goin' down...

one more pound this week.  I'm 1 pound away from the lowest weight I was at the end of July... this is when it makes me mad that I put those extra 3 on!  Oh well, it could be a lot more!  Can't wait until Thursday to look for some Hawaii clothes.  My sisters, my mom & I are going on a little shopping excursion for my sister Kim's 37th birthday {which is on the 25th}.  I have a few summer clothes in the correct size that I bought towards the end of summer & a few others that I've picked up here & there, but still have a lot to get!  The biggest challenge, of course, is the swimwear.  I researched out the best suits for girls with upper body ampleness & ordered one that everyone had raved about on the websites, so hopefully that will end my bad swimsuit drama! {please, please, please!!!!!}  

Speaking of summer clothes, I was packing up last years or previous years summer stuff from the kids closets to send to the resale shop over the weekend.  Oh my... of course Lydia needs all new sizes {which I had started getting end of season last year}, but the boys, who I thought were in pretty good shape, will practically need all new shorts & several shirts.  I think Collin ended up with 1 pair of shorts in his size & Evan about 3.  Yikes, I better be checking out the ebay auctions... warm weather will be here before we know it... I hope!

isn't she lovely?

Lydia got a haircut this morning & my friend Pam prettied her up with the curling iron... it was even cuter before she stuck her hat on her head.  She made sure grandpa told her how pretty she was when I took her to see them this morning!  As you might be able to tell, she wasn't exactly in the mood for a picture at the time.

cutie talk

Lydia's been a talkin' fool lately... really cute to listen to.  Some of my favorites recently are her repeating Evan's "awesome" & her sitting on the couch "reading" one of her Elmo books, getting to the last page & saying very clearly "can Elmo have a kiss?" {which is the last line of the book}.  Then, of course, giving Elmo a kiss with the correct sound effects "Mmmmm...uhhhh!".  Last night after the boys were in bed, she kept trying to go up the steps saying "kisses, kisses".  When they aren't being good, she's probably the first to say "stop it" or "be quiet" or "bad boys" {I've given her the nickname "boss lady"}.  She loves to talk on the phone also.  Lydia is quite proficient in the use of the cell phone.  Somehow she knows exactly how to call the last person you've talked to.  Her favorite people to call are mama Klesner, KIM! KIM! & RICKK {she's very good at producing those c & k sounds}.  It's so amazing everything she is saying right now.  Very interesting how she can put some sentences together & put things in the correct context.  I'm afraid we're going to have a real talker on our hands!  We'll have to make sure we don't give her any information that we don't want publicly displayed..... 

whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!

Collin's taking his invention to state!  Yesterday was the second level of the Invent Iowa event in Burlington & we're so excited that Collin got chosen to advance to the next level in Ames.  Ahhh, the magic of cookies!  I wish I could have gotten a picture of his face when they called his name... priceless.  Two of his friends from Holy Trinity get to go as well & a friend from Denmark {those are the people we know}... congrats Lillian, Connor H & Joey!  After we got done in Burlington we had haircuts, so the girls in the salon got to try out the cookie dispenser & then the little girls at the babysitter tried it out for their snack time.  Needless to say, it was probably the biggest hit with them.  We're very proud of you Collin!

above LtoR: Connor H, ?, Lillian, Collin.

 

pretty handsome, huh?

I'm putting it out there...

I figured if I'd post my weight loss {or gain!} here, as well on the WW website, I'd be more likely to be a good girl!  We found out last week we're going to Hawaii in April {insert squeals & happy dance here}, so that geared me up to renew my weight loss after going between the same 3 pounds over the last several months.  I'm hoping that if I could lose between 1 to 2 pounds a week I should be able to get down another 8-16 pounds before we leave.  Wish me luck... I weighed in this morning & I was down a pound from last week.  My sister Kim & brother in law Randy are working hard as well... she calls me every Monday with their weigh-in... today she was down 2 & he was down 4.  Good job guys!