What's important :)

Hey Friends :)

Hoping everyone had an awesome Australia Day??

I am so unaussie - we did no beach, or picnics, or BBQ.. Im going to blame it on the yukky weather!
But I did make certain a good session at the gym today, following my first personal training session the other day, which I am STILL hurting from! So with sore muscles I made no excuse and got myself down there.. and it was just great, everyone must have been out partying and celebrating cause they wern't at the gym! I had the entire ladies room to myself which I loved.
I've really surprised myself at how quick not only my fitness has come back but my strength.. :) 2-3 weeks ago when I  joined up you would have been lucky to see me do a pushup.. today I did 30 in a row ON MY TOES! And did the plank for a whole 70 secs on my toes again!!
I am now lighter than I was before I fell pregnant with Han, so I'm feeling good.. and only 3kgs from being the weight I was when I fell preg with Noah. Considering I put on 25-30kgs each pregnancy, Im pretty dam happy about that :)

But to me, Its not how I look.. or how much I weigh, its how I feel. I'm constantly carrying around an 11 kg baby in my arms and strapped to me in the ergo carrier, Sometimes even both kids at once, There is shopping that needs to be carried, Han wants piggybacks, horseyrides and to be picked up, spun around, thrown in the air and dangled by her feet upside down.. she likes to dance with me, she loves to run and play with me and no doubt very very soon Noah will too.. So its important to me, for my kids, to be fit and healthy so that I can keep up with this crazy lifestyle hehe! I dont want to feel sluggish and lazy or not bothered for them.. the look on my daughters face when I say "not now babe" sometimes breaks my heart.. Im her mummy and I know I am not superhuman but its my belief that I should be there for her, to play, to dance and sing and go crazy whenever she needs it.

Housework, while important and critical to get done, is not my priority.. the needs of my children are. You might say, "its just play.. they can learn to wait".. In my opinion, play is not a 'want', play is a 'need'.. like the air they breathe is a need. Bonding is also a need.. Time is also a need.. it all rolls together as far as Im concerned!

Happy, healthy, fit mummy = happy, healthy, fit children!!!

So I guess you could say my children are keeping me young ;)