A Glimpse Into Our Fusion Life
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Over the past few months, I've been asking you guys what you want to see more of on the blog. The one thing I keep hearing is you want to get a bigger glimpse into our lives! If you follow me on Instagram, you get to get a glimpse of our crazy every day!Today, I'm making it happen for you! I'm taking you through a day in our wild, fusion lives! Hopefully, you still like us just as much after you see the nitty gritty of our days!!Morning times in our house come earlier every day. My kids are morning people, to say the least. I used to think I was a morning person, but then I had to start waking up at 6:30 to take my oldest to school every day.Every morning I tell myself I'll wake up at 6 and make a big breakfast for the kids. Then every morning I sleep in until the last possible second and drag myself out of bed.
Then we're off to the school drop off line. The line full of overachieving parents trying to battle to see who can drop off their kids first. I never thought I'd be a part of that group of parents until my son told me he had to get to school early every day so he could get a "ball chair."As most of you know, I desperately want to remain cool in his eyes as long as I can so I do it. I drag my kids out of the house before the sun comes up so that he remembers how amazing I am for a few more years.After big brother gets dropped off in the mornings, we come home, I fill up a large glass of cold brew coffee and homeschool starts for the little kids. Homeschool only lasts about an hour since most of it is fun activities and reading! When the kids get done, they go play and momma gets some housework done. Or I stare at the laundry piling up until the kids go down for a nap.
Nap time for the little kids means one thing. Work time for me!Work time in mom life usually means I grab my laptop and find a place free of toys and clutter. It's almost impossible to find this place in our house, but I somehow manage it and it means a bit of alone time. I turn on some music and get all my thoughts out on the blog.
If momma is really on her A-game, it even means gym time! My husband and I usually meet up at the gym in the afternoons to hit yoga together. I don't know how I convinced him to do yoga with me, but we both love it. It's way more of a workout than we imagined!I think I'm a little biased too because somehow Joel gets called out during all of our yoga classes by the teacher and it makes the class absolutely amazing. It's hilarious because he hates it so much, but can see the results from yoga!After yoga completely kicks our butts, we go home and whip up a delicious dinner. We're still working on our Whole 30 diet so we have to get a little creative in the kitchen. We have to find something that hits the spot for our Indian food craving, but also needs to be no carb, dairy, or sugar.
Don't worry we have fun trying out new fusion dishes! It also goes really bad sometimes.. Like really bad. We found a recipe for paleo naan. I jumped at it right away because I've been missing carbs like crazy! I spent an hour getting it ready and making sure it fits within our Whole 30 guidelines. Then I took it off the griddle to try a bite.Horrible. Disgusting. Never again.Luckily most of our dishes have been amazing! Don't worry, we'll never try paleo naan again. We'll stick the the good stuff!
Sometimes we get to finish the week off strong by heading over to our local Indian church. We already attend a church nearby, but we try to visit the Indian church when we can. It's a fun way to get to know the Indian community around us and it's a great excuse to get all dressed up in our Indian clothes!It also means we get to be thrown into Indian culture even more!
Throughout all the business of our day, one thing can get you through it all! A can of the amazing Diet Coke® fusion flavors! They're delicious and they have four new flavors to fit every mood you're in! I don't know about you, but my mood changes all day long! Whether I'm waiting in the school pick up line or I see what my three year old has decided to do with the brand new bag of flour all over my kitchen...I need a drink that can fit them all! In addition to their regular Diet Coke, they now have Diet Coke Fiesty Cherry, Diet Coke Twisted Mango, Diet Coke Zesty Blood Orange, and Diet Coke Ginger Lime. My favorite is the Ginger Lime! It's a delicious fusion drink, perfect for our multiracial family! They're the perfect drink to have coming off of Whole 30 too! They have zero calories and zero sugar!!
Not sure what drink to try? Head over to Diet Coke's website! They have a super fun way to find the flavor that fits your mood perfectly! All you need to do is scan your fingerprint and the perfect flavor for you will pop up! Share your flavor with your friends and you can even get an online coupon to buy (1) 12 oz. sleek can, get (1) free at Walgreens!
Head over to Walgreens today and pick up a new flavor to try! It doesn't matter what mood you're in, they have the perfect bold flavor for you!