Birthday fun

My birthday week! 

Friday night my husband took me on a little downtown vacation. Little k stayed with grandma over night for the first time! He had no problem staying over with grandma. He ate all his dinner and snacks, played and fell asleep in his playpen nice and cozy. 

We started the evening checking in to the trump tower hotel! 

(Guess dress, MK shoes) 

The staff was so polite and made is feel like a million bucks! The hotel was gorgeous! 

When we walked into our room my husnand had a beautiful bouquet of flowers waiting for me. There was chocolate covered strawberries and a handwritten birthday card from the manager of the hotel. How nice! 

Heated floors. Touch pad light switches and drapes switch. TV embedded in the mirror! Comfy bed with comfy pillows! Ahhhhh

We headed out and took a Taxi not to far from the hotel for dinner. 

They made the ceaser salad right by our table which was cool to see. A yummy bottle of vino and delicious steak ending with a vanilla creme brûlée.  They even gave us 2 chocolate muffins to go! Omg I think they were the best muffins I ever had! 

We decided to head back to the hotel after dinner and sit at their patio on the 31st floor. We talked about our past, present and future over some wine, and a little more wine... Ha! Perfect because no one had to drive and we were a elevator away from our room. 

Sitting in front of all these tall building lights.  The weather was perfect that night. 

The next morning we woke up to have breakfast in the hotel dining room. 

(Guess shoes, Vince camuto skirt, Kenneth Cole belt, just a tshirt and coach purse) 

We had the most delicious croissants! 

It was a perfect birthday celebration.

I also share my birthday with my mom. So we had a family dinner too.

Ahh another year older. 

Long weekend fun

Ahh another long weekend. 

The weather was beautiful!!!! 

We had a BBQ party at a friends house. With delicious pizza from their wood burning oven! 

Yesterday we went to the beach and soaked up the sun! A 3 hour drive but well worth it! 

We built sand castles and played with waterguns and went swimming! 

Little k was afraid of the water at first. Once he saw me in the water he got brave and yelled "my turn" and ran in!!! Omg we were in shock as he ran in splashing with no fear. He laughed and said he was swimming like a fishy. Ha! 

I am sooo loving this stage and little k's imagination. 

As he was playing in the sand he was saying that he found dinosaur eggs ha! This kid loves everything dinosaur right now. 

I never want to forget these super cute moments!  

Summer time summer time fun

I don't want summer to be over!!!!!!!!

It's so nice heading to a park for some fun right after dinner. 

Running around looking for dinosaurs ha! Little k's new obsession. 

Taking some selfies while we are at it ha!

But little k got a few mosquito bites which he was not so happy about :/

Today my sister and I went down to our old neighborhood to workout! There will be a month gap of when our home closes and new home will be ready, so we will be staying at my moms. I'm actually pretty excited to go back to the  old neighborhood, it will always feel like home :)

Ha! We had so much fun chatting, laughing  and exercising. 

Hahaa!!! 

This week I think I did pretty good in my diet plan. I slipped up a couple times but over all ate healthy and watched my portions! Drank lots of water, less coffee ;) 

I'll do a weigh in Saturday morning!

We got windows and doors!

Weekly update on our new home.

Windows and doors! 

We had some options of doors to choose from. We upgraded our door to the single taller door with glass on the side. Looking up feng shui and the direction of our door It says sand colors is best. That's exactly what we got!

I have a note book ready with the lists, yes listsss of our move/storage/purchases and all house related things! 

Today we agreed on getting shutters for the inside as our current home has. I also started the hunt for a new washer and dryer. 

This is our third home! We are so excited! when we pass by the new home, little k already says that's his house. Well he says his broken house haha.  

Weekend recap:

Sunday we went to African lion. Safari!!!

Kris loved it! Who doesn't! We went often as kids and I have soo many great memories of the animal tour. 

When the animals came close to the car kris was afraid and told us to hurry up and drive ha! 

Love these pics! 

We also went over to my sisters place Saturday night. The kids are just soo cute!'

Yesterday i had the day off with kris and we had such a fun day me and him. Starting off with breakfast with a friend. 

Day 1 of my diet is on track!

