Jack had soccer tonight at 6:30 pm for an hour, Rose came as well. Normally, she is in bed by 6 pm, but Kyle had soccer at the same time, and no one else would be at the house tonight to watch/listen for her. Divide and conquer it is! I bathed her prior to going, as she was a sticky mess from her day-not sure what she was eating, but she was pretty gross! At the soccer field there is a park and Rose only wants to be there. What Rose wants, Rose gets! Sorry, Jack I did catch the last 15 minutes of your soccer. I have no picture proof, but this baby is a climber. No fear, she was out climbing kids double her age. My rule, if you can’t do it yourself I am not helping you because then you will never figure it out. Rose loves a challenge! She was hoisting herself up on play structures and running around (giving me a heart attack). She runs for the slide with no intent at sitting, but just stepping off-OMG. Sit Down!!! I caught her just in the nick of time, but it didn’t stop her from trying to do it again and again….at least 12 times in 45 minutes. She resorted to going down the slide on her tummy feet first- that is some toddler problem solving. Jack finished soccer with only one complaint, “Mum, I don’t like how my team takes the ball from me!” “Jack, you have a voice tell your team not to take the ball, be assertive !”(Because he knows what that means-Lol, I did explain to him what it meant-btw).  This is his common complaint, I see what he means, but I still could not help but point out to him…. that when he gets the ball, he needs to move with the ball, you can’t just stand there wondering what your next move should be. He will work through it….I think. OH JACK. My priority right now is getting you and your sister to bed, so I can do my work out because I am fading, and fast. No- you can’t have popcorn, yes-you will have a shower! 

By the time I got to my workout it was past 9 pm. Ooh, this is going to be tough. I think to myself, maybe I should take a skip tonight, I am so tired, I don’t really have the energy. No- I can’t do it! The guilt I will feel if I don’t do it, just isn’t worth it. I am the accountability queen. I drive all of the boys around me with this personality quirk…as it has been called. Whatever- Cardio Axe and Bum Bum here I come. I did drink a cup of coffee pre-workout to wake me up. It was 50 minutes of H-E-L-L! My scalp was in full sweat mode, which was dripping down my face into my eyes…..it wasn’t pretty. I got it done, and it gave me the energy I needed to just sit and write for a bit. I could have taken a pass tonight, but my body wasn’t telling me to. My mind was really trying to put up some road blocks,  but I control my mind! I know that if I listened to that little voice, that one we all have that makes excuses for us (really good ones….believable)  then what’s the point?! I want Jack and Rose, and yes, even the older boys to see that when you start something and you get results and it changes your life, mindset,  focus, day to day drive, then you need to keep at it because it is worth it. It’s like a switch goes on and the possibilities are endless.