Another year over and a new one to begin!

Hello!  I cannot believe that it has been over a month since I have been here!  I thought it best to take a break during the end of school and holiday time.  I know you know what it's been like .. kids finished school, Christmas to prepare for, social gatherings to attend .. it just didn't seem to end!
I'm back now for the new year, well sort of anyway ... Here's what I've been up to ...
I resigned from my job at the gym.  Time to move on and more importantly spend some time with the kids over the holidays.
School finished up for the year .. but not before I spent most of the day sitting at the swimming carnival so Miss 10 could race.


 

Christmas lunch was at our house this year ...

















And then we ventured to my sister's house with my family

New Year was spent with family and friends .. a pretty quiet night!

I have made sure I have stayed active as much as I can.  Lots of walks with my friends .. and workouts in the garage!





We are now off on holidays for a week or so and I am looking forward to getting away and spending some time doing not much at all!


While I'm on holidays I'll be doing a little reading ... I am finding this book really interesting and I think it will most definitely be a worthwhile addition to the library.


Stay tuned as I'll be doing a review for you .. And there could be a giveaway too!

Speaking of giveaways, there will be another exciting one coming up when I return from holidays!

I'm hoping that I will be able to spend a bit more time around he this year, fingers crossed!

With that in mind I would love for you to let me know if there is anything you would like me to chat about, or would like more information about. Make sure you either comment here or send me a message on Fit Mum's Facebook page .. You know I love to stop for a chat!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, New Year and holiday season and I look forward to the exciting new challenges of a new year! Make sure you stop by!

Happy Mother's Day...

A day late I know, but I had quite the busy day!

I had been looking forward to this day all week. No, not because I might receive a fabulous gift or two.

I was planning a serious sleep in! No alarms!

I did get woken up earlyish by Mr 6 in bed with us, but he was not interested in Mother's Day. He just came in to let us know he was going down to watch TV.   Priorities I guess.
Miss 10 remembered though and came in for cuddles as soon as she woke up ( at 7.30, I got my sleep in ).
After some careful planning and direction from Miss 10 I was allowed to see some little gifts that the children had for me .. I was a bit lucky! Sorry, nothing fitness related here! Not today, today is girly presents for me!  Here's a couple of my loot ...

This may not be a good idea living on the kitchen bench ...

I may or may not have selected scarf myself ... well, I needed red ..

After a suitable amount of time cuddling ( 30 seconds ) my gorgeous babies headed off to watch more TV .. or so I thought until I heard the coffee machine being heated up!  Oh yeah!  The kids made coffee and toast for a quick breakfast!  We were heading over to my sister's for brunch with mum so we didn't want to spoil our appetites.  Good thing too ... check out this spread!  Yes, I may run an extra few kilometres this week to compensate! 

After quite a bit of sitting around doing nothing other than chatting we headed home.
Mr FitMum's mum was coming over for a light dinner.  Yes, I cooked, but I'm OK with that because I love it. 

I have had such a lovely relaxing day with the family it's sad for it to end.  Well, there's always next year!

How was your mother's day?

Vicki x

Weekend wandering ...

This past weekend was such an enjoyable one and I got to Sunday night exhausted! I can't believe it's taken me a whole day to catch up and finish writing this!   

After the usual Saturday morning sport run around we reconvened at home to clean up and pack to drive up the coast to visit my Mum for her birthday.  Birthdays only come around once a year so they are a pretty special occasion and we definitely won't miss an opportunity to celebrate one!

Going up to Mum and Dad's house is just like a mini escape holiday .. there is lots of good food and a chance to sit down and relax!  First up were the little cakes that Miss 9 helped to ice for afternoon tea ...

Then there was a roast dinner and sticky date pudding for dessert ... Master 5 must have like dessert as he went back for seconds!

Breakfast was quite the buffet with bacon, eggs, sausages and brioche buns ...

no real need for any more food ... until my sister arrived with a birthday cake!

After all this food, some form of physical activity was required .. a game of cricket was arranged!  On the pitch entertainment was provided by my sister and Miss 9 who showed their prowess with cartwheels ...

Of course I was not to be outdone ...

My attempt at on the pitch cartwheels was met with a surprised yahoo from Miss 9 .. I mean, really, of course I can do a cartwheel!  It's been about 25 years since the last one but one never forgets do they!! It's not very ladylike is it ...

We finally headed home and faced the unpacking ... not my favourite!

Hubby and Miss 9 had decided earlier that they wanted to go for a Sunday afternoon run ...

Master 5 decided that he wanted to go too ...

Hubby then suggested that we go for a family run ... Can you see me waving?! 

We had an excellent afternoon run up Spider Hill!!  What a great way to keep the running all in the family!  I can't wait to do that again!

Stay focused,  Stay strong

Fit Mum x