Crossfit Halloween

Tonight we did our Crossfit Halloween WOD.  We were told that we had to come in costume or we would have to 50 burpees in front of everyone.  Needless to say, everyone dressed up.  Including me! It was hard to think of a costume at all, but especially a costume that you could work out in.  I decided to be Rosie the Riveter.

It was an easy costume to put together but I will say that the blue shirt didn't last long once the workout started, it was too hot!

We did a Devil workout - 666.  Six rounds of six reps of 6 exercises - AMRAP (as many reps as possible) in 20 minutes.  It was hard, really hard.  But I finished and I didn't die - so that's good. :)

Carrots!

This year we decided to grow carrots in our garden.  It was our first garden and I chose the multicolor carrots.  Today we dug them all out.

The orange ones are the best, so next year I think I'll just do those.  The other ones are pretty, but the white ones are a bit soggy and take forever to cook.  The dark purple ones are great, but they are not orange throughout as I thought they would be.  They are orange inside and if you peel them or scrub them too hard when you're cleaning them, the purple comes off.

All of the green tops filled our compost bin to the top!

Brrr...

It's supposed to be spring.  It's supposed to be warm.  It's not...

Tonight we went to Old Chicago for dinner.  I had to order a hot drink because I was so dang cold.  I got a hot chocolate with Kahlua. 

Don't worry, this was followed by a margarita.  :)  

Whenever the check comes, Esme likes to sign too.  So we always give her the second receipt and let her sign it.  Sometimes she draws pictures too. :)

I can't wait until she buys for real!

Easter

This year Laurel's birthday landed on Easter and Annika's is April 4th.  We got to celebrate by going to Steve and Jodie's house.  I didn't take a lot of pictures, but here is a cute one of the three girls.

Happy Easter everyone.  And Happy Birthday Laurel and Annika!

Striking another pose

Esme is still being her normal fashionista self.  Here was today's outfit.  She also decided to start posing for the camera. :)

Apples and trees

Last night it was my night to put Esme to bed.  We read a book called Wump World that we got from the library.  I understand the idea behind the book and Lord knows I'm all about the environment when I can be.  But let me just tell you that this book was simply depressing...  Moving on.

After reading, Esme and I snuggled for a bit.  She always says "put your arm around me to keep me safe" while she's falling asleep.  So we always lay on our sides, and I put my arm around her.  We make a great spoon!  But last night I just couldn't get comfortable so I told her that I was going to lay on my stomach next to her.  Pretty soon she decided to lay on her stomach too.  I said "now we are the same!"  And her response?

"Mom, you know the apple doesn't fall far from the tree..."

What the?????????  :)  The fact that she knows that quote and can recite it without making any mistakes just floors me!

And then she fell asleep.

Ouch!

In an effort to enjoy the last few days of snow on the ground this winter/spring, Mamoo and Papa took Esme sledding.

On Papa's first trip down with Esme, the hit a bump and went flying.  Esme scraped up her face (apparently she's related to me!) from the snow and from her headband that came down over her face.  The little teeth on it really got her.  This is the picture Mamoo texted me.

Unfortunately, Papa Rex hurt his back and had to be taken home right after the wipe out.  Mamoo didn't want that to be Esme's last sled of the winter, so after they dropped off Papa at home, they went back to the hill and sledded for quite awhile.

When I got home from work, Esme was sitting on the couch under a blanket.  This is the girl who is NEVER cold.  I asked her if she was cold and she said no (of course not!) but that being covered up with the blanket was helping her face to feel better!  Apparently, Oreo cookies help too since there were a ton of Oreo crumbs on her face. :)

We were a little worried because she had swimming lessons tonight and hoping that it wouldn't sting when she got in the water.  We put some Vaseline over the cuts and she did great!  It didn't even seem to bother her at all.  I think afterwards she was a little more swollen, but maybe that would have happened even without being in the pool water.

The good news is that every time I ask her if it hurts, she says no.  So I think it looks worse than it is.  Let's just hope that this is the last time she tries to land on her face...