A lot going on

A lot of stuff has been going on lately. Specially since german Kindergarten closed for summer.
We were having a lot of company over and also drove around a lot.
On the 12th we celebrated my daughters 5th birthday, yup 5 years old. That means she will start Kindergarten. The american preschool next week. I think I'm more excited than she is at the moment. Hahahahaha =)

While my 5 year old keeps growing up my almost 3 year old daughter is right at her heels. She started potty training herself about 1,5 weeks ago and she is pretty much dry during the day. At least with number 1. Number 2 is a big issue here, one that will prob take a lot more time. =(
We went out to my moms over the last weekend and she didn't want to use my moms potty because it didn't look anything like ours. I have to add, that by potty i mean the normal toilette. I find kid potty's absolutely disgusting. Yucky...
So anyway, once we came back home Monday we pretty much had to start over. But she got it pretty quick. Thanks to my friends that kept telling me not to give up.

We had 4 accidents that Monday afternoon and i was really about to give up and let this be a daddy's issue when he gets back. I was already alone when Melissa potty trained herself. ugh.
Well anyway.

We had a great time at my moms. We even got to see my Oma. <3
Here are just a few images i took over the days.

A walk in Longuich with the rainclouds right behind us. lol we got lucky though. It started raining as soon as we got back to my moms house. 

Here you can see me with my new toy. I didn't even mention it yet. My hubby got me an early birthday present. The 35mmL Lens for my canon. I love this lens, it is pretty amazing. Can't wait to use it at work next month. =)

Getting in shape

Yup it is about time. I did start with the gym before the hubby left in May but then my Gym partner got preggo and cut down. I'm not blaming her but myself. I was just getting super lazy. =P Happens, right?
Well i found my patients and will about 4 weeks ago and started counting calories, crossing the chocolate completely of my food plan and also lowered the sugar like a lot. Yay for me. =)
I even drink my coffee without sugar now. =) It started as a challenge on one of my Smartphone apps. It is called "Trisport" for anyone interested. It is free and has tons of challenges for you.

I lost about 3 kilos since the calorie counting about 4 weeks ago. Not to bad considering that i couldn't hit the gym in the past 3 weeks. My kids are still home.
I can't wait to see if i will reach my goal of  65kg till the hubby comes back from his deployment.
I still had 74kg when he left and I'm down to 69kg at the moment.

I'm so proud of myself and i hope that i can keep it up.