I took my very first Yoga class today, OUCH! I was refered to a gym by a friend and I am so glad I made the effort to go, just doing simple exercises this week has really improved my mood and energy. Taking the Yoga class today was my first step in my new years resolution for self improvement. It was hard work, I never realised how much it would make me sweat. The lovely Thai instructor was very helpful and kind and didn't make me feel uncomfortable when I got the moves wrong or fell over when I lost my balance. It is tricky this Yoga stuff but I love how it stretches out my body, I used to go to the gym alot (more before I had children as the same old story goes) and I always made sure I completed all of the stretches to help prevent my body cramping the next day and I have tried to maintain my flexibility these past few years and I think I held up pretty good and I am proud of what I achieved today. I am just taking baby steps.
I have been doing alot more home cooking this week and strangely enough I have been enjoying it. Now I don't have alot of utensils in my kitchen and I refuse to buy more than the basics as I already have a fully equipped kitchen back home but some basic ingredients, like frozen vegetables, pasta, herbs and tinned tomatoes and a saucepan and fry pan seem to be all I need to put together some simple and tasty meals that all of us can eat. Lillie has been great too, all of a sudden she has stopped eating her baby food and now eats exactly the same as we do, it is so much easier now and she seems so much more happier to be included with everyone else. Judd's eating has improved alot too, since he has been attending school he now seems to be more open to tasting new food and eating some vegetables. He has a healthy appetite and since he refuses to even taste chocolate, lollies or ice cream I don't have to worry about him eating too much junk food (apart from potato chips).
The simple pleasure of having a glass of white wine and cooking a yummy, yet simple meal is something I gave up when we moved here, I thought it would be easier to just shut down the kitchen and eat take away because Thai food, when you buy from the right places, is very very cheap. Actually cheaper than it is to buy groceries from the supermarket. Especially imported ingredients like pasta sauces and dried herbs are very pricey, so at first it seemed only logical to eat out every night. But then it got painful because I don't have a car between 4pm and 6pm and that is the time I would have to go out and order our dinners so we were eating very late and the kids would be over tired and over hungry and it was always ending in tears. So now I have been cooking a bit more our afternoons aren't as crazy and we are back on schedule for a normal dinner time, bath time, bottle time and then bed time.
It sometimes amazes me how much my kids thrive on their routines, they have both been on the same routine since they were tiny babies and the smallest changes to these can really throw them off balance. I mean one day here and there is Ok and manageable but when we tried to change it regularly my stress levels and the kids behaviour just got out of control. So we are all much happier now we are back on track.
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