National Zoo

We went to the zoo last Friday and had a great time. I love that the zoo is free. It is so easy to pop in and out without worrying about how much you paid. We met up with our friends Alissa, Emmeline and Hazel. This is one of the few pictures I got. I didn't take a picture of a single animal. Maybe next time.

I've talked about Emmeline before and Calder really does think she is the bees knees. He asks about her all the time and gets so excited to see her. They play in nursery together every week and we have been getting together once a week for the last few weeks. I am so bummed they are moving to Utah next month.

Jazz

photo borrowed from downtown Silver Spring website because I forgot my camera today.

We went to an all day jazz festival in downtown Silver Spring today. We ended up staying for 3 hours because Calder loved it so much. I didn't expect him to last very long but he was riveted. He danced, twirled, sang, tapped his toes and lead the music. He asked if he could have a turn to go up and play music. I told him he would have to wait until he was a little older. He said he wanted to play the piano when he is three. We'll see how interested he is at 3.

One of my favorite parts was stage 2. It was the stage where the highschool jazz competition was going on. It brought back so many memories and I could see how nervous those kids were. I remember feeling that way before competitions but loving it just the same. Someday I would love to take Calder to a marching band competition. I think he might really get into it.

Wellness Challenge Week 3

This was a good week. I did great on journaling and feel pretty good about it overall. Thus far I am down 5lbs which is exactly what I wanted to lose, so yahoo for me. I don't feel like I've had to go hungry often during the day but I seem to go to bed hungry most nights. I don't mind it that much though. I have really been thinking about my eating habits and I want to keep some of the new habits I'm forming. I don't normally eat very many vegetables. I didn't realize this until I had to actually count them. Salads at lunch have been great and I'll probably continue to do that. I love sweets and baking but I've become increasingly picky about sweets. If I don't love it, it's not worth using my sweet day for it. Speaking of sweet day, today was the day. I made a very pretty red velvet cake with buttercream frosting. I thought the cake was slightly dry but otherwise it was worth my sweet of the week.

I know I start my weeks on Monday but since I knew I was making a cake to take to a friend's party today I didn't have a sweet day last week so I could have a sweet today and another day this week. It seems like cheating but I'm going to let it slide.

I have one more week of this! I'm excited to let a few things slide (cough*journaling*cough) to a couple days a week instead of everyday.

So, for those of you giving this a shot, how was your wellness challenge this week?

New Friends

We had the most enjoyable playdate today. There is a little girl in Calder's nursery, named Emmeline, who is very much his equal. They always want the same toys and they tend to fight a bit but they give lots of hugs. They spent 3 hours giggling and running, playing and jumping this morning. It was so fantastic. They ate lunch together and jumped on his bed. She also seemed to convince Calder that pooping in the toilet is the cool thing to do. Thank you Emmeline.

Calder has been begging for all his old friends, cousins and mere acquaintances to come over and play at his house. He was one happy kid today and we have plans to play again soon. I'll make sure to take pictures then.