Congratulations to Emily Carpenter! She is our December Mom of the Month! Emily is mom to Zoe and Teagan! She is also one of our Stroller Strides instructors and is ready to make you give it your all during her workouts! We are so proud to have her as part of our Stroller Strides family! Here is a little more about Emily...2. My junior year of high school I won a top award for Chemistry.
3. I had vocal surgery in 2001 to remove a cyst from my right true vocal cord.
4. I love Penn State, proud to be a graduate, and hope all my kids consider it for college.
5. There were 54 people at my wedding.6. Seth has a sister Carey who's birthday is Oct 13 and is a soil scientist. I have a cousin Carrie whose birthday is Oct 13 and is a soil scientist.
7. I am incredibly impatient.
8. I like doing our budget, bills, taxes, and making things click.
9. I would love to become a professional organizer, but not sure I want to start a whole new venture.
10. I cannot believe the difference between having one child and having two. It is way more than twice as hard with two. It's a whole different ball game.
11. My favorite color is lavender.
12. I stay up too late (midnight or later) and wake up too early (6:30am) with too many wake ups in between.
13. I want to be 100% sure we are ready before we get a dog. (Maybe 7 years from now, LOL)
14. I badly want a breast reduction!!-- I want to go from a J back to my normal DD-- that's 4 cup sizes! Waiting till I am a year out from the last baby I wean.
15. If I am not in the mood/space/or kids going nuts I do not answer my phone. I really believe it's a convenience and if it's inconvenient, I ignore it.
16. I have no full blood sisters or brothers, but I do have one amazing stepsister (Shelley) who has been in my life since I was 3, another stepsister since 3, a lovely stepsister since 21, one stepbrother who I have only seen once since 1998, and 4 half brothers whom I met once .
17. I feel happy every day about who I picked to be my partner because he is my best friend. It's something that sounds good when you're single, but as each year goes by, I constantly think, "If this dude wasn't my bestest friend and so awesome, how bored and annoyed would I be?"
18. I wish Seth's dad lived closer and our kids could know him like a third parent.
19. I used to care a LOT about my birthdays--like... a LOT. Now, it surprises me that I don't care so much. I care WAY more about Mother's Day or my kids' birthdays and half birthdays.
20. I really love that my job allows me to be outside, be with my kids and be with other moms. I never thought I'd still be doing Stroller Strides 3 years later. I haven't stuck with one exercise regimen for more than 3 months.
21. I did two tours with Cirque du Soleil playing character clowns with my husband. We met performing on Royal Caribbean.
22. Though I don't always practice, I think kindness is probably the most important thing.
23. I’m a vegetarian. Sure, sparing animals is okay, but I do it for the environment primarily and secondarily for health. When I learned that it takes more water to produce one pound of beef than all my showers over one year combined—I started leaning into the lifestyle.
24. I really like the new show “The Talk” (CBS 2pm) and not ashamed to admit it! (Give it a chance!)
25. In general, I think everything is headed to a good future.