This week past and future

Last I left off was my birthday dinner.  The next day we went to brunch at La Boulange. 

Mine is the salad on the right.  Odd for a breakfast choice, but the taste buds wanted it.

We hung around the house until my dad got home from work, then we walked to WF to grab sandos.

 

This is the crappy iPhone shot I got.  They were out of the Sonoma chik’n salad (which uses Beyond Meat), so I went with a basic vegetarian sando with the works.  Vegenaise and avo together are good stuff.  I was pleasantly surprised with the GF bread they used, Canyon Bakehouse.  Not only was it soft and fluffy like wheat bread, but it didn’t taste eggy.  Most importantly, the person who made my sandwich used four slices (!!!) because gluten free bread is so small.  So “half” of my sandwich was really a whole sandwich.  So basically I got two sandwiches.  Ummm, yes. 

We drove back home in the afternoon and I had lots of cake from there on out.

 

Workouts for the week will hopefully (continue to) go down like this…

Sunday: Jillian Michaels shred level 2

Monday: Jillian Michaels shred level 3

Tuesday: 30 minute run

Wednesday: Jillian Michaels shred level 1

Thursday: Jillian Michaels shred level 2

Friday: run

Saturday: swimming with P / family walk

Sunday: day off

I set my alarm for 7:00 every morning and as much as it pains me hearing the alarm buzz I love love love getting my blood pumping and heart rate up first thing.  It means the rest of the day can go to hell and I’ve at least done something good for myself and my fitness.

Once I’ve showered and gotten my first cup of coffee poured, I get P and change and nurse him.  He’s usually up by 7:30, but plays in the crib and occupies himself with his thumb until Kyle and I go in and get him. 

We both go in together because it’s our favorite part of the day.  He’s always SUPER smiley, greeting us with such excitement.  You can see the sheer delight in his eyes when he first notices us – and it’s the cutest thing ever. 

So yeah, we both want to be there for that.  But shortly thereafter Kyle goes into work.  Then it’s mommy and Pacman time.  🙂

I actually planned out a dinner menu this week. 

 

Sunday: salmon burgers + quinoa + spinach salad with goat cheese and pomegranate seeds

 

The burgers are from Costco and are actually really good (I made them in the oven).  I made the quinoa in the rice cooker and threw the salad together in no time, drizzled with TJ’s balsamic glaze to finish it off.

  

Monday: black bean & brown rice enchiladas

 

Tuesday: crock pot 3 bean chili

Wednesday: kale & tofurky stew

Thursday: lentil loaf

Friday: leftovers / wing it

Saturday: Vicolo pizza

Sunday: kale salad with candied pecans, dried cranz, avocado

On Sunday night I made (a lot of) cookies for my MOPS group.  We had a “trunk” or treat event on Monday, where we parked our decorated cars in the church lot and the kiddos went from trunk to trunk filling their baskets with candy.  P was a skeleton. 

I set him down for two seconds to take a photo and he instantly snatched the candy right out of the bin and shoved it into his mouth.  Fantastic.  :S

When I took it away from him he proceeded to roll all over the trunk…initially he was trying to get the tin of cookies…but then he discovered how fun the spider webs’ texture was.

 

Spider webs > hair.  And that’s saying a lot because this kid is OBSESSED with hair.

It was a really cute way to kick off Halloween – the kids got show off their costumes and get a few treats.  P got some good practice with his motor skills as I dipped him down to grab candy from each bucket.  And now Mama’s got a candy stash!  [I may share some with Kyle if he begs] 

Afterwards we hung out on the grass for a bit while the kids got their sugar high started.  Then we moved over to the playground of the church pre-school so the kids could burn off the energy and we moms could eat our own snacks.

I took a few pics of my little guy beforehand because (a) he’s a damn adorable skeleton and (b) you can kinda see his first tooth coming in! 

 

The other bottom front  has already cut too, which has been a doozy for his (and my!) sleep patterns.  Womp womp.

Seriously, teething is no fun.

 

Anyway, the cookies I made were a huge hit.  I barely had any leftover…but I brought the rest back home for Kyle…along with a few other treats baked by my fellow moms.

Between these and my birthday cake I think it’s almost time for a sugar detox.  After the holidays maybe…