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Weekly Wednesday Workout: Crab Dips

by Nellie

Weekly Wednesday Workout

 

Weekly Wednesday Workout: Crab Dips

 

Time to work the whole body out with one body weight move!

httpv://youtu.be/Ue4PztH8aK0

Oh man so this one is not easy! Try this if you want but I am not recommending you do it cold! Make sure you warm up first so you don’t pull any muscles. 🙂 I tried this in my living room while watching the biggest loser and man it took me a couple of tries!!  I would definitely try the low dip before going into the full bridge. This one is not for the faint BUT it is an awesome workout for the entire body especially the arms!

Have you ever tried Crab Dips?

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The One With The Unruly Hair

by Nellie

The One With The Unruly Hair

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Somewhere deep down in my heart when I was in my late teens, I realized that my high school boyfriend was going to be my husband. This meant babies! In my head we would have 3 little girls and we would sit around all day having multiple tea parties and doing our nails. God had other plans! 🙂

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I was always so curious about the hair our kids would have. My husband’s hair is very thin and straight,  and even though he is Puerto Rican he has no curl AT ALL in his hair. Meanwhile my hair is the kinkiest hair in the world. So somehow I thought we could get a nice perfectly flowing blend of our hair textures.

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My eldest baby’s hair is a nice combination of the both of us. Somehow I thought I would be able to handle it–I totally wasn’t! My daycare provider gave him beautiful cornrows until he got his hair cut when he turned three.

My youngest is a different story. His hair is definitely more coarse and curly. The weirdest part? He has an insane amount of hair on the top of his head and the back just simply never caught up.

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And since his hair is more coarser that his brothers, trying to comb it, or even undo braids is the struggle of all struggles.

But even though his hair is harder to manage he has the best curls ever! His little ringlets flop around the place and he loves it. I always wonder if he is going to grow his hair out like the Bulls player Joakim. That is if the back of his head ever catches up!

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Then I think about what I would have to deal with if I had to put bows and clips in this type of hair everyday. Oh my.

I will just remain thankful to my girl at the daycare and enjoy the rare moments when his hair is wild and free (and untamed!).

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p.s. I launched my newsletter today! If you have seen it, let me know what you think. If you haven’t signed up, what are you waiting for?! sign up here! 🙂

 Do you love your hair texture? Were you surprised by the hair of your children?

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Weekly Wednesday Workout: 3 Way Lunges

by Nellie

Weekly Wednesday Workout

 

Weekly Wednesday Workout: 3 Way Lunges

 

Let’s work on those sexy stems shall we?

httpv://youtu.be/vbx8KunAqvo

Lunges are one of my favorite exercises! I do them all the times usually in combination with squats. This is a fun twist to the classic move. I like the fact that by doing all three lunge positions, you can hit multiple leg muscles all in one workout. This one is perfect for the gym and even more perfect for the living room (no equipment required!). The best part though? The heart rate gets GOING! So its a great cardio AND strength training exercise. Double duty. 🙂

Have you ever tried 3 way lunges?

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Weekly Wednesday Workout: Bench Raises

by Nellie

Weekly Wednesday Workout

 

 

Weekly Wednesday Workout: Bench Raises

 

Today we are working that booty!

httpv://youtu.be/AuqT4t5-Ulk

I love this exercise! If you don’t have a gym bench then stairs should work just fine too! This one is definitely not as hard as last week but you still get a great burn and you hit multiple muscles groups too. This is a great anytime exercise. I did about 10 of them before I started to really feel it. It’s a great way to tone and shape your rear end!

Have you ever tried Bench Raises?

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The One Where Baby Turns Two In A Snowstorm

by Nellie

 

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Posting this after the new year is actually quite symbolic of a December birthday, they  tend to get buried in the holiday crazy.  My baby turned two a couple of weeks ago,  we celebrated but it wasn’t without its challenges.

Last year,  for the baby’s first birthday party 3 out of the 4 of us had the stomach bug. This included my eldest projectile puking in the middle of the party, me being too weak to move and a birthday boy that had barely gotten over it himself. Not to mention most of the guest list (the kids daycare) had been on the disabled list with the bug too! So we had maybe 6 kids show (thank goodness for family right?!) it was a crazy beautiful disaster that kinda traumatized me to where this is the first time I was able to blog about it!

IMG_0589So of course I was excited to make up for it with this party. His theme would be Jake and the Neverland Pirates, I invited his daycare buddies and even my eldest preschooler friends, and a couple personal friends with kids. I decided not to get any entertainment (thanks for the great advice!) everything was going  fantastically.  Except there was just one little problem.

A snowstorm.

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Not a couple flurries,  we are talking  12 inches expected to hit exactly one hour before the party started at noon.  I was determined to still have the party though snow or no snow the party was going to happen! The two year old is at the stage where he LOVES birthday parties. He actually randomly starts singing happy birthday while he plays with his cars. I knew we were going to do this even if it was the 4 of us with grandma.

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About an hour in, the bestie came and I saw a glimmer of hope. My oldest son absolutely adores his Godmother.

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Then my girl Cass came with her daughter and little sister and I breathed a sigh of relief because my son was going  to have a birthday after all! Literally in the next 20 minutes 9 more kids showed up and I literally went into the kitchen out of sight and did a little dance like this:

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We played classic games like pin the tail, limbo and we even played fruit Ninja on the xerox kinect (which the kids LOVED!) and before you knew it it was time for cake!

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The best part of the party though was getting to know and laugh with some of the parents from my son’s preschool. Since my husband drops him off everyday they barely see me (because I gotta be at work by 8am). One of them even told me that she thought my husband was a single dad.

Geez.

I really like the mothers a lot–there were tons of laughs, giggles and chatter. This was especially awesome for me who never connects with other parents. Also, I was inducted into the circle of parents that had formed since the new school year. Being a working mom is difficult because you have to work extra to make those connections. I even recruited some of them for Zumba 🙂

IMG_0667Everyone dispersed by around 4pm and it was definitely one of the most successful parties I’ve thrown, in the middle of a snowstorm no less!

When we sang happy birthday his grandma held him and the smile on his face made it all worth it!

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If you have children,  do you have a good connection with the other parents in their classes?

Would you go to a birthday party in a snowstorm?

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