Five for Friday

1. My parents are moving.  This is something that's been in the works for well over a year now, but they are hoping to have the house on the market in May, so it is approaching quickly now.  I've been ignoring this on the blog but their move will make for a huge change in all of our lives.  For the boys it also means new day care.  We have set up a wonderful situation for them though, which I will write more about next week, as they will be staying with Suzanne for a few weeks while my parents house gets a new kitchen.  It also means I'm selling all of my parents cool stuff for them!

2. Timmy is obsessed with Angry Birds.  When I say that he's obsessed, I am in no way exaggerating.  As proof, this is what we discovered when we opened the door to check on Timmy after he had been in the bathroom for quite a bit longer then usual the other night:

3. Tyler had his first time in the grass recently.  He immediately struck the same pose Timmy did when he was first placed in the grass, holding his leg up!  Timmy came over to tell Tyler that it was okay to touch it though.

4. Timmy likes all the baby toys.  I have been trying to get age appropriate toys out of closets for Tyler to actually use, but even if Timmy is busy playing Xbox when a "new" toy makes it's debut, he drops what he's doing and comes over to steal the baby toy!  He is slowly getting better about sharing them, and occasionally I'll hear him saying, "Tyler, when I was a baby I played with this and now you play with it."

5.  We're getting healthy.  I realized this is another big thing in our lives that hasn't made it to the blog yet.  Tim and I are about two months into a new lifestyle where we don't just sit on the couch all the time!  On February 6th we each started walking, counting calories, and exercising 5-6 days a week.  Tim bought us fitbit's that we wear all the time that count our steps, stairs climbed, and calories burned  each day.  We also started using www.myfitnesspal.com to track our calorie intake and exercise.  We are both settled nicely into this new routine and seeing big results.  I reached 20 lbs down after 8 weeks, which puts me back to Pre-Timmy weight.  I'm hoping to lose another 30 lbs before my birthday, which will bring me to my goal weight of the "ideal" weight for my height.  My parents, Joe, and Tim's parents are all in various stages of getting into similar habits.  It's nice that we're all doing it together (and easier, without tempting food everywhere we go) and that we are all seeing results!  I'm very proud of all of us!  No picture to go with this item, but maybe when I reach my final goal weight I'll share the before and after picture of me, to all 9 of my readers!  ;)