March Break

For the first time since Abby has started school, I took the week of March break off work!

Granted, there was almost more work to be done at home, but it was definitely nice to wear sweatpants and spend time with my kids! 

I also took care of a bunch of dogs and it was awesome!

Monday: We started the week off with some face painting for Abby, and then we (Abby, Xavier, Grandma and Aunt Vanessa) all watched a Little Ray's Reptiles presentation. 

Both of which were free! Yay!

Tuesday: It was a pretty quiet day! My mom was wonderful and kept the kids overnight Monday, so I took all 4 dogs to the dog park, and then went up to the woods with Draco, Felix and my sister-in-law and her puppy. Abby requested we take another walk, once The Professor woke up. She walked Draco, and I love seeing people's face when they see a 6 year old girl walking an enormous dog - priceless.

Wednesday: We went hiking with my mom, and even though it was a little below freezing, it was a very nice morning walk!

Thursday: We started the day off with a visit to some friends, had some lunch, then took care of 2 more puppies! 

Friday: I started the day off with another walk and Abby went skiing with Jay!
I also completed my sweater skirt, and made some pretty good progress on Jay's ripped shirt that I am turning into a dress! Of course, now my sewing machine is being funny, and I have googled it and will reattempt fixing it in the morning!
Time to work on Mel's skirt! Here's a little preview of my work so far...

There are a few more projects I want to get done before April, so I better get on it!
March break was a blast!

 * Thank you to all those who let me take care of their puppies! *

{Daily Odd Compliment: I'm so glad I know you because this year would have sucked a lot more if you weren't around.}

The Challenge: Update

This is awkward... I haven't made much progress.

The only consolation I have is that I haven't been able to blog recently because I have been doing a bit of exercise. Yesterday, I went on a hike with The Professor saddled to my back. He loved it! I also enjoyed it.. for about an hour..

I read a friend of mine's tumblr post about getting a "runner's high" during spinning class and I was motivated! I want that feeling! I'm gonna climb 12 mountains if that's what it takes! 30 degrees and 30 pounds of baby later.. I'm feeling pretty good about myself, do I really need to go into those woods, guns blazing? I'm not gonna lie, I felt really accomplished afterwards, but I know I can do better!

Next week - I'm gonna run up at least 2 hills! Running up 1 just wasn't enough...

And completely off topic - check out my favourite picture I took during a mini engagement shoot...

{Daily Odd Compliment: If you were Princess Aurora, and I was Prince Phillip, I would have kissed you so fast you would not have even had a chance to enter REM sleep. You would have been all, "Oh no, I'm getting sleepy. Won't be long now..." And I would have been like, "Naw." And then I would have kissed you and lifted the curse.}