Flowers, Dogs and Cars

Aine was asking me to draw pictures for her this morning: flowers, dogs and cars, lots of cars...got a great kick out of it...I think she liked that she could say the word and I would draw it...that we were talking together...

Went for another walk...trying to go as often as we can during week as we are all trying to get in shape and the kids like seeing each other. I also went swimming with Marion today. I'd like to try to swim Tuesdays and Thursdays for now and maybe swim more later if I can manage it with two small kids...but I'll start with 2 days a week. I swam 5 days a week and 1 kilometer a day (50 lengths!) as I lost weight the first time, but just don't have the time to do it anymore with the kids!

I was bad! I had half a big chocolate cookie! But I recorded it in my points and I think I've done fine today now...just had a smaller dinner... Got Dave chicken and chips (fries) tonight and wasn't tempted...I must be strong!!

Not too much other news...Aisling has another skin check with the orthopedic nurses tomorrow to make sure her mommy is taking good care of her now!! I'm massaging and giving her cream and powder these days, so I hope her skin is in much better shape this week! We were treating her like a regular kid and she just isn't, we have to look after her skin much more closely when she is in the brace... We're doing much better this week, but boy we both felt bad when we realized how red her skin was under the brace!!

Anyway, must stop obsessing... Gonna do a bit of sewing tonight and jump in the hot tub...