I am determined to get this baby weight OFF. So, I started exercising yesterday. I had this grand plan to go on a walk during the twin's afternoon nap with Eve and Coleman. I decided that I would push Coleman in the double stroller and give Eve a chance to walk/run off some of her energy. We got to the bottom of Santa Anna Trail (a pretty steep hill) on our first lap and Eve announces she would like to ride in the stroller with Coleman :) Good grief! So start up Carson Cutoff (another pretty steep hill) pushing about 50 pounds of weight ... a 40 lb 3-year-old, a newborn, and a HUGE stroller. Needless to say, I was feeling the burn!! I was huffing and puffing pretty good by the time I had made it to the top of the hill. Eve turns around, stares at me strangely, and says, "Mommy. Don't say 'ugggghhhhh' anymore. Just close your eyes and see if you can stop. Just calm down and stop breathing like that." Wow. I guess it was worse than I thought!! So I turned that into an encouragement lesson: "When mommy says she's tired and she wants to stop, I need Eve to say, 'don't stop, mommy! keep going!'" Over the course of the next two laps around our neighborhood, Eve encouraged me several more times :)
In the same way, Eve used her 'encouragement skills' to tell Ellie just what she thought about her whining one night. "Just stop crying like that, Ellie! You are at the bottom of the food chain!" :) another 'thanks' goes out to The Lion King!
Here is a copy of the FIRST TIME Eve has ever written her name!! I LOVE it. I used to write my E's like this too...
HINT: if you couldn't find it, it is in bottom left corner in purple :)
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