Rockaway Beach

We took the kids to Rockaway Beach yesterday! It was the first time the boys went to the beach and we all had so much fun!

We gave the boys and Lulu each a small bucket and shovel and Julia had a sand castle kit. Joshua loved the sand! Within 10 minutes his bucket was full! Jr. had fun in the sand but he had more fun running down the beach with his daddy. He also enjoyed grabbing things off strangers blankets and staring at the bikini clad girls. He even danced to some reggaeton being played by some girls that were next to us. Be loves to wiggle his hips and shake his little booty!

All three babies ate sand! It drive me and my sister nuts but we laughed about it! They dumped all their goldfish crakers in the sandfilled blanket and ate them! At that point we gave up on trying to prevent them from ingesting sand! The boys did not like the water but my little mermaid Lulu loved it!

Julia spent most of her time building her sand castle. It as really cute once it was dine but it was marred by an obscene drawing someone drew in the sand above it!

When we left they all had so much sand in their hair and other places. Josh fell asleep on me on the train ride home. His little head fell over and sand rained down from his scalp onto the seat next to us!

As soon as I download pics from our beach adventure I will post them up!

I hope I can take them back sometime next week!

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Taking it Off Together Tuesday #10

Having weight loss buddies is a great way to motivate and get support during the tough road which is the weight loss journey.... So I joined a new meme called Taking it off Together Tuesday! You will see a list below of fellow bloggers committed to losing weight together and supporting each other during this journey!

Chris - 1 GAIN
Tammy - 0 CHANGE
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 1 GAIN
Grace - 0 CHANGE
Leigh - 0.5 GAIN
Clara - 1.5 LOSS
Dette - 0 CHANGE
Julie - 0.2 LOSS
Cheryl - 2 GAIN
Audrey - 1 GAIN
Christy - 1.2 LOSS
Tina - no report?
Danielle - 1 LOSS

Please help us welcome Jessie to the group with an inital report of 0 change!

This week's total - 1.6 GAIN!

I have been struggling lately so this is a great to find a support group. When I was successful at weight loss I did weight watchers with a few of my friends and also had a few gym buddies and I find that works well for me to work on losing weight with a group of people. You get tips and motivation and support! It's also fun to do it with a big group. It lets you know you aren't alone :) My other tips is to keep a food journal! This keeps you accountable on what you are eating daily. Also break up meals into smaller more frequent meals!