The Wednesday low down

1. Kids Eat Free

Last year we became obsessed with having the kids eat free at Scotty's so much that we decided to make it into a monthly tradition with my parents for 2017.  We purchased lots of gift cards when they were having a special back in November (yay for free money) and last night we started the tradition.  As Jack gets older it only gets better AND now that we have figured out that we need to go early and sit next to the play area our meals are usually pretty fabulous.  

2. Family reading
After I read to Jack and put him to sleep the rest of us decided to sit down and read individually.  I was able to finish my book which was nice and Mike was able to get past page 3 in his which was fabulous.  In this picture Owen is reading a book in Spanish and Cameron is reading Goosebumps.  Overall it was pretty amazing to sit down and have some peacefulness together.

3. Master Swim Class
I was a bit terrified to go to my first Master's class on Monday night.  These classes really don't fit into my schedule but I know that in order to survive a mile swim in open water I need some more instruction.  I was only able to stay for 45 minutes before hurrying off to work but I feel like I was able to learn a lot and hopefully tomorrow in the pool I will be able to implement some of these new techniques. Glad I signed up!  And glad that I didn't die!

4. The twins are HOME
I am not sure who is more excited to have the twins home ...me or Jack.  It's probably Jack.  He is through the moon to see these two.  On Monday night he just wrestled and played and jumped on them....he was in heaven.  The boys feel the same way (except when he messes up their legos).  It is insane to watch them jump all over the place, push each other down and just keep going and going and going.  I must admit -- it's pretty cool.

5.  A reminder

 So there are many times that I have to remind myself that my passions in life are spending time with my family, traveling the world, and pushing myself to accomplish big goals.  I remind myself of this because there are other times I would like a big house with a new kitchen and massive closet space.  I would love new shoes and a personal trainer.  I would have so much fun going to buy a new purse or getting stichfix every few weeks...forever.  But I have to remind myself that those might be fun -- but then I couldn't travel.... or then I would have to work more and spend less time with family.  Basically, I can't keep up with the Joneses AND live the life that I love.   Anyways -- I really liked this quote.

I needed to add this picture of Jack because as you can see the bathtub is almost filled to the brim with water and bubbles AND there is still more water pouring in.  That's because he was arguing with me to leave the water running and not let any out.  Clearly he won.  (AKA -- not a battle worth fighting at that moment in time).  Anyways, I think his face is clearly saying, "That's right bitch.  The water is fucking staying on."  But still in his sweet little baby Jack sort of a way.