Today was back to work and school for most people, but with the ped day it was one extra day for Hayley to stay home. I got her up at 8 am this morning, letting her sleep a half hour longer than I had meant to just because she was up until about 11:30 last night, refusing to fall asleep. I was tempted to get her up at 7:30 anyway but an overtired kid is a cranky kid, so I passed.
I also wore her out a bit by taking them outside to play in the snow. We didn’t have the best weather for being outside this holiday. At the beginning we had a lot of freezing rain so everything was icy and dangerous and no place for a kid to play. Then we got some snow which was good, but it turned so cold with ridiculous wind chill factors that I could barely walk the dog for 15-20 minutes, let alone have the kids play outside in that weather.
It sucked because obviously kids need an energy release and if they can’t get it outside it means they release it by jumping on the couch, racing up and down the hall, and generally acting like crazy people.
Today was not what one would call WARM but the wind wasn’t cutting straight through layers of clothing and it was bearable so we went out for an hour. Breanna usually turns her nose up at snow and winter play, asking to come back in after ten minutes (woo!) but even she had a blast out there today. She was even harder to herd back inside than Hayley was.
Tomorrow is a 6:30 morning and Hayley still couldn’t fall asleep until almost 10 pm so it should be interesting to drag her body out of bed. I should write a note that says, “GOOD LUCK!” and send it in to her teacher. We’ll see how it goes.
In fitness news, I did the second day of the SparkPeople boot camp, except what I really did was just repeat the first day’s video. Today’s required a stability ball and I don’t have one or anything that could really stand in. Oh well, the kickboxing was just as fun today as yesterday, and I got to add walking the dog and playing with the kids in the snow as well. That’s two days down. Nineteen more until it allegedly becomes a habit!
I’ve had sleeping problems since I was a kid too. At least she’ll get 8 hours? I know kids need more, but it’s better than less, or nothing.
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As long as you are doing “something” every day you’re in a win situation with that exercise. Some programs are better; some not so hot … but consistency is the habit maker. (You do realize this blabbing is to get ME motivated. lol)
Meagan – I wouldn’t mind so much if she could actually get by on the sleep she gets, but in truth she gets very cranky late in the day because of being overtired. Eventually she wears herself out so much that she gets into bed and falls asleep within ten minutes. But that’s just the way she is and always has been. She was The Baby Who Didn’t Sleep and has always treated sleep like it’s something to be avoided at all costs.
Richard – Is it working? 😀
Hey Sherry! I don’t have a ball, either, but I did the exercises without one. Just standard squats and lunges – for the one-legged squats there’s a variation where you support all your weight on one leg, bend the knee of the other and rest the toe on the ground for balance, and squat with all of your weight resting on the one leg. I’ll see if I can find a demo on the web and send you the link.
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With your decidedly wintry weather you’d be amused to know my first thought as I cruised onto your page and say your photo was “how nice, Sherry has taken the girls to the beach!” wrong season!!