Couch exerciser...

I have been trying P90X for the past few weeks now, and it seems to be helping my overall energy level, health level, and self-esteem. In order to get my full workout in, I have to make sure I get up early (around 6 or 7) before my 2 year old gets up. Some mornings I fail at getting up early depending on what time I got to bed and how tired I am. Today was one of those days. Right when I turned my workout DVD on, I heard my son knocking on his bedroom door (he hasn't learned how to open it yet), yelling "MAMA!" My husband typically doesn't sleep well at night so of course I ran to his door and let him out of his room, even though I knew this meant my workout would prove difficult.

I was right! Upon walking out to the living room, my son (Austin) started asking me if he could watch "Tom," otherwise known as Thomas the Tank Engine. With my response being no, he wasn't too happy and proceeded to spill all his cheerios out onto the floor, the same floor I was attempting to do stretches and push-ups on.

I then had to pause the DVD, get my son to pick up all his cereal, then get my mindset right again to make sure I did a good job in my workout. After it had been quiet for a while, I had been so concentrated on the DVD that I had forgotten to watch what my son was doing. I looked over and there he was, drinking his whole milk, eating his cheerios, laying on his belly watching the workout on the television! Oh how similar this is to many individuals - in fact, when posting this story on Facebook, one of my friends admitted that he does this all the time! I just thought it was funny that my son did this, and yet ironic at the same time.

I forgot to mention he did attempt to workout with me - he tried to do "arm circles" which was so cute!