dress up at Brynlys self planned bday party. (kids took the pics, if you can't tell)

i had just got home from the gym (like every other single day...working a lot) they made me put on my wedding dress. Since i was kind of a slacker mom on "the whole planning a party thing," I did it.

you kind of worry that it might not fit when you put it on.

glad it did.

since i'm WORKING MY BOOTIE OFF! (trying to win a competetion at the gym)

brynly is 9.

This is the morning. I buy the day old cakes form albertsons and walmart, bashas gives you a free one on your bday..so we had 3 cakes.

makes me look good, all those celebrations.

went out to dinner- buca di beppo, we only do that on bdays.

grace and elsie are still little handfuls in the restaurant.

i have a friend who teaches a toddler class at desert shadows montessori.

i asked if i could trade tuition to teach yoga and crossfit kids.

they agreed!

i was super excited b/c its WAY out of my price range.

they do all cloth diapers (elsie is potty trained), organic food, suzuki violin, art classes (heidi- if you know her), kids yoga, baby signs.

its WAY better than i've been doing at home on kid # 4. She loves it!

It works well b/c i don't have to take her to all the gyms I'm gong to in the mornings.

Baby yoga. Breath work.

I can totally pull off granola yogi mom when necessary.

We chant and meditate. good fun.

I woke up at 7!!!

I've been doing the FREE classes every morning at Shepard Jr. High at 5:15 AM and I have never missed a class! (except vacation)

7 is late, and i find eric and elsie outside in RAIN. yes, RAIN its rained like 2 times in AZ this summer. It a very strange thing.

This dog is weird.

hes in the bird cage.

i took sunshine out and blizzard walked in his cage.

he won't walk either, I have to put him in the stroller.

elsie has managed to torture him enough that he hides under the coach when he sees her.

then on occasion he forgets that she pulls him by his legs and sets stools on top of him and he'll follow her all over the house or lay next to her on the coach.

dogs are good like that.