Things on Thursday.

Random things to be happy about...

1. Yay for me! I've actually been exercising according to my "habit plan"...twice this week so far!

2. Yay for Super Bowl food! (Yes, this is old news. Tough.) Okay, so I didn't really care about the outcome of this year's game. But. Nathan and I were pretty darn thrilled with our Super Bowl food. We decided to actually "do" something this year (haven't ever in years past but Noah was all over the idea of getting "special" foods on Super Bowl day...course, his idea of "special" meant chips and pop since we don't normally stock those in the house, lol). Anyhow, we made some delicious potato skins, homemade pico de gallo and homemade guacamole. YUM!

(Sorry, not the greatest photos...it was getting dark already and really it's amazing I have any pictures at all. I'd already eaten a couple potato skins stuffed with guacamole when Nathan reminded me that I'd wanted to document our accomplishment, lol.)

I think, btw, that this may have been the first time I've ever voluntarily purchased tomatoes, lol! (Yeah, I don't eat tomatoes for the most part. So there. I may rethink this after this pico, though.) 

3. Yay for my boys! Asher and Micah did some snow shoveling for me on Tuesday. They were stoked (because it's one of the few "chores" that they can earn money for). Here they are, so proud:

As you can see from the photo montage...they shoveled...they started trying to battle with the shovels (and were quickly stopped, lol)...after complaining about not being able to hit each other with shovels, they dropped to the ground to make snow angels...Micah randomly decided to drop and give me twenty (push-ups)...and then they threw some more snow. ;)

(Noah, in case you were wondering, opted to stay inside and not brave the -3 degree temperatures. Asher was just happy that he finally got the chance to do this, having been kept indoors for the duration of the cast whilst his brothers shoveled.)

4. Yay for being back to karate! Asher started back to karate this week. He was pretty apprehensive beforehand...worried about the fact that we'd decided he shouldn't do a few things (like the crab walk and push-ups during the warm-up portion of the class...since he's still having some wrist mobility issues and putting weight on his wrist hurts). He was nervous that people would wonder why he wasn't doing those and also self-conscious because of his belt/rank. (He's currently "lower" than Micah but had been set to test the day after he broke his arm...would have jumped to a yellow belt but will now have to wait till the end of the month, since they only test once a month.)

But. Once things got started, he forgot his nerves and just delighted in being active again. So happy. :) 

5. Yay for St. Jude! As part of the tournament that the boys' karate school is hosting at the end of the month, the boys are raising money for St. Jude. If you'd like to donate, please click here to go to their donation page. (And please feel free to pass the word to anyone else!) Thank you!