Lately

Lately Tupp likes to dress up. Sometimes she'll bring me all the socks and tights in her drawer. It gets hard to find places for everything, but she insists on wearing it all. Sometimes she brings over superhero clothes. Superman more often than not. I don't know if it comes from seeing Cash dress up or not, but I love that both my kids play dress up in some fashion.
Lately we've been sick. First it was the norovirus, then it was a three day fever thingy, then it was strep (Cash only), then it was the worst cold I've ever had in my life (and I'm not exaggerating), followed by pink eye and then it was a different stomach flu. The cold is still being bandied about, but we're hoping that as a whole our family is on the mend and stays safe from any further illness. We're pretty much sick of being sick. Although, it does create some sweet moments.

I've been employing my waffle iron frequently. I love that thing. I've made waffles out of Pillsbury biscuits, out of cake mix, buckwheat, etc. I have yet to try brownie waffles, but they will be attempted- ne'er you fear.

Lately Cash has been really into board games. He especially likes Battleship and "the Pirate One" (Settlers of Cataan). Sometimes he can't play it the way it was meant, but we come up with inventive ways to make a game more manageable. I find that it's a great way for him to practice his math and alphabet skills. Which leads me into my whole debate on what to do with him this coming year for school. I think I've come up with a solution for the next year or so. I'm going to try homeschooling him for this coming school year for kindergarten. I would really like to keep homeschooling him, I just need to feel more confident. I think this year will help me find my inner homeschooling mojo, but we'll see what happens, won't we?

Cash was in a fashion show recently. He was so excited to do it and then just as they were about to send him down the catwalk he decided not to do it. Clay went down with him once and then after that he realized how fun it was and ended up going two more times. He even fluffed out his tails and waved and did the crab dance that some of the guys taught him as he went up and back.

Waiting to watch Cash!

I'm still catching up on work, though I don't know if that will ever happen. We just finished with the Wedding Expo so now we're booking up for this season. We have a couple of trips coming up soon- one to Utah to see Honor and Benson tie the knot (yippee)! Cash has just started physical therapy and so far he's enjoying it, though the first two sessions are mainly diagnostic. They're still a little baffled by his hand. The good news is that it's really only his hand that appears affected and we are pretty confident that with the exercises he will be able to build the strength and function back. I just finished a month of Livefit Bootcamp. While 5:30am is really early and it's been as low as 20 degrees and raining out while we exercise, it's been really great and I've enjoyed it. Between working out, being sick and not dieting at all I've managed to lose about five pounds and feel a whole lot stronger. I even shaved 7 minutes off my fitness test time from a month ago. I'm going to try doing workouts on my own for a month and then evaluate what would be best to continue to reach my goal of building stamina and losing another fifteen pounds (ideally). But we've got some stuff in the process to meet our goals this year and that's exciting.