Day 137
Swimming for the girls, a walk for John and mom's night out for me.
Day 138
Can't say that I can remember anything together or active for us. It was my last MOPS meeting for the year, so I probably relaxed when we got home. Moms night out for me (yes, again) so John couldn't get in his workout.
Day 139
Swimming for the girls, 6 mile run for me. Today we picked up our 2nd CSA box of produce from Full Circle Farm. I'm hoping this will lead to the injestion of more fruits and vegetables for all of us. It doesn't hurt that they are organic, in season, and locally produced. Hannah and I read an entire chapter book before bed since it was due the next day . . . Molly the Goldfish Fairy, if you must know.
Day 140
Gymnastics for the girls, speed workout for me, walk for John. We went together to Open House at Haley's preschool. She was so excited to have us there and show us her classroom and art work. On the way home we stopped at Costco to shop for our upcoming boat trip. Fluffy gauzy ruffly colors beckoned me and the girls from across the warehouse . . petticoat skirts! They were a bargain and a must have. This has nothing to do with exercise I suppose, but it may spark some spontaneous dancing when they are worn. In the morning I watched a neighbor's child so she could go on a run. If I can help another mom get out there and exercise, I'm all over it.
Day 141
Only time (and the weather) will tell . . . I'm finally updating this, only 2+ weeks later. I do recall that we got outside, I seem to recall biking around the neighborhood. John left to go camping that evening, but I think he may have even walked down to the field with us before he left or did I go with the girls by myself? I don't know, but what I do know is I was proud we did get outside that evening because it was threatening rain.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Day 135 and 136
We spent the morning at church for a community work day. Our task was to help plant a vegetable garden at church. The girls had a lot of fun helping transfer dirt and plant the plants and playing on the adjacent playground. John got his burly man fix operating the roto-tiller and I did some weeding and trash pick-up after determining that sod carrying was not my strong point. It was fun to all be working on the same project. Later in the day, the girls ran around with the neighborhood kids.
Day 136
I started the day with a 13.1 mile run - Happy Birthday to me! Later in the day, we all spent time out in the yard planting dahlia and gladiolis bulbs. The kids got in some more play time with the neighbor kids outside. This is one thing I love about this time of year, lots more time outside and the weather is nice and warm.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Day 131, 132, 133, and 134
Day 131
I think the girls got in playtime out on the street with the neighbor kids while Daddy was outside with them. I can't say for sure, I was out shopping for thank you gifts. It's all a blur, this week, the next two weeks. Pretty much every "group" we belong to connected with church and preschool is ending in the next two weeks. This means lots of meetings, thank yous to buy, write, and distribute and general details to keep up with.
Speaking of the shopping trip, I got suckered/trapped into listening to a live infomercial in Fred Meyer. 15 minutes of my prescious time - gone! They tricked me and several others by annoucing over the loud speaker that free gifts were being given out to any adult who came to a certain part of the store. I would have never fallen for this kind of thing, but it is the Founder's Day Sale this week so the store has super good deals. It is completely plausible that that they would be giving away free gifts and the annoucer, which I assumed was the store manager, mentioned this was for Founders Day. I totally thought this was something the store was doing as a customer appreciation thing and I was smugly thinking how lucky I was to be one of a handful of people at the store at 9:45pm. They are rewarding us, I thought. Turns out it was the Euro Clean guy who was selling Mr Sticky lint removers! Umm, Euro Clean man, how is it that you are claiming you have this break through new lint remover that no one else makes, yet I have the same lint remover in my home and I got it for free somewhere 20 some odd years ago?
Day 132
You won't have to hear me complain about wednesdays and trying to get in some family time on Pioneer Club nights. We're done for the summer, so hopefully wednesdays can now be family exercise evenings. The girls got in their swimming as usual today and I got in a 5 mile run.
Day 133
Girls and gymnastcs, a walk and speed workout for mom, a walk for Dad. Playground time for Hannah. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Day 134
It's Girl's Night in our home. Daddy has a Guy's Movie Night. The girls were crushed last week when we were supposed to have a Girl's Night and it fell through. They told John he ruined Girl's Night. We were able to get some neighborhood biking and hide and seek done before he left 40 min.
I think the girls got in playtime out on the street with the neighbor kids while Daddy was outside with them. I can't say for sure, I was out shopping for thank you gifts. It's all a blur, this week, the next two weeks. Pretty much every "group" we belong to connected with church and preschool is ending in the next two weeks. This means lots of meetings, thank yous to buy, write, and distribute and general details to keep up with.
Speaking of the shopping trip, I got suckered/trapped into listening to a live infomercial in Fred Meyer. 15 minutes of my prescious time - gone! They tricked me and several others by annoucing over the loud speaker that free gifts were being given out to any adult who came to a certain part of the store. I would have never fallen for this kind of thing, but it is the Founder's Day Sale this week so the store has super good deals. It is completely plausible that that they would be giving away free gifts and the annoucer, which I assumed was the store manager, mentioned this was for Founders Day. I totally thought this was something the store was doing as a customer appreciation thing and I was smugly thinking how lucky I was to be one of a handful of people at the store at 9:45pm. They are rewarding us, I thought. Turns out it was the Euro Clean guy who was selling Mr Sticky lint removers! Umm, Euro Clean man, how is it that you are claiming you have this break through new lint remover that no one else makes, yet I have the same lint remover in my home and I got it for free somewhere 20 some odd years ago?
