Can we? Can we? Huh? HUH? HUH?!

My children have found a new thing to beg for in their lives, as if there weren't enough before. They now beg, pretty much daily, to be taken to the West YMCA.


Honestly, this is a whine I can live with! It's a healthy thing to beg for, a family event that we can all enjoy in various ways. Here's how...

The DIVA wants to go so she can work out in the Lifestyles Center- running on the treadmill, using the stair climber, lifting weights, whatever- so that she can be in shape for cheerleading at the high school this fall. I also think she's trying to check out guys up there, as well as be checked out herself now. I'm no idiot, you know. ;)

The Big Man loves to go into the Youth Zone. He's discovered (after an hour of arguing about how dumb and stupid and lame it was) that they have a Wii in there, which has Dance Dance Revolution on it (a game we do not own). I'm happy as hell that he's latched onto that because he could really use the exercise, and I'm considering investing in the thing for the house now. They have snacks in there, help with homework, arts & crafts, readings, "hanging out"...oh, and video games.

The Little Man has found that he can do a plethora of activities in this large building! He can go play with other kids in the nursery, where they have TONS of new toys that he doesn't have at his house. He can go to preschool there too, which is one of his favorite things to do! He's mad right now because he can't go to "real" school, meaning the regular preschool classes, because he's not completely potty-trained just yet (not for lack of trying, just laziness on his part- LOL!). He can go to the gym and play basketball, and on certain nights, they have blow-up things to play on too. His greatest joy these days is to play fishy in the pool, and he's getting much better at doggie-paddling a foot or two away from Mommy. One of these days, he might even let her let go of him!

OH! I almost forgot! Mommy likes to go to the Y too! :)

I joined a Yoga for Bigger Bodies class. I picked this one because I have a serious back condition, and this class description said that it was a modified class for varied abilities. I thought that might be more helpful to me, since I really do need to get the stretching in but can't go full-out in a regular yoga class. I'm having a great time in there, and it's a great class with a great group of women. I make the night of my class "Mommy Night," and no one goes with me that night. It's a very relaxing evening, and I don't feel stressed or rushed at all because I don't have to drag anyone in or out of the house or van or building or van or house or....you get the idea. ;)