella castle on it and 4 princess figurines. Have I mentioned recently that she's into princesses? Whew. She identified which friends she plans on gifting the figurines to. We went home and had lunch and naps. I went to the gym while the kids napped. Prior to the gym I hit Target. I got a gift for one of Sidney's classmates whose party is on March 17 - Sidney is not attending the party. I also got a gift for one of Cleo's classmates whose party is March 10 but we will miss it because we will be in Jacksonville, FL next weekend attending Roger's aunt Carolyn's 70th birthday party. We are driving down Saturday morning and returning on Sunday.
After naps, we played a bit. Then, took baths and had an early dinner. For movie night, we watched the Lion King. Cleo and Sidney watch their movies over and over so they know a lot of the lines and words to the songs. It's sweet. The kids had Skittles, popcorn, raisins and water. I hipped Cleo to putting soy sauce on her popcorn and she loves it. It was not hard to convince her because she loves soy sauce.
I have been craving veggie sushi rolls ever since Roger and I ate out at that Japanese restaurant a few weeks ago. I got some after the gym at Publix. The sushi rolls had avocado, cucumber and carrots in them. I shared the brown rice (on outside of sushi rolls), cucumber and carrots with Sidney. Cleo had some of the cucumber too. Sidney is pretty open to trying new things. Cleo is not as adventurous.
Today we went to church, then food shopping, then home for lunch and naps. Cleo had a cheese sandwich and waffle fries for lunch. Sidney had most of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and cheese puffs for lunch. I went to Target again during the kids naps because I didn't realize we were out of back-up tissues. We go through a lot of tissues in this house so I like to have at least one box of back up tissues. I got a 4 pack of tissues - I had a 50 cent coupon, not big but better than nothing. After Target I went to the gym.
I am wrestling with how to incorporate more exercise into my day. For a while I was motivated to work out after we put the kids to bed but for some reason ever since I restarted my health routine in December 2011, I simply cannot motivate myself to work out at night. I am thinking about trying to wake up at 4:15am and exercise in the morning. If I force myself to go to bed by 9pm I can do it. But it's hard to get to bed and be asleep by 9pm. I need to exercise more often than 2 times a week at the gym on the weekend. I haven't been working out my arms at all. I do the step mill stair master thing for 45 minutes on Saturdays and do the stair master thing again for 45 minutes on Sundays and also nautilus machines and ab work. I will work something out and keep you all posted. :-)
After the kids woke up, we all had a snack. Then, we played with play dough. The separate colors (green, red, brown, yellow, and white) are now a light brown marbled with some of the mixed in colors. Sidney mixed all of the colors together. Cleo and Sidney made little 2 layer cakes with gummy bears on top. I took pictures of them and their masterpieces. They were so proud they ran and showed Roger who was in the kitchen cooking pork chops.
Sidney is obsessed wit that zebra shirt. He wears it for his naps on Saturday and Sunday. I dread the day he grows out of it. If you guys see an affordable zebra t-shirt in size 3T please buy it and I will pay you back. We got that one at Macy's last year on sale. The one he has is size 2T but it's a big 2T so it should fit him for a little while longer. He doesn't necessarily love zebras more than other animals - for a while now his favorite animal is elephants.
Sidney is doing much better. Today was the last day that he had to take antibiotics for his ear infection. We still have to give him albuterol and pulmicort in his nebulizer but the albuterol can be given to him every 6-8 hours instead of every 4-6 hours like last week. We have to give him the albuterol and pulmicort for at least another month or 2. Cleo grew out of needing breathing treatments by the age of 3 but Sidney has not. I hope he eventually does and does not develop full-on asthma. What he has is pre-asthma symptoms.
Have a good week. I may not be able to write much next weekend but I will do my best to keep you posted of our adventures.
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