Swimming fun and potential work out time!

Man! Did we have fun tonight!

AB's mom invited all of the kids and me to meet them at their gym and go swimming. Let me tell you, this place was way fancier than the YMCA we have been flirting with joining.

It was gorgeous! It had both indoor and outdoor pools. Both of them are open 24 hours a day. The workout equipment is amazing. And, best of all, in addition to the monthly fee, for a mere $5 per kid per month, the little buckeroos can play in their childcare area for up to 2 hours per day PER PARENT (4 hours per day, not that we woudl do that)!

The YMCA charges $2 per kid per hour. That would add up fast if you go all of the time.

And since the purpose of joining a gym is to go all of the time so you can get into shape, it should really add up.

I am intrigued. So intrigued in fact, that I am planning to drag DadOf3 down there tomorrow night to check it out.

How do the rest of you moms out there work out?

When Princess started school last year, I had grand ideas about putting both boys in my jogging stroller and, well, jogging with them.

That worked almost as well as going to the grocery store and putting them side by side in one of those fancy schmancy car carts.

They do not sit nicely.

They do not keep their hands to themselves.

They scream at each other, pummel each other, and then take turns getting out of said cart and running away from me.

It is not a pretty sight.

At least with the jogger stroller, they are buckled in.

They would last about a mile and then start whacking on each other.

Hmm....

If I could talk DadOf3 into joining this gym not only would workouts be re-introduced into my daily routine but I would get up to two hours of "time off" away from the kids ever day.

I have never, ever in all of my time of being a mommy had regularly scheduled times away from my kids.

My ability to do something (work out, get a haircut, go to the dentist, go see the doctor) has always depended on my husband's ability to come home and watch the kids.

I joined Curves about a year and a half ago but their hours sucked - the latest I could start working out was 7:30.

We don't have family in town. I tell ya, count yourself lucky if you do have family available to watch your children!

To be able to work out again! Without bothering (begging, pleading, bribing) my husband!

That would be quite the dream come true for me!

And did I mention that they have a hair salon right there at the gym!

Heaven!