Saturday, April 25, 2009
New Chairs
Are you above free hand me downs? I'm not! I love them!!!!!!! Today we had a glorious find, two Disney Pooh and Eeyore chairs. The kids love them and whenever I get my camera battery back from Kara I just might take a picture of them!
Heart Run 2009
Payton came home from school quite excited one day with a bright gold "Heart Run" flyer. Huffman Elementary School, apparently, is very competitive about getting the most participants on a team. The school had won the trophy every year..........until last year.........when Bayshore Elementary stole it away. This year the students, Payton among them, were determined to get it back. Naturally the entire family needed to participate and the five of us signed up. Huffman had 450 runners sign up this year.......tomorrow we'll find out if that was enough to win!
Fast forward to this morning when I drug myself out of bed at 7AM to start getting everyone ready for said event. I must say I was enthusiastic filling out the paper work but not so enthusiastic about crawling out of my warm cocoon. Payton was a bundle of energy and couldn't wait to park the car and find the starting line (this is the same kid who usually has to be drug out the door to run). There were thousands of people lining up to start the race, squishing in on every side of us. The twins took it all in without tears, and Payton's class seemed to magnet to BOB. When the gun went off and we all took off I realized that the twins were going to slow me down. With so many people in front of us it was nearly impossible to even jog for the first mile. Payton happily ran ahead with his classmates as I was left behind to weave in and out of the throngs of people blocking the path in front of us. By the end of the first mile I managed to hit my stride and even found a fellow BOB buddy to jog with. Payton was impressive and ran all three miles, he even beat me!!!! I was really proud of the effort and enthusiasm he put into the race. We all had a great time. All three kids left with smiles, new hats, and medals. The Heart Run is definitely something we need to make into a family tradition.
Steve was planning on going with us, but he had a hockey game this morning. I'm sure he'll join the fun next year!!!!
Fast forward to this morning when I drug myself out of bed at 7AM to start getting everyone ready for said event. I must say I was enthusiastic filling out the paper work but not so enthusiastic about crawling out of my warm cocoon. Payton was a bundle of energy and couldn't wait to park the car and find the starting line (this is the same kid who usually has to be drug out the door to run). There were thousands of people lining up to start the race, squishing in on every side of us. The twins took it all in without tears, and Payton's class seemed to magnet to BOB. When the gun went off and we all took off I realized that the twins were going to slow me down. With so many people in front of us it was nearly impossible to even jog for the first mile. Payton happily ran ahead with his classmates as I was left behind to weave in and out of the throngs of people blocking the path in front of us. By the end of the first mile I managed to hit my stride and even found a fellow BOB buddy to jog with. Payton was impressive and ran all three miles, he even beat me!!!! I was really proud of the effort and enthusiasm he put into the race. We all had a great time. All three kids left with smiles, new hats, and medals. The Heart Run is definitely something we need to make into a family tradition.
Steve was planning on going with us, but he had a hockey game this morning. I'm sure he'll join the fun next year!!!!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Story Time at the Zoo
The overachieving parent.............
I took the twins to the zoo for story time to meet Kara and the crew. We hadn't been there all winter. To be perfectly honest the thought of dressing two toddlers in their winter attire, loading them into the car, into the stroller, and then wrestling their hats and mittens off (and keeping track of them!) for fifteen minutes of story time (in which perhaps one minute was actually spent looking at the book) sounded like a lot of work! After story time the kids get to have an "animal encounter" so once more on with the boots, snowsuits, hats, and mittens................yeah right! Needless to say my children missed out on story time this winter. They love the zoo and enjoyed running around looking at the animals and, for me one set of getting everyone ready was doable. Can you imagine Kara and I herding five children three and under into all said winter accoutrements and keeping them all happy, and moving in the same direction? NOT HAPPENING!
This Wednesday we aimed high and took our herd to story time. It was a balmy 40 degrees, no hats, no mittens, just boots, and coats. Ahh, the joys of spring! They enjoyed the fox stories, and got to pet Chance (our resident fox). As we were walking to the car feeling quite impressed with ourselves for following through and taking the children on an exciting adventure, Kara overheard another parent say, "Are we ready to go to the library now?"
Are you kidding me, the library???????? What kind of overachieving parent takes their kids on more than one activity a day????????? The zoo and the library? Next it is going to be the zoo, the library, and H2Oasis all in the same day!
I took the twins to the zoo for story time to meet Kara and the crew. We hadn't been there all winter. To be perfectly honest the thought of dressing two toddlers in their winter attire, loading them into the car, into the stroller, and then wrestling their hats and mittens off (and keeping track of them!) for fifteen minutes of story time (in which perhaps one minute was actually spent looking at the book) sounded like a lot of work! After story time the kids get to have an "animal encounter" so once more on with the boots, snowsuits, hats, and mittens................yeah right! Needless to say my children missed out on story time this winter. They love the zoo and enjoyed running around looking at the animals and, for me one set of getting everyone ready was doable. Can you imagine Kara and I herding five children three and under into all said winter accoutrements and keeping them all happy, and moving in the same direction? NOT HAPPENING!
This Wednesday we aimed high and took our herd to story time. It was a balmy 40 degrees, no hats, no mittens, just boots, and coats. Ahh, the joys of spring! They enjoyed the fox stories, and got to pet Chance (our resident fox). As we were walking to the car feeling quite impressed with ourselves for following through and taking the children on an exciting adventure, Kara overheard another parent say, "Are we ready to go to the library now?"
Are you kidding me, the library???????? What kind of overachieving parent takes their kids on more than one activity a day????????? The zoo and the library? Next it is going to be the zoo, the library, and H2Oasis all in the same day!
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