*This post is sponsored by Coupons.com but as always, all opinions are 100% my own.

I’ve told you I’m doing Whole30, and guess what?  I’m on day 26!  The first week seemed so long and I was grumpy and resentful and I think my husband was super scared and thinking, “This is what I’m going to have to deal with for the next 30 days?”  I will get into more details after I’m completely finished with Whole30 but one thing I learned the most is that we are really accountable for what we eat.  Every single bite we take effects our health.  Every thing we put into our body will either make us healthier or less healthy.  I remember some years ago, years before I ever got pregnant, a pregnant lady told me how her doctor told her that whatever she eats, the body knows how to get the nutrients from the food so she doesn’t need to stress too much about eating the right foods.  I guess that has stuck with me(I am super gullible, can you tell?) and I just thought even if I ate unhealthy foods, the body magically converts the unhealthy food into the right nutrients we need for our body.  What bull crap!  How can you derive nutrients from foods that have no nutrients to begin with?  I knew that but I guess I justified it subconsciously.  The book It starts with Food was the very first book I read about nutrition and it really opened my eyes.  It really made me aware of how everything we eat effects how our body, brain and body functions.  It’s overwhelming and scary to think about but it really motivated me to learn more about nutrition and eat whole foods vs. empty calories, foods that offer pretty much nothing but calories.  

I am so determined to simplify my foods now.  The lesser the ingredients on the back of the nutrition label, the better.  If I can’t pronounce the ingredients(mostly chemicals and preservatives), I shouldn’t eat it.  Or at least eat in smaller portions.  I am all about finding balance and not going extreme or be super anal about nutrition(because being anal and stressing about it will be unhealthy also, which defeats the whole purpose), and I will definitely eat desserts and empty calories and not feel guilty about it, I will just be more conscientious of what I put into my body and take care of my body more lovingly and more responsibly.  I am so excited!  

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I heard of this Fairy Tea Party our local library throws every year and wanted to take the girls to it.  The tickets went on sale a few weeks before the event and the doors opened at 9 a.m for the tickets and I was planning on standing in line before 9 a.m to purchase the tickets but I slept in that morning!  When I woke up a little after 9 and panicked because I was late, I read a text from Jay saying he was at the library waiting in line for me.  Not only did he stand in line for over 1 1/2 hours in the midst of all the women(he was the only guy there in line), on the day of the party he came home from work and surprised the girls with new dresses to wear to the event.  This is why I love him, he is just so sweet and thoughtful.

floral dress: Choies | heels: Zara

I love having my two girls!  I’m so excited for all the girls’ nights we’ll have for as long as I live. 

We went to a science palooza

I love my little nerds.  

we went and tried a restaurant we’ve never tried before.  forgot the name but it was alright. Jay loved it however, it reminded him of food in Taiwan.

we got to get a sneak peek of the Natural Museum of Curiosity which we were so excited about!

The girls and Jay went on the ropes course.  

we ate pho’.  I think we eat pho’ more than any other food when we go out to eat.  We love it!

Then the next day I started whole30.  I had this brilliant idea to take the kids to Krispy Kremes on my first day of whole30.  Brilliant, I say.

the soft, sugary, sweet donuts were just starring at me the whole time.  But I did not oblige.

then we were lucky enough to go to the Natural Museum of Curiosity the second time!

carrying a baby and my diaper bad and playing inside the playground and also climbing the rope bridge was not an easy task.  But the first time we came to the museum I was getting mastitis so I wasn’t able to play with them so the girls really wanted to play with me.

I want to do this in the kids’ room, it’s frames that open so you can put the kids’ art in it and switch it up, isn’t it clever?

my outfit detail: cape-style blouse | pants: warehouse sale | gold flats: romwe

And then we finished our Spring break with Rio2!  I exercised earlier that morning and stayed in my exercise clothes the rest of the day.  I ain’t got time to shower and get ready with 3 kids! 😉