Next Bikini Show...?

After my first show I knew that I wanted to do another one...but only after I took home second place. I knew then that I wanted to try to bring home a first and do better in the Open category (I got 6th in the Open in the first show)...(Open Ctaegory is against all other contestants). 

Having to balance homeschooling... being a family... working out... being a mom...having adult friends...cleaning my house...the list never ends...errands...sick kiddo....bank....grocery...grocery...grocery....doctor apts...hair apts...

It's tough. It's life.

Prepping for a bikini show is very time consuming.

For me I workout 5x a week year round. About 1-1.5 hours per day. 

I eat clean everyday. It just works for me. I prefer living a super clean lifestyle. And eating super healthy works for me.  Except my one cheat meal a week..(lately I've had two cheat treats instead of a full cheat meal.)

So for the last show I had to amp up my workouts the month prior to the show. 

I worked out 6x a week. For 1.5-2 hours per session. 

Stopped all cheat treats and meals 3 weeks prior. Which is super hard!! 

So I am prepping now for my next show.

I have one more cheat treat next weekend. Then none until after the show.

And starting this week it's 6x a week at the gym. 

I also hired new posing coaches. I'm loving my new routine!! Which I will continue practicing daily until it feels perfect. (Posing is the hardest thing for me! And it's a HUGE part of these shows!!!! HUGE)!!!

Soooo.....

Here we go show number 2!!! 

Another book that we ❤️

We are still continuing to work our way thru our Mensa book list....for about a year we've been reading such fantastic books from this list...read more Here and Here about that.

And today we finished another AMAZING book!

The Cricket in Times Square

It is the sweetest book set in NYC in hardworking Italian families' newspaper stand in Times Square....the three adorable yet fully developed characters are some of my favorite book characters ever....a cricket, a mouse, and a cat!

Pipiri and I fell in love with Chester Cricket! 

His beautiful chirping...his love of nature...his helpful spirit...

This book has a wonderful moral for children...rabbit trails to explore...NYC, mice, pets, Chinatown, the history of crickets...and Pipiri and I spent oodles of our mornings researching each of these topics.

Check out these other super fun books and book options...thank you for supporting my blog!

A Guide for Using The Cricket in Times Square in the Classroom (Literature Units)

Tucker's Countryside

The Cricket In Times Square Literature Kit Gr. 3-4
Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Chester Cricket and His Friends)

What's up next on our Mensa list?
Stuart Little

Pippi Longstocking

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Happy Reading! 

Unit Study Worms

I asked Pip what she would like to study this summer and she said "bugs, worms, and butterflies" so we started with worms today! 

We read these three books...I like to read a mix or fiction and non fiction to her...

Yucky Worms - great story with tons of facts..love!

Inch by Inch - anything by Leo Lionni is fantastic! 

Wiggling Worms at Work - the book I bought is a bit advanced for Pip...this one seems to be much more age appropriate...yet science fact based.

We then measured our garden to see how many worms we potentially have in it..great math!

I always like to end with some type of of art so drew our favorite part of the story. 

To be continued! 

Happy Spring Schooling!