Work Out

So, now that I am no longer pumping, Aaron and I have started to work out again. We decided to do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. We were going to do the DVD once both kids went to bed. Which means, we would not be working out until almost 9:00 pm. And that is just TOO late. And we are not early risers, so morning workout are not an option. So, we decided to work out after we put Audrey down. Which means, we would be working out about 8:00ish.

We asked Michael if he wanted to work out with us, and he said yes. We didn't think he would last long...but he did the ENTIRE workout. From the warm-up all the way through the cool-down. He had so much fun. He kept telling us how to do the exercises. So, last night I had to tape him doing the work out with us! He tries so hard to get the exercises right. Oh, and we don't have fake dumb-bells, so we improvised and used Michael's toy hammers for his weights. And on the 2nd night of work-out, Michael did the ENTIRE work-out again. I told Aaron that Michael will have a six pack by the time he is 4. LOL

***Warning*** Tons of short videos!

Here we are warming up and we are rotating our knees in a circle.

Still warming up...doing jumping jacks

This is Michael's version of a push-up.

You are supposed to be doing a squat with an arm press. He does this one pretty good.

Here were are doing standing dumb-bell ("hammer") rows

I will be downloading more videos once my phone decides to send them to my email.

Muscles

The other day, Michael came into the livingroom and told me to look at his BIG MUSCLES! And this is what he did. I grabbed my phone (sorry for the quality of the pictures) and told him to keep showing me his muscles. He strains so hard, Aaron told me to stop making him hold the pose, that the boy was going to poop his pants. SO funny! I love how he bends his knees!

Swing me, Daddy!

Aaron was holding Audrey when he got home from work yesterday. He started to swing her back and forth and every time he stopped, she would shake her head back and forth and smile. She does this everytime now. It is so cute. And when you pick her up, if she wants you to swing her, she will shake her head back and forth. LOL.

4th of July

For the 4th of July, we went down to Granbury again this year. We always have so much fun down there. Aaron gets to shot off fireworks which he LOVES, and I think he has passed that trait on to Michael. Michael had so much fun doing sparklers and Roman candles. Michael calls the Roman candles "sticks". He kept telling us he wanted to do the stick again. It took us a while to figure out he was talking about the Roman candle. LOL. Poor Audrey fell asleep right before the fireworks started and slept all the way through them. She had a big day. Neena and Uncle G came out to watch the fireworks with us. All in all, it was a good day spent with family and friends.

Audrey and Michael before we left.

Daddy showing Michael how to hold the "stick"
Uncle G giving Michael more "sticks"

Neena and Audrey

Swim Lessons

Well, Michael is at the age now that swim lesson have become necessary. He loves to go swimming and is not afraid of the water, so here we are. He goes to swim class everyday, Monday through Thursday from 5:00 to 5:30 for 2 weeks. We have done 2 classes so far (rain out on Monday) but he seems be be doing well. He HATES to put his face underwater. Ms. Ruhde (http://www.swimwithsuccess.com/) has to "help" him put his head under water. We went home and got in the bath tub and practiced putting his face in the water. I think with time he will become more comfortable with it.

Floating on his back. This was the 1st day. He would not relax his body. He has already gotten a little better at this.

In this video, they are given a stick. Ms. Ruhde holds the stick under water and the kids have to put their faces in the water and get the stick. Michael didn't like doing this at all. This video is the last time that he did it. It was a major improvement from the 1st time.

In this video, they slide down the slide and Ms. Ruhde catches them. They then swim back to the steps. Again, Michael doesn't want to put his head in the water and Ms. Ruhde has to "help" him put his face in the water. But he does stick out his tounge as far as he can while he is kicking his feet. LOL