Here's a little bit of Ella to end the day. She's nursing to sleep in my arms right now after a day of no napping. Oh, a couple times she actually nursed to sleep and I laid her down in bed, but she popped right now. I guess it was just one of those days where the adventures of being awake were far more important than catching some zzz's.

Accalia and I are having a lot of fun doing this 20-minute strength training routine from O Magazine. I'd highly recommend it if you're looking to do something like that yet have trouble figuring out a routine or attending a class or even finding a decent DVD. The nice thing is that each exercise doesn't take very long, so it's pretty simple to stop between exercises to help out one of the kids if needed. It's fun for Accalia, too, because there are a few exercises where the first position in ballet is used. There are also a few exercises that remind us of yoga we've done, too. I do have to say it's rather hard to concentrate when one curly-headed 18-month-old is sticking a piece of licorice in my belly button. Or maybe that's just me.

This coming week is wide open up until we leave for Mankato on Friday to stay there until Monday. All of Accalia's activities are done and won't start up until next week or the next few weeks. I'm definitely going to enjoy this final week where the public schools are still in session and we have the days to ourselves, but I know Accalia and Cole are eager to see Mercedes since they haven't seen her since last Monday. Not sure where she's been this weekend.

So that's about it from here. I need to balance the checkbook, but I'll save that excitement until tomorrow.