Merry Mardi Gras!

So...this is what you do at a Dog Parade, otherwise known as the Krewe of Barkus...

And look...we found Sebastian (again, a Princess thing that will never go away!) :)

Arts and crafts anyone?

This is what my cute, sweet, little, obsessive/compulsive child did today....wonder where she gets that from?

This is what happens when you have to stay at home with Mom!

Kettle Bell is for weaklings...

Um..so..I tried a kettle bell workout for the first time last Thursday, and I am still soar. Yes, count them, 7 days of straight soarness, and I still can't squat down or my quads (that's what the real athletes call them, and I am one now after doing a kettle bell workout) might pop out of my skin. I still hobble around the office, up and down stairs, and don't get me started about walking upstairs apartments - ugh! I have to walk down the stairs BACKWARDS! What a sight to see....

Okay, so, it's this weight (10 lbs for me because I'm an athlete now) with a handle on it, and you swing it back and forth, WHILE IN THE SQUAT POSITION. So, your thighs burn like crazy, and you do this for 45 minutes. I couldn't even stand up straight right after the workout. I thought I was going to crumble, and if you remember softball 3 years ago when I fell twice running from home plate to first base, you know that this fall would not be graceful. But, you would also remember that I made it to first base, safe, and they let me go to second because they felt sorry for me. So, I knew that I could pick myself back up, again, and do this workout all over again.....I will be going to kettle bell class next Thursday (I couldn't go today because I was in a class, pretty convenient) and I will do it all over again, because I'm an athlete now.

Annie

Princess, Princess, Princess....will it end?

Will we ever be out of the princess stage.....?

Princess cakes....

Princess for Halloween......

And, for her 3rd birthday......a Princess Bike.....