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December 3, 2017 Bobby Henry

PSA to all parents!...Here is a cheap way to entertain the kids for hours. I saw my mate @melanie_weston set this up for her kids and knew my boys would just LOVE it, especially since Spiderman (and all other dress up characters actually🤪) is God in our house. To find a way to make a spiderweb down the driveway, well, let’s just say I scored some serious Mum points that day. Thanks Mel 🙏🙌👌👍🥰💗 #winning #family #kids #kidsfun #ideas #play #learn #grow #imagination #drivewayfun #driveway #spiderman #spidermanweb #maddoxluka #levybeckett

These days my Pilates gives me more than meets the eyes. Yes, it’s my job, it keeps me fit, strong, mobile and sane, but it’s so much more. It’s about the world it has opened me up to. I’ve always had an appreciation for the human body, but lately I have been digging deep with the human mind and spirit too. Very grateful for the general public’s confusion over Pilates v Yoga and ‘is it the same thing?’ attitude or ‘oh Pilates?, that’s like Yoga right’. Well no, it’s not. Yes, there are some similar movement principles and foundations but it probably ends there. However, it has led me to explore this Yoga ‘thing’ a little more to explore both the similarities and differences and I absolutely love it. What initially turned me off from Yoga- turning inwards, reflection, appreciating/living/moving in the moment, is what I now realise is actually the practice I need most in my life. Thankfully, I have a very dear friend @kateosmateos who is a phenomenal Yoga teacher and is my guiding light through what can be a vulnerable and eye-opening experience. I feel the benefits of Yoga through many aspects of my life, both in my physical Pilates practice but also right the way through to how I parent the kids. Something I hoping to explore more over the coming weeks, months and years. 📷 @hudlow.photography #pilates #yoga #complimentary #samesame #verydifferent #notthesame #appreciation #thankfulforyoga #thankfulforfriends #thankfulforkateos #baysidepilates #melbourne #melbournepilates #fitmum #pilatesmom #pilatesmum

Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a Britney fan from way back, yep it’s that tragic. I may even love her even more now that she has brightened my Monday and made me see the funny side of a usually very annoying toddler habit that I’m all too familiar with!
#meme #mondaymemeing #thanksbritney #britney #britneyspears #britneyandtoddlers #brighteningtheday #bayside #baysidepilates #melbourne #melbournepilates #pilatesmom #pilatesmum

Food Friday! Sometimes it’s just easier (and less wasteful 🤦‍♀️) to chop the damn apple up! 😂😂😂 #toddler #toddlerlyf #toddlerlife #sotrue #toddlerfood #toddlerproblems #foodproblems #foodfriday

Some fascinating Pilates history on your Monday 👌 thanks @pilatay #Repost @pilatay with @get_repost
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Joseph Pilates found himself in England when WW1 broke out - some say he was traveling with his circus, others say he was there as a professional boxer and even owned a boxing gym - whatever the reason, he, along with all other German citizens, was interned by British authorities.

As weeks turned to years, he watched those around him crumble into a state of despair, their health and hope deteriorating. He noticed that the emaciated cats in the jail, despite a lack of food and meek conditions, remained springy and agile, while the men around him lay lifeless. Inspired by their resilience, he began to move, stretching his muscles, moving his joints... developing and refining what later became his “contrology” (now “Pilates”) system. The men in his cell block began to join in. Under Joes watchful eye they slowly but surely became as alert and agile as those cats and when a great influenza epidemic swept through England and the camp, killing thousands, not one of Joe’s trainees died. In fact, they left the camp healthier than they went in. .

After World War I, he went back to Germany where he collaborated with experts in dance and physical exercise, trained police officers in Hamburg, and developed the first of the apparatus inventions he dreamed up while interned. But he didn’t stay in Germany long... Word spread of the remarkable results he was seeing, and the German government began pressuring him to train the German army.

Not happy with the direction the German government was headed, he fled to the United States, land of free and home of the brave, to settle in under the bright lights of New York City, to realize his dream, open a gym and apply for more patents for his exercise apparatus inventions.
The rest is history.

