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It’s with mixed emotions that I said goodbye to Weight Watchers today.  I’m really, REALLY tired of doing it.  I’m so close to my goal (only 5lbs!) but it occured to me the other day that I’ve been so close to my goal since mid-summer!  Ugh.  I’m so tired of it.  I was hoping that maybe a little morning sickness would help me lose the last few pounds, but 5lbs is a lot to expect.  I lost about 3lbs from morning sickness with both kids.  I started getting nausea on Thursday and Friday, all day, and so far what keeps it at bay is a small, but steady supply of food.  Eek!  I’ve been eating a ton of bananas and apples, but at 2pts each even they can throw off your daily points allotment.  I went to the meeting today and gained a bit and decided it was time to call it quits.  I feel like a bit of a failure because I’ve been unable to shed these last few pounds for SO long.  I’ve been doing WW for almost 2 years now (seriously!!) and I have lost a lot of weight, so maybe (this is what I tell myself) I just need a break.  Maybe I’ll be able to come back and reach goal after this next pregnancy.  Hopefully!!  For now I’m going try to keep eating healthly, but stop stressing and agonizing over food.  I’m really tired of it! 

(Today I celebrated with a big piece of birthday cake and it was GOOD!)

After Tuesday’s disastrous trip to the toy store and yesterday’s swim adventures we decided a quiet afternoon at home was in order.  We built giant block towers (I tried to get a picture of a great one Eve built, but she knocked it over before I got the camera!), flew and crashed Alan’s fancy Lego spaceships, and played games on the Doodle Pro.  That thing is on it’s last leg and still a favorite toy in this house.  Thanks Joyce!  The kids loved hangman (though I confused Lex when I drew flowers instead of gallows) and then we played the box drawing game.  Anyone know what this is really called?  You start with a bunch of dots and take turns connecting them to build boxes.  Whoever makes the most wins.  Know what I mean?  Lex likes the game a lot and today Eve decided to play too.  She was surprisingly good at it!  All of that followed by a nice dinner (mine was awesome and theirs was even moderately healthy!), happy bath, and easy bedtime.  Life is good.

Eve takes her turn.

Ok, she's good, but not great at it yet! She thrilled herself by drawing a box. See her backwards E in the middle? With the doggie next to it? Ts and Ls are clear, everything else is Eve's :)

Lex takes his turn. He was happy when he noticed the top three boxes spell a word.

Lex had his first lesson today. He loved it, of course. His teacher said he did great. He has three other kids in his class and told me afterwards that he made a new friend. :) We swam for two hours and they had a blast. Eve did so much excited underwater dives that she made herself throw up! Fun, huh? Luckily I pulled her up and managed to catch it all on her belly and swimsuit. Time to wash that thing! I made her stay out of the water for five minutes afterwards and keep her head above water for the rest of the time we were there. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen again.

Lex shows the class how it's done!

Eve LOVES the pool!

We joined Gammy and Popcube this afternoon for a live performance of Click, Clack, Moo, a funny show based on the book “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.” It was a lot of fun. The cows are cold in the barn and want blankets. When they find a typewriter (a laptop in today’s performance) they send the farmer a note requesting blankets. He laughs and says no, so they cows go on strike. Then they get the chickens to go on strike too. It’s very silly. The show today had lots of loud singing and dancing and I don’t think the kids fully understood the songs and jokes, but they liked the dancing and falling down silly stuff. Though at one point it got very quiet just as Lex said, very loudly, “I don’t like all this noise!” It was hard to stifle my laughter there.

After the show we all went out to dinner. The kids ran around and ate smiley fries. After dinner when the friendly waiter asked if anyone dessert we all said “no” and Lex said “but I want dessert!” A very “helpful” lady reminded us that kids get free Popsicles with their meals. Sigh. Ok, Popsicles for dessert. She brought over two double Popsicles and quick-thinking Alan had the kids split one and he ate the other (none of the other grown ups wanted it, despite his offers). The kids loved them! I think this is Eve’s first time with a Popsicle. Maybe Lex’s too. I made homemade ones last summer, but this might have been his first time with the straight-up sugar ones. They were BOUNCING when we left the restaurant! Silly sallies the whole way home. We all ran around the house for about 15 minutes before I threw them in the tub. A good time was had by all. :)