Ella, oh Ella..

So this morning Ella was really wanting to go on a bike ride, at like 8am. I said we'll go for sure but Mom still has things to do, and I have to get dressed. She pointed out I was dressed (I was wearing a t-shirt I slept in, no bra and a cotton skirt) I said we'll yes it looked like i was dressed but I wasn't even wearing a bra, so no, I was not ready to go on a bike ride. So about 3-4min later Ella yells down to Jayme in the kitchen, from the door to our room "hey Dad, where's that thing that holds Mom's boobs?") Needless to say we both burst out laughing.. she can come up with some dosies!

No More...

No more plus size shopping for me! I'm very proud to say I went to a "regular" store and tried on "regular" sizes and they fit!!! Well probably 5-10lbs before I can wear them in public but I can get them on and done up. It has been YEARS since I've been able to do this.

YEARS PEOPLE!!

I'm trying not to over run my family blog with weight loss stuff, but this was pretty monumental for me. + my Sister helped me pick out a couple new outfits that she assures me look good. I still have a hard time believing it. But I'll go with it :)

Bike Ride

So Ella has mastered riding her bike. She basically self taught herself. She's quite independent and would get more frustrated if we tried to help here. So after a few weeks of just playing/practicing, she's mastered it.
She has reallllly wanted to go on a bike ride ever since. So today she talked me in to riding our bikes to the gym today. So I packed Keera and Jett in the bike carrier (a work out in it's self!) and got Ella organized, and off we went. She did really great. A few rules I forgot to go over before we headed out:
1) No stopping!! Don't just stop in the middle of riding. (I had her ride in front of me so I could watch her) her constant stopping drove me nuts! I don't know how many times I almost ran over her.
2) Don't look back at Mom. I assured her I would not run her over (as long as she pre-warned me before she stopped). She would always look back then get way off course ect.

She had a blast on the ride there, but was pretty tired on the way back. Complained about her legs hurting ect. She stopped and started I don't know how many times, I was about to lose it. I tried to convince her that it is more work to stop and start than just to ride continuously at a slow pace. I don't think I could have gone any slower on the ride home. Try starting and stopping while towing almost 80lbs!!

But all in all I was quite excited to have accomplished this. I was sad that I would be able to do much riding this summer because I can't tow 3 kids. But now that Miss Ella is getting the hang of it, we can do some shorter bike rides! I just need to whip her in to shape :)