how to teach your kids to count to 100

or, the year I began my New Year's Resolution in February.
or, maybe by spring I'll be motivated to do more.
or, at least I'm off my butt!

A few of you have been following my new workout plan via facebook.  For the rest, here it is: on the first day, I did one sit-up, one push-up, one squat, and one jumping jack.  That's it.  On day 2, I did 2 of each, and so on and so forth.

Fast forward a bit and here I am at day 31.  I think I can officially call exercising a habit again!  I've skipped a few days, but who doesn't, ya know?  I've made up for it by adding in walks whenever I can and I really do hope that by the time it's warm enough to work out outside I'll be ready for all the work required for the digging of a brand-new garden, trips to the pool, and house renovation that will hopefully surely occur.

Sit-ups are aided by weights on my feet. Also, this is the only reason I can smile during exercise.  You should see them try to jump with me...hilarious.

Push-ups are REAL ones, thankyouverymuch.  I do stuff in sets now, so don't go thinking I can do all 31 at once!  For the record, 31 days ago I couldn't do much more than 10, so there has been some progress.

Squats make me look pregnant.  Which I'm not, for the record.

Jumping jacks are hard for a kid to photograph, as it turns out.

When I'm done, boy#1 writes the current number on the chart (noticeably without much supervision!).  Both he and boy#2 count out loud while I do the exercises when they're not participating.  This has really helped them both remember what number comes next.

And there you have it.  I have no idea what I'll do next, probably a scaled down version of Crossfit.com's workout of the day, as long as hubby is close by to explain the acronyms. I'm nowhere near the fitness level of this pretty mama, but these things take time, ya know?!