5 miles and a recipe

Yesterday after I picked up Noah from school we decided to go to the bay and the beach and have some fun. Noah rode his bike and I ran with the jogger stroller. But not the single jogger, the double, because the hubs had the single stroller in his car and wasn't home - so Cameron rode in the Cadillac version of the strollers. Laid back...

The big boy did SO good and we ran/rode 5 miles total! I asked him if his legs were sore this morning, because mine were! And good news, that's the furthest I've run since my race in December! Super excited! :-)

Here they are at about mile 2 on the bay side of Pacific beach.

And what bike ride is complete without an ice cream break??? And our view while they (no me, I was good!) had a couple scoops.

And then them, the next day...Just kidding, it was the day before, but I had a hard time getting them out of bed this morning for school! I'm wearing them out!

And when we got home I made them ravioli, but had already prepared my dinner and it was in the crockpot. It was a little spicy so I figured they wouldn't eat it...but it was SO good and super filling. I even had the second helping today for lunch.

I put 2 boneless lean porkchops in the crock pot with diced tomatoes and enchilada sauce and cooked on low for 5 hours. When I served it, I added olives and made myself some black beans and sprinkled a little fat free cheese on it. Total calories: 565. SO filling!

And your daily cuteness, my big boy, Noah. He didn't have to wear a uniform today, so we was excited to dress in his skater duds. BTW those are size 7! He's grown SO much!

Have a great day!

I knew it!

Lululemon FINALLY admits (and recalls) yoga pants because of them being see through!

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/lululemon-yoga-pants-recall-vancouver-based-company-pulls-18770583

My love affair with Lululemon began shortly after Cameron was born (probably about 6 months later, so spring 2011), and I bought one pair of crops as a reward for losing weight. They were AMAZING! No see through booties at all, and stayed put when I ran/did boot camps. About 6 months later I bought another pair (same type, Wunder Unders) and no problems. So, after buying those, I thought I would buy running pants from Lululemon. Both, sheer, and they would not take them back! The employee explained it to me that since they were running pants, and not yoga pants, and since you don't bend over and do poses like in yoga, the material is different, therefore not meant to be bent over in. I promptly sold those things on Craigslist, because yeah, you may not bend while you run, but you stretch after!

Ever since I've been on the hunt for the perfect Lululemon pants and still haven't been able to find any that aren't see through! It was so annoying! I read reviews on their page, and many people were saying they were having the same problem. Even an employee (a different one) admitted that people had been complaining and that Lululemon changed their material!

So, the secret it out!!!

I have forgotten about you, dear blog

How is it already March??? How did that happen???

Well, since September, when I last updated my blog, the following things happened...

Noah started kindergarten in the fall!!! And he's lost 2 teeth since September...he's growing up too fast!

Noah's first day of kindergarden, Fall 2012

First tooth lost, Fall 2012. He lost it at school after numerous bribes and attempts at pulling it so it wouldn't fall out without the tooth fairy being able to take it from under his pillow. I think he got like $75 for the tooth. 

Noah and his buddies at school. Little men.

Cameron turned 2 and for his birthday in October we went to Disneyland with my side of the family...granny, pappaw, cousin Emma and Nathan and aunt Amber...then we went a few more gazillion times. No really, at least 5 since October. We also celebrated Noah's 6th birthday (WHAT? how did that happen???) at Disneyland in February and stayed at Paradise Pier, one of the Disneyland hotels. It was AWESOME and the boy's loved it. Disney does it up right!

Gangsta Noah with Cameron, and pretty cousin Emma, waiting in line for the jungle cruise

You know it's a good day when the big kids pass out!

Noah and Cameron in the lobby of Paradise Pier

Boys in bed together at Noah's birthday watching Mater's Tall Tales (their fave cartoon right now). First time Cameron had been in a big boy bed too. Noah said he was a bed hog. 

Trained for and ran the Rock 'n Roll Las Vegas half marathon in early December. A week before fractured my right ankle...didn't know it was fractured until AFTER the race, and still ran it (taped it up REALLY good, but at about mile 5 I was DYING). At that point, I started power walking and running...The last 2 races I did I ran the whole thing, but there was no way I could during this one. At mile 8 I contemplated stopping in downtown Las Vegas for a cheap buffet.

I've been working to rehab my ankle (on my own) and I'm finally able to run about 3'ish miles outside/on treadmill again without pain.

Gimpy fo' so'! Testing out my tape job pre-race.

Might as well have cute (flat) shoes even if you have a busted ankle!

Me, on the left in the pink and obnoxious skirt, and my friends Jamie and Arlene. Both are cray cray...Arlene just had a baby less than a year old when this picture was taken and Jamie didn't train at all and just decided to run it with us. When in Vegas...right???

This was pre-race, in the elevator, poppin' Red Bull. This is before I wanted to die.

Actually dressed up and going out to dinner with the hubs...this was in the lobby of the Wynn. Oh, and my hair isn't in it's usual ponytail. 

Since I wasn't running, and since I'm the family chauffeur now that the boys are both in school and in countless activities including t-ball and soccer, I gained 10-15'ish pounds (depending on the day). SIGH :( I will not be posting a picture of this gained poundage.

The boys have entered the "I love you so much" and then "I hate you so much" phase. They get along SO well, and then they fight, well, like brothers. Cameron even has clocked Noah with a plastic golf club or two. Sounds like me and the hubs :-) Just kidding!!!

And lastly, I celebrated my 20-15 (read: 35th) birthday at the end of February.

I think that's all, folks. Talk at ya soon! (And one last picture, just for the cuteness quotient)