Another New Week

First of all….thank you for the birthday wishes!

I don’t know about you…but shouldn’t a birthday go all week long…not just one day?…that is why every morning i woke up…i had to remind bryan and/or the kids that it was still my birthday week and that i needed coffee in bed….or that i didn’t need to do dishes on a certain night because birthday week officially didn’t end till midnight on Sunday.

I also made it through my first week of torture boot camp…which is three days a week…and the only thing that really got me through the week was knowing that birthday cake was waiting for me at home.

Gabby runs this boot camp through the winter here….and as long as i can walk out of class and not crawl out of class….i’ll be keeping it up.

{i also promised her if she invites me over for dinner to her house that i wouldn’t lick her husband…but so far…i haven’t gotten the invite}

This morning i got into my tighty whities and had bryan photograph me….so that in a few months…i can show a before and after.

Let me just state that the before is not pretty….not pretty at all.

I’ve even decided to cut out the fine boxed wine during the week….and just indulge on the weekends.

Weekends will now officially start on Thursdays though…..and end on Wednesdays.

Just kidding

Not really

really

check check

The family gave me some grey Hunter boots for my birthday…and i just know they will come in handy with all the rain we’ve been getting…..

i also got a super sweet Anthro dress from my bestie back home…..

so i plan on pairing those two gifts up and doing a little fashion friday soon.

This last weekend the sun came out and it was just beautiful…..

{it really has been raining a whole lot the last few weeks…..something no one informed be about before we moved here….}

Bryan is off on Sundays….so we decided to skip church….

{i already cleared it with the big man up above….so all is good…}

and we spent all day there.

I’m also slowly starting to inch my bikini bottom up a little more each time we are at the beach….so that one of these days i can squeeze into a teeny tiiny bikini and not have my white ass honking it’s horn loud and clear.
The kids have really white sunscreen on….like a mask almost {think zinc oxide}….because when i took them on Saturday to the beach….

i lost my good mothering award by forgetting to lather their faces in sunscreen and their faces got some sun.

sheet!

Normally when we hit the beach….we go after school and early evenings….when the sun is not harsh and so we never need to put sunscreen on at those times.

BUTT……

i realized on Saturday afternoon my mistake.

At least they are all caught up on Vitamin D.

Lola is now an official player of Volleyball….

right along with her bestie.

Somehow i was roped into going to the parent meeting last week….

and signed her up for the team.

Lola has never been into sports….at all….

and i mean……

at

all.

So when she finished the week long camp…and was asking if she could join the team….

we sat down and decided to let her try it out.

{even though this is going against my whole philosophy of not doing any team sports while we live here because i want the kids to spend as much time in or near the water as possible since we don’t know where we will be next year…}

speaking of water….

i thought i would bring up what happened to Mason last week while we were at the beach.

It’s so important to constantly tell your kids the dangers of rip currents when going to the beach….the ocean..which is so fun and amazing…is also so very dangerous.

I’m the one that is the water freak….and i just know the minute i get in that i’m going to be eaten alive by a tiger shark….but the kids have no fears…..

and that is one of the things i love.

Mason was pulled out by a rip last week…and even though it wasn’t a big one…it was enough that i could see panic in his eyes and he drifted out pretty far.

He has lost his boogie board in one of the waves…and that was the problem…. he didn’t have it wrapped around his wrist like he should have.

His boogie board came in…but he did not…he was pulled out.

{our new rule is that if you go out with a boogie board…you have to have it secured to your body…just in case this happens again….at least you can hold on to it}

Even though i could tell he was scared….he didn’t fight the rip…..

{just like we had taught him…}

i had ripped off my cover-up {luckily i had a swim suit on..but even if i didn’t….well…thankfully i did…..} and was about to jump in with an extra boogie board to go and get him

 when it let him go…he was able to swim safely to shore.

I meanwhile was starting to freak out…..not that he was going to drown….but that i wouldn’t be able to reach him fast enough. Mason is a great swimmer….but even great swimmers drown.

The important thing to remember…and to always teach your kids {yourselves included} is not to panic when something like this happens.

People get scared…and fight the current…and that is why they drown….but if you just remember to relax and let it carry you…..you will be fine.

I kissed Mason on the head…..said a prayer….and we continued our day….but it’s still there in the back of my mind….but i thank god that Mason used his head.