Sometimes a meme speaks directly to my centre of being... this is one of those memes 😂😂😂 Every. Damn. Day there is a knife on the edge of the sink like this 👌👌👌 #foodfriday #fridaymeme #meme #foodmeme #funny #fridayfunny #funnybecauseitstrue #funnycozitstrue #itstrue #truth #ourplace #gold

When you are the main photographer for the family it means you’re often not in the photos. I love having beautiful photos of my boys to capture all the moments. And then sometimes I actually remember to get in the photo myself. Still mastering the selfie family shot though hahaha!

#family #familypictures #photographer #familyphotographer #mugshots #capture #capturingthemoment #moments #berniecoghlan #maddoxluka #levybeckett

I bought a new toy! Introducing my new Spine Corrector. An ideal piece of equipment for aligning and mobilising the spine, the Spine Corrector can also assist with improving posture. I fell in love with this piece of equipment the most when I was breastfeeding. All those hours hunching forward is painful.The way the Spine Corrector opens up the back and stretches the shoulders is irreplaceable. Can’t wait to bring it to my clients!

#pilates #newtoy #spinecorrector #spinecorrectorpilates #align #mobilise #improve #posture #lightweight #cancarryitanywhere #kirstipilatestoyou #mobilepilates #baysidepilates #melbourne #melbournepilates #fitmum #pilatesmom #pilatesmum

Amen! What the hells with that BTW??!! Never had I shopped at Kmart for myself until I had kids, and even then, the amount of guilt that goes on when I do, has to be abnormal! Or not maybe, any other parents out there feeling me? Please tell me it’s one of those things for the mantra ‘this too shall pass’? hahaha #meme #mondaymemeing #onmondayswememe #guilts #parentalguilts #theworst #bayside #baysidepilates #melbourne #melbournepilates #pilatesmom #pilatesmum

Food Friday. Every Friday when I’m doing wrk/admin/planning between clients I eat an #acaibowl from @holy_bowly 🙌. I’m obsessed. I positively look forward to it every week. Also, I thoroughly enjoyed drooling over these açai bowls I found on the internet too 😋. The more peanut butter the better 👌👍💗. Who else loves an açai bowl and who sells your favourite? Or do you make them at home? #foodfriday #peanutbutteracaibowl #heaven #delicious #pretty #feastfortheeyes #andthemouth #yum #highlightofthefoodweek

I thought we had a few more years before sports took over our weekends, yet here we are knee deep in ‘ball’ city. If there’s a ball involved then that’s where they’ll be. Being an only child who never played any ball sports growing up, it’s completely foreign territory for me. However, I’m loving it, it still may not be my first choice for entertainment but it is for them and that’s enough for me to learn to love all the ball related sports and activities. Just don’t get me started on tackling… maybe that’s another post?! 😂. Thanks to my super talented bro @maxwell.viitala for being the highlight of these little people’s weekend 🙌👌😘 🏀💗 #balls #boys #ballsandboys #boysandballs #sports #liketheirfather #golf #basketball #footy #alltheballs #outofmycomfortzone #wouldntdoitforanyonelse #kids #fun #weekends #thefutureisclear #weekends #ofsports #andballs #maddoxluka #levybeckett

Ah man, ashamed to say it, but yep, this is me. It really does have a vice-like grip once you open that app. So, for the last few months I have been deleting my Social Media apps Friday night and reinstalling them on Monday morning. I love IG for the connection to friends and family and the virtual learning from peers. But it can seriously be the biggest time waster, and when time is limited, especially on the weekends with my precious boys, I do not have time spare to throw away. Just my thoughts for a Monday. Thanks @jennazaffino for capturing my thoughts exactly and putting it into a meme.

#meme #mondaymemeing #onmondayswememe #IG #socialmedia #lovehate #timewaster #dontgetsuckedintosocialmedia #bayside #baysidepilates #melbourne #melbournepilates #pilatesmom #pilatesmum

Food Friday! Some recent food moments that I thoroughly enjoyed. Pic 1- chocolate milkshakes are life 👊. Pic 2- Burgers and Chips for a very special treat out 😋 Pic 3- even Spider-Man and Super-Man get thirsty 😂. Pic 4- although it’s not summer, this snack transports me to the tropics... papaya, passionfruit and lime 😋. Pic 5- Friday night snacks 👌. #foodfriday #mixingitup #kids #food #kidslovefood #snacks #snacksarelife #yum #yummo