Making time for my Kids....

It's been a tumultuous two months of rehearsals. I thought to myself, I should be losing some weight, lack of dinner, lots of dancing and singing, on the go....yea....I was wrong!

I decided to spend my days getting work done so that I could spend time with my kids when Landon got home from school. Unfortunately, this puts Zachary in an awkward position as I am always on the go with him. He's been asking to go to "school", so I have been carving out about two hours of my day to take him to the gym, and he loves it! Now, while this may should be a "plus" for me, it's turned into another awkward obsession. As the more I am working out, and literally, "Working my butt off", the more I am becoming obsessed with seeing results and making sure there is a payoff here. So apparently I should've talked to someone before I started this process, because I have basically just bulked up, toned, lost inches but not weight, so while my "butt" is the highest, and tightest it's ever been, and I can finally see definition in my ab area, I still am sitting on that 6 pounds I gained over Christmas. So at this point, how do I lose "weight" without losing everything I have been working for? Well, the trainer told me I have to kick up my workout even more, and add more cardio...great, back to running after each fitness class!!! UGH!!! I was alternating running with classes, but at this point I will have to combine if I don't want to lose the results I've gotten so far....

Those of you that also read Mike's blog, also will know how much is going on in my life right now, between rehearsals every night until about 8:30/9pm, then up in the morning to get Landon ready for school, and the days start all over again. The other morning I took Zachary to the park after our morning workout and he seemed almost lost without Landon, he didn't want to stay much past 20 minutes so we left and came back with Landon later that day.

Speaking of which, yesterday, the poor kid, it was raining out really bad, and I met Mike for lunch, so I said to Mike, let's go pick him up early so I don't have to drive in this alone later...(if you must know, driving in heavy rain, freaks me out, I'd rather drive in a blizzard!)

So, we call to let the principal know, and she informs us Landon's in her office for getting in trouble at recess. She walks him out to Mike and he's hysterical crying! I had to laugh, because I knew what he was thinking..."he got sent home from school! And boy...Dad had to pick me up!"

I tried to hide my chuckles as he's wailing away in the back seat that "he's sorry, and promises to behave, but PLEASE take him back to school!!"

Mike and I decide he's grounded when he gets home, maybe this is a turning point, and we can use this to our advantage!

How do you ground a 5 year old?....easy....tell him no playing in the play room, and no watching his favorite episode of Disney Juniors new Pirate show.... He can have access to whatever is in his room, and books.

So, I thought, this will be an exhausting afternoon, but it worked out great, both boys wanted to take a nap, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon reading books, coloring and making dinner together.

I try to do things like this all the time with the boys, but for some reason the TV and toys trump MOM! So he's forced to spend time with me and he considers me the entertainment....

SO I again try to savor the moment, and realize, tomorrow it's back to normal around here!

Mike gets home from his meeting and I am exhausted so we actually went to bed early, plus I think he's getting sick, and I don't want to chance anything one week out from my show....

So, all in all, it seems the fight to spend time with my kids, it's moments like yesterday that really make all the difference in the world, the moments I treasure, and although it came out of a bad situation, it turned out to be one of the best afternoons I've had with my boys in a long time!