It Defeats the Purpose, doesn't it?

My title is inspired by the recent desire I had to make cinnamon rolls made from scratch. I looked for a "Cinnabon" inspired recipe and went to work. Now you might say, "yum," or, "good for you, you actually baked something from scratch!" I am proud of myself for allowing the kids to help in such a fun activity and for creating such a yummy dessert but here's the kicker: I just started going back to the gym on a regular basis. I'm challenging myself to go 3 times a week and run 3 miles each time as well as lift weights. I really needed to get in a healthier routine and start up again after not going since my pregnancy with Lynnea.

Back to the cinnamon rolls. I loved making them. Now they just taunt me from the counter saying, "eat me" and all I can think of is, "this will take 2 miles of running just to get off the hips." It just defeats the purpose of the workout. Well, one won't hurt, will it? So I had one, complete with the cream cheesy frosting that came with the recipe and, boy, was it delicious!!! I'll have to send the rest to work with Will.

On to the kids, which is where the real entertainment comes from. Today, after Lynnea woke up from her nap, she crawled all the way to Mikayla's room from the living room and they started playing together. It's so cute to watch them interact and Mikayla just loves being a big sister to her little sister.

It all started like a fairy tale-cute sisters playing a cute game with the ball popper.

Then it got ugly. Instead of letting the air blow the balls out of the top, Mikayla pointed it like a weapon into Lynnea's face. The air blew out of the top pretty hard and Lynnea took a deep breath, much to Mikayla's delight. She repeatedly did it to Lynnea and me until I had to stop her from torturing both of us. This was her face when I did...
Needless to say, she said she liked doing it because it was funny. OK, it was a little funny but the poor thing had had enough. She went on to better things like eating every toy in sight.

Of all 3 of my kids, Lynnea is definitely the most oral. EVERYTHING gets put into her mouth, even crumbs from crackers left on the floor 3 weeks ago...wait...did I just say 3 weeks? NO, I clean every day-how could those get there...*wink.* No, seriously, it's driving me crazy watching my human vacuum clean wherever she goes. I've had to be especially vigilant the last week or so clearing the way of debris...it's exhausting.

Oh, how odd. Yet another picture of her chewing/sucking/slobbering/gumming something.

On to our dinner tonight. We went over to our friend's house to hang out with them and bring them the now-useless bassinet. YAY! We are completely done with the bassinet and can get rid of it for good. We had a great time over Little Caesar's pizza and listened as our 4 older kids went running through the house chasing each other. It was good to finally get together after not hanging out for a while. Here is Lynnea with their 3rd boy, Joey. So cute!!

And I will end the post with my children doing weird poses for the camera. The pictures speak for themselves.