Circus Part 2

We wanted to make sure make got his circus fix so we took him to another circus the next night. This was the Shriners circus so it was little more done up. When we got there we took our picture with a clown and Max was not to happy about that. Then Max and daddy went to ride the ponies. That was a fun and exciting moment for my little man.

As we were waiting for the circus to start Mimi and Papaw took Max to get popcorn and a light up sword. Rylee decided she would just stay with us and nap :)
As the show started Max watched everything that happened. There weren't to many times when he would look away. He said he favorite part was the elephants and the man in the cannon.

I am so glad Max loved the circus. The circus was always a special place to me as a kid and I am excited I can share that joy with my little angel.

Circus Part 1

First Family trip to the circus!!!

We decided to take Max and Rylee to a small circus in Caddo Mills this year. This circus was what you would call a backyard circus but we had a blast.

The family picture as we entered was a must. When we got in Max and Rylee just sat back and took it all in. There was so many people and the lights really caught Rylee's eye.

Max loved the man swinging from a rope high in the sky. I think he held his breath the whole time. Even Rylee leaned back so she could get a good view.

The elephants and the clowns were a blast too. I have to say the only thing between us and the elephants was a fold up fence, so we were praying that none of the elephants went mad!!!!
This circus even had camels. I have never been to a circus with camels, but it was interesting. The whole event was a great experience for all 4 of us. Max and Rylee both liked all of the clowns, dogs, flame throwers, loins and flying people.

3-2-1

Right after I had Rylee the weight was just falling off. It was so exciting to see those numbers dropping and dropping. Then one day the number stopped changing and then it started going up again. Once this happened I knew it was time for a diet. So a couple of weeks after that realization Tim and I decided to do the Slim Fast 3-2-1 diet.

This is not my favorite diet but it is a easy diet that I can fit into my current schedule. Being a mom of 2 is hard work and since being home I decided to start a side business so I am always doing something. With this diet I know exactly what I can eat and if I need to I can get creative to spice it up.

The diet: For breakfast and lunch I eat a meal replacement bar. This was a hard concept for me to grasp. I have always been a big breakfast eater. So when I found out all I could eat was this tiny bar I almost quit the diet before we started it. But knowing that I am larger then I would like I decided to give it a try. It turns out the bars aren't that bad. Tim makes fun of me for taking so long to eat a bar. My view on it is if its a meal then it should at least take you the time it would to eat a actual meal.

Throughout the day you get 3- 100 calorie snacks. One after breakfast, after lunch and then after dinner. So you better believe the pantry is stocked with all kinds of 100 calorie snack options. Tim and I need to have the options or we will talk ourselves into a trip to sonic :) Most days I find my boiling fresh veggies just so I can have quantity. I know I am weird but I sometimes just need to see more food on the plate.

Then you get get one 500 calorie meal a day. This seemed like a challenge at first, but Tim and I got creative. We decided it was easier and cheaper to buy those pre-made family frozen dinners and measure out what we could eat. This keeps us from having to buy a ton of stuff and ending up with leftover we can't eat. I know home cooking is better, but lets get real this chic wants to get skinny.

We started this diet March 14th and since then Tim has lost 6 pounds and I have lost 5. I would love to share my weight with everyone, but I am not so proud of this size. At this moment I am the largest I have ever been and that needs to change. Once I lose some more weight I will start exercising. I know that sounds backwards, but its just how it is. I can't stand to workout being this big. Things ache, bounce and it just isn't fun. So wish me luck I hope to be able to post more weight loss Thursday :)

Blast Ball!!!

There's no crying in baseball, however blast ball has tons of tears!!!

All ready to head out to practice

Max had his first blast ball practice today and well it was one for the memory book. Max was so excited all day and we all had big hopes for his first practice. So we all loaded in the car and headed up to the practice field. Of course being the crazy mom that I am we arrived 45 minutes early. Since we were so early Tim and Max played catch for a little bit and then Max played at the play ground.

Once everyone started to arrive we headed over to the practice area and Max was still super excited. All the kids sat down and listened to the coach explain some of the things they were going to do.

Things were still looking good we were so thinking wow this is going to be a great experience. The coach had the kids start the practice off by taking turns running to the one and only base, jump on the base because it plays music and then running back. Well Max was still so excited he forgot to wait for the kid in front of him to run back before he started running to the base. The coach, who is a man Max just met, loudly said no no wait Max. Max being the over sensitive not wanting to get into trouble kid that he is stopped running and broke out in tears. The coach wasn't getting on to him, but man that just broke Max's heart. From this point on we spent the next hour crying, laughing, crying, laughing over and over.

The team was split up into do groups. Max was in coach Sean's group and coach Justin had the other group. The coach had the kids practice catching the ball. Max did ok at this part not to many tears.



Then they worked on catching grounders. Max missed the first one thrown his way and when the coach was cheering Max on as he was running to get the ball Max started to cry. Again Max knew he messed up and he was afraid he was getting into trouble. My poor baby I guess we need to be praising him more at home :)

Once the catching drills were over they moved on to learning how to use the bat. The coach was showing the kids how to swing and Max was not enjoying this part. Max didn't seem to care for the coach putting his arms around him helping him to swing.

My kid isn't shy, but he does like his personal space :) So this was also a time of many tears. Once we were done with the form training it was time to practice swinging and hitting. Since we didn't have the tee the coach wanted the kids to hit the ball out of his hand. Max was not to excited about this part and I really couldn't blame him. We have trained our child not to swing the bat at people. So when the coach told him to hit the ball out his hand Max was really hesitant. He wouldn't even hold the bat up to swing, so of course he cried.

Finally the coach had all the kids come together and practice hitting the ball off the tee and running to the base. The kids that weren't hitting practiced fielding. Max would run to get the ball or try at least. He seemed to be enjoying that part.

One of the moms commented on how cute he was when he runs. She said it looks like he is dancing. Yes my kid prances!!!!

Aren't my boys the cutest!!!

Once it was Max's turn to hit the ball he seemed super excited. He got up there, swung the bat and hit the ball.

We all cheered and told him to run to the base, but Max wanted to keep working on his fielding skills, so he decided to field the ball he just hit. The coach got the ball from him and told him to run to the base. Max started running to the base and then he stopped about a foot in front of the base and started to cry. He didn't want to jump on the base for whatever reason. Tim grabbed Max and made him jump on the base to get him to try.

At this point practice is coming to an end. Max was ready to leave.
So we are hoping that the next practice goes better. Timmy is going to get a tee and a bat so that they can practice this week before the next practice.