Tenley was off at school, while the twins were stuck at home feeling sick. Their noses were running like faucets, coughing, fevers... the works! All they wanted to do was hang out together in their room and watch their iPad. Whatever, I just wanted them to rest so I didn't care:
Tenley's friend at school gave her a Christmas card with the sweetest note inside. I know her friend from volunteering and seeing these kids learn so quickly amazes me:
My voice was still raspy, but Monday was my first day back to working out and teaching. After a whole week away, I was so ready to be back and came back to our doors looking uber festive:
Grandma Cath sent the kids a package and sent Tenley the most obnoxious JoJo Bow. My Mom and I thought it was too big, but Tenley thought it was the greatest thing ever and insisted on wearing it to school on Tuesday:
(Thanks, Ma!! We love you!!)
I was back to teaching Tuesday night:
The twins slept really good that night and had to be woken up in the morning to take sis to school:
Ev and Wes were finally well enough to go back to school Thursday and were happy to be back:
With all the kids at school Friday morning I was able to go celebrate Pure Barre Henderson's 2nd birthday with a 'Tuck 'N Glow' Empower class. Spoiler alert: it was amazing:
Ev and Wes made jingle bells at school and had to shake them for me:
Tenley brought home lots of school work, her level 6 Lexia certificate and 2 cheer grams:
That evening I was back at PBH to teach a 'Tuck 'N Glow' Classic class. It was so much fun and everyone looked so good shakin' in the black lights:
I brought some glow in the dark goodies home for the kids are they went nuts:
On Thursday Ed surprised me with tickets to go see Lady Gaga as my Christmas present. We've always wanted to see her in concert so I was so excited!! They weren't the best seats, but we just wanted to go and enjoy a night out together. It's only natural that Tenley and Wesley would wake up Saturday, the day of the concert, throwing up. Tenley took medicine and was back to herself in no time, but Wes was miserable. The poor kid couldn't keep anything down and couldn't move. There was no way we could leave him with a sitter like this:
The tickets weren't too expensive so I was okay missing it, but Ed insisted I call Karina and take her. She's a big fan and we've been talking about going to her concert for months now so it made sense. I felt bad leaving Ed to take care of Wes, but am so glad I got to see Lady Gaga (still with such a fun date, too!):
Besides Adele, I've never left a concert feeling like I knew the person more. I can legitimately say I learned so much, cried, laughed, sang, and lost my voice during the Joanne concert. When we were walking in Karina said, "there isn't one type of person here. Everyone is so different." It was truly beautiful to see so many people united under one roof with no judgement:
We were so excited when Gaga came to our side of the arena and both times that she did were my absolute favorite. The first time she came over she grabbed a rainbow flag from a guy in the crowd and asked the crowd who were members of the LGBT community and the crowd went crazy. Then she asked who wasn't a member and the crowd went crazy. Then she asked who didn't care and it was quiet. She said, "98% of this crowd probably fights for equality, while the other 2% don't care and THAT'S OK. We shouldn't hate them for being ignorant, we should show them compassion. Everyone needs to love everyone no matter who they are because if we don't then we just keep fighting for the same shit!" This convo lead into 'Come to Mama' and 'Born This Way':
My favorite part of the show was when she asked the audience if anyone ever felt different. She said, "everyone who feels different, shine your light." The audience lit up like a Christmas tree and I was covered in goosebumps:
She explained how she always felt different and thanked her friends for sticking by her and supporting her through being different. She said people who go through pain in life are the strongest and to embrace it:
AH-MAZING concert-- a must see!! Thanks for being my date, Karina!!
Sunday was a super lazy day as Wes was still under the weather. He rested in bed all day while the girls listened to Christmas carols and danced by the tree:
Ed and I are always thinking of ways to eat healthier, while not depriving ourselves or getting bored with the same things. We always eat sweet potatoes, but Ed had the idea of shredding the sweet potatoes, drizzling with avocado oil and salt and pepper, then cooking them as little patties. We topped them with cheeseburgers and it was delicious and easy:
Wes was feeling a little better in the evening and was happy to get a bath all by himself:
It wasn't long after putting the kids to bed that Ev started throwing up in bed, then Tenley... Ed and I were literally laughing because there was just so much throw up that we didn't know where to start. It lost it's humor on me around 3am after waking up every 15-30 minutes to tend to someone, then it hit me hard, too! I know I said this last week, but I'm ready for the new week to start so we can get better and get into the Holiday Spirit!
Until next time! :)
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