Sunny Tuesday

Why, herro there! Happy Tuesday! It's a gorgeous day in Oklahoma City - albeit a tad windy. I promised a weekend recap so here are some highlights from my niece's 4th birthday:

The party was held at a gymnastics facility and both boys went wacko. I may have to look into enrolling Big Boy into gymnastics. My niece looked so darn cute in her black leotard!

The Lover and I tackled Baby Boy's room last night. We sorted through clothes and toys galore to prep for the garage sale. I'm not going to lie - I started crying when sorting the clothes that both boys wore when they were babies. Sniff, sniff. They grow so quickly! I kept a few blankets, shirts and shoes.

After working up a bit of a sweat, I was so ready for dinner. It was so freaking good! I actually forgot to take a pic until after I had taken a few bites.

Falafels in toasted WW pita with 'shrooms, cukes, spinach, carrots and hummus. I also added smears of non-fat plain yogurt in the pita. Nom, nom, nom!! I had never tried falafels before and wowza. I love! According to the package, you can either fry or bake them. I went with baking. You'll see them again at lunch :0).

I had the usual Green Monster for breakfast this morning. It's not as sweet as it usually is. I think my banana wasn't ripe enough. Oopsie!

Better get crackalackin'! Have a fantastic Tuesday!

Tropical Saturday

Good morning to you! Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday. Work was insane in the brain! In a good way. :0) However, I was able to squeeze in a fantastic 3 mile run. Originally, I planned on 2 but it was another day where I felt I could keep going. Faboosh. Just faboosh. Donna and I ran with another lovely co-worker. Running with company definitely mixes it up and keeps it fun.

I didn't have that mini-pocket in my shorts for my office key so I had to be smarter than the average bear.

After my quick and very simple lunch of almond pilaf, black beans and carrots (w/ hummus for dipping), I was off to a meeting that was very l-o-n-g..

I didn't take any pics of dinner but I had tofu and veggie lo mein that rocked my face off! I'm doing a bit of carb loading lol.

This morning, I woke up to two happy boys. After getting the necessary coffee jolt to the system, I made a supe delish brekkie, thanks to Oh! Nuts. They sent dried apricots and cashews to review.

Big Boy and The Lover are huge nut freaks so the cashews were a hit! Big Boy also went loco on the dried apricots. I had to cut him off. :0)

Baby Boy and I shared Tropical Bulgur Wheat for breakfast.

The bowl o' goodness contained:

• 1/2 cup bulgur wheat prepared with 1 1/8 cup water
• a handful of chopped cashews
• 2 diced apricots
• 1/2T shredded coconut
• 2t brown sugar

Prepare bulgur wheat according to package directions. Add brown sugar, mix well. Top with cashews, aprictos and coconut. Easy-peasy and very pleasey. Baby Boy went to town on it. The cashews gave breakfast a nice crunch and the apricots were nice and chewy. Very good! Two spoons up!

So . . . I had planned on running 11 miles today but I'm going to take a rest day and do some yoga to stretch out my leggies and arms. With the intense strength training and running, my muscles have been very sore and tight. I really should stretch after working out but I haven't. I know it's a no-no. Trust me, my head in hanging in shame. I'll be tackling those 11 miles tomorrow. I believe it will be pretty windy so that will suck but that's ok. It is good conditioning for the halfie!

I'm off to get ready for the diz-ay. Oh dang. I promised I would stop that. Oops! My older niece's 4th birthday party is today. The boys will love it! Interesting story: Both my niece and Big Boy were originally due on the exact same day almost 4 years ago. My sister-in-law, Brandy, and I were stoked to be preggo together. However, Big Boy made his entrance 6 weeks early so he's older than she is by 5 weeks. We then got preggo together with our second babies (creepy huh?) and my younger niece is 5 weeks older than Baby Boy!

Have a faboosh Saturday, lovelies!