Day 2... I'm planning for it to be a success haha 

Happy hump day! 

Getting back on track...again.

Sigh. Watch my diet... Don't watch my diet... Watch... Don't watch... Ughh 

I'm getting back on track! Again! 

Since I started work I've been buying lunch pretty much every single day! I have been choosing healthier choices but many of the choices involve bread and more bread that I do not need. When selling our home we had to be out of the house a lot. Eating out a lot! We do enjoy going to restaurants as a family but I definitely need to keep my goals in mind! 

So today I made a yummy grilled chicken salad for today's dinner and tomorrow's lunch!

All organic veggies! Yum! 

I have a 20lbs weight loss goal I want to achieve by the new year! My last 20lbs of baby weight. I have more than one reason why I neeeed to achieve this goal by the new year! So hopefully all those reasons push me along! 

Some diet changes that started today! 

Only 1 coffee no sugar a day

Water water and more water 

Cut as many carbs and sugars as I can! 

Portion control, especially at dinner. 

2xweek workouts (I know this should be more, but it's hard to find the time!!! So I'll continue with 2x) 

Target areas: hips and thighs 

Project let's get fit is on! 

Me 7 years ago! Ohhhh how I want that body back! Ha! I remember trying to lose 20lbs that time too. Sigh. 

The past couple weeks...

The past couple weeks in pics...

Cousin's wedding!! 

Our house SOLD!! 

We celebrated over wine and steak! Ha! Of course! 

Our new home is coming along! 

Enjoying our last summer here in this home! 

And having fun everyday with this little man!! 

Happy Sunday! 

Canada Day weekend!

Well Canada Day fell on a Tuesdsy this year, But I took Monday off too so it was a extra long weekend for mee. 

Last weekend we had the first swim of the summer! It was sooo hot and humid this weekend! 

We did our annual BBQ at my aunt and uncles house. 

(Pics on the left from this weekend/right from the last 2 years)

Oh how I wish I had a pool! 

It was another soccer weekend. We went to my brother inlaws place Saturday for all day soccer fun, and today we hosted a all day soccer BBQ. 

Monday my sister and I took the day off for a day out shopping! With no kids ha! 

We were out early for breakfast then hit the malls!

So happy for a short week and tomorrow is already Friday! 

Soccer weekend & our anniversary weekend.

It’s ALL about Soccer right now. The Games are on no matter what we are doing ha. At work we have 4 Tv’s set up in our cafeteria which is awesome. The evenings and weekends we have been enjoying watching the games at different sports bars around the city. Wings, Fries and Beer on a nice summer evening watching Soccer. Perfect! But anywhere we go, whether home or family’s houses, we are watching! Little K isn’t as impressed with watching soccer as he is playing it. Once in a while he will ask to change the channel to treehouse (kids channel) Ha. Sadly he is never getting his way when soccer is on.

 This weekend like all of our weekends these days was non-stop, but still a fun weekend. Visiting family, going to a family baby shower, watching soccer ha! And celebrating our 7 year anniversary.

 

I mentioned on my blog a couple times that we have been going through a top 9 best steakhouse’s in the city, list.  We just knocked off another.  We have 3 more to go to, to complete the list.  Lets just say YUMMYYYYY

I really enjoyed this restaurant. The ambiance was so romantic, the service was amazing and the food delicious.

Appetizer, we had fried ricotta and mozzarella di bufala… Umm sooo delicious! mozzarella di bufala reminds me of when I was in Italy 17 years ago! I ate a lot of that! Ha!

I had a 8oz steak, yum! Husband had a 24oz steak. What!

Sides of sauté mushrooms and garlic mashed potatoes.

Uh hum and a yummy bottle of Pinot Noir.

 

AND DESSERT.. I had a Brownie and the best brownie I have ever tasted! Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside… mmm I wish I had one now!

 

 

 

Growing with love and care.

This little plant was given to me on valentines day. Little k planted it at daycare.  I am not good with keeping plants alive :/ but I've been taking special care of this one. And It's growing so much! 

I bought a new vase for it, I even cut a little piece and re- planted, so we can grow another one!

;) happy weekend.