My exercise program

Step one: Feed the children. This is an important to step to minimize distractions and loud yelling in the middle of your session.

Step two: Turn on something to listen to. One of my recent listenings has been about Winston Churchill.

Step three: Kick the toys, books, and papers out of the space in front of the TV.

Step four: Turn on ballet/workout.

Step five: Pause the DVD. Pause the CD.

Step six: Find the Dubliner cheese.

Step seven: Start the CD. Start the DVD.

Step eight: Dump out the shape blocks during the chassé.

Step nine: Dump out the shape blocks during the attitude.

Step ten: Pause the DVD. Pause the CD.

Step eleven: Answer the phone. Check on the kids. Answer the door.

Step twelve: Start the CD. Start the DVD.

Step thirteen: Distract Young T away from the power button. Start the DVD over.

Step fourteen: Do the sit-ups and ab exercises with a toddler sitting on my belly, laughing.

Step fifteen: Pause the DVD. Pause the CD.

Step sixteen: Change a stinky diaper.

Step seventeen: Start the CD. Start the DVD.

Step eighteen: Pause the DVD. Change the CD.

Step nineteen: Start the CD. Start the DVD.

Step twenty: Pause the DVD. Pause the CD.

Step twenty one: Clean up the accident in the bathroom. Encourage clean underpants.

Step twenty two: Start the CD. Start the DVD.

Step twenty three: During the changement, don't land on the shape block Young T left on the floor.

Step twenty four: During the reverance answer the question, "How much longer until you are done?"

Step twenty five: Turn off the DVD. Turn off the CD.

It took over an hour and a half to do a fifty minute workout. But at least the kids weren't all playing right at my feet setting out their houses and stores and supplies in my clear space like last time.