Spring Cleaning and Planning

{I come up with about a million ideas to blog about throughout the day... then they're gone come blogging time.}

So the good weather is finally here, or at least it's much warmer and we can *Finally* put the boots and snow gear away! Maybe now we'll have room for jackets and shoes in the foyer. My other Spring Cleaning project that's actually within reason is to purge all the baby clothes and toys that are cluttering various parts of the closet/trailer/basement/attic/etc. A friend of mine will do well for her daughter and I might find a little boy who could use some of VJ's things. I can't do anything without Bekah noticing so she knows what I'm doing and will say, "Mama, are we giving our clothes to little boys and girls who don't have enough?"

Sometimes I can't stand how cute they are and the things they say. While Bekah was reading to herself (ahem, yes!) VJ was playing with my hair and I was apparently falling asleep. I opened my eyes in realizing this and he put out a hand, "Shh! Mama, close eyes!" and continued to stroke my hair!

I am still exhausted daily but pushing through with this P90X crap. Yeah I said it like that! I'm half-assing the jumping things because I can't jump in the house after 9pm and I can't do the spatially demanding exercises. I also skip the chin-ups as I can usually only do 1-1.5 and I have to set-up and take down each time and can't see the TV while I do this. So I've almost mastered the situps, weights (although I only have up to 5lbs), and lunges. I'll be mostly okay for Creation Northeast but I'd love to get some jogging in to get the cardio happening again. And man I am soooo stiff! I've lost all flexibility! Hopefully I don't need to do much climbing... Did I just type that?!

Speaking/Typing of which... Bekah now has her own climbing harness (though she's 6lbs below minimum weight requirement, peanut). I've also purchased some new work boots for them which I love! Yup, my daughter has my accursed love for foot gear. "Mama! These are so cute! And Vincent wants the blue ones!" We hope to get some ride-time in with my dear friend Trish and her horse, Calico Silver. Bek does so well riding, a horse anyway. She's still trying to get the whole circle thing with riding a bike, but she's young. Sometimes when you have a kid that can do almost anything it's weird to see a normal developmental setting appear. Then there's VJ. He gets nothing and gets SO mad and frustrated. Poor kid. He does get hockey though. Poor wallet.

Well, Easter baskets are set to be packed together. Couple new DVDs included (thankfully, as the others were getting stale). Bureau has been mostly cleaned off, aside the hair which still needs to be put in an envelope and mailed to Wigs for Kids. Most of the kids' clothes are in bags, ready for pick-up, but I need to unload a bin or two from the trailer. Anyone feel like popping over to play with the lit'uns whilst the BFF and I rummage through said (and unsaid) items of need-to-do? We pay in meals and good friendship! All we can afford and it's priceless!