Day 132
You won't have to hear me complain about wednesdays and trying to get in some family time on Pioneer Club nights. We're done for the summer, so hopefully wednesdays can now be family exercise evenings. The girls got in their swimming as usual today and I got in a 5 mile run.
Day 133
Girls and gymnastcs, a walk and speed workout for mom, a walk for Dad. Playground time for Hannah. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Day 134
It's Girl's Night in our home. Daddy has a Guy's Movie Night. The girls were crushed last week when we were supposed to have a Girl's Night and it fell through. They told John he ruined Girl's Night. We were able to get some neighborhood biking and hide and seek done before he left 40 min.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Day 128, 129 and 130
Day 128
Boat trip to Jetty Island with Grami to celebrate her birthday. A beautiful Northwest Spring day. How the girls can play on the beach in swimsuits while I am so cold I'm in a jacket and wrapping myself in a towel, I'll never know. The girls got to do one of their Jetty Island favorites - sand jumping. John and the girls washed the boat. Back home we had a yummy halibut dinner with mini princess cakes (from IKEA) for dessert. I snuck out for a 5 mile run. The girls helped me make a homemade ice cream cake throughout the day (layer freeze layer freeze layer freeze).
Day 129Brunch with Grami and the rest of the F-A family for Mother's Day at Crystal Creek Cafe. Move over Shari's Restaurants, the girls have found a new favorite pancake place and this one has mini M&M pancakes - top that. Back home, we enjoyed homemade ice cream cake, I mean really homemade, two kinds of homemade ice cream, homemade chocolate sauce, can I use the word "homemade" anymore this sentence again? Car washing for John and the girls. A 12 mile run for me . . . almost a half marathon. We were loving the sun - what a perfect weekend!
Day 130
Swimming, walk, rest. If you've been reading the blog you'll know which family member belongs to which activity. Time together was enjoying more ice cream cake with Grami.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Day 123, 124, 125, 126 and 127
Day 123
It's been a busy week. It's Day 127 when I am writing this and I hope I can remember our week. I know this was a rest day for me and John got out for a walk. The girls had swimming. This seems to be our pattern more and more. We all get in exercise which is great, but we have not been doing it together lately. I feel like we are doing pretty well spending time together, but sometimes it is just one parent doing something with the kids. These next few weeks are so busy with evening meetings/open houses/awards nights. I am hoping that once school year activities wind down over the next couple of weeks, we will have more evenings free to hang out all together.
Day 124
The kids got in some exercise today in the form of the IKEA play area. I can't say much for the adults of the household.
Day 125
Swimming for the girls, running for me. Pioneer Club for all of us.
Day 126
Gymnastics and a playround for the girls and both walking and running for me and a walk for John.
Day 127
On Day 122, I was wondering if the basil plant would make it. It is just barely hanging on, I kinda forgot to water it this week, but we did have rain. It's got holes all over it, so apparently something is eating it. The 3 parts of Hannah's sunflower are just barely hanging on. The kids spent about 2 hours playing at McDonalds today.
It's been a busy week. It's Day 127 when I am writing this and I hope I can remember our week. I know this was a rest day for me and John got out for a walk. The girls had swimming. This seems to be our pattern more and more. We all get in exercise which is great, but we have not been doing it together lately. I feel like we are doing pretty well spending time together, but sometimes it is just one parent doing something with the kids. These next few weeks are so busy with evening meetings/open houses/awards nights. I am hoping that once school year activities wind down over the next couple of weeks, we will have more evenings free to hang out all together.
Day 124
The kids got in some exercise today in the form of the IKEA play area. I can't say much for the adults of the household.
Day 125
Swimming for the girls, running for me. Pioneer Club for all of us.
Day 126
Gymnastics and a playround for the girls and both walking and running for me and a walk for John.
Day 127
On Day 122, I was wondering if the basil plant would make it. It is just barely hanging on, I kinda forgot to water it this week, but we did have rain. It's got holes all over it, so apparently something is eating it. The 3 parts of Hannah's sunflower are just barely hanging on. The kids spent about 2 hours playing at McDonalds today.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Day 121 and 122
Day 121
John gets to count the 5 hours of waxing the boat as his workout. I got in 5 hours of running. The kids did some trampoline time across the street 30 min. Hannah also helped daddy wash the car.
Day 122
We spent time in the backyard weeding, planting and repotting plants. Hannah's sunflower from Pioneer Club broke into 3 pieces and she was absolutely crushed since her teacher had requested a picture of her standing by her grown sunflower next fall. I suggested to Hannah that we do a "science experiement" and see if it is a plant that grows from cuttings. We planted each of the 3 parts. I told her we would also grow a new plant from a seed. She was worried that it was too late, but I asuered he we would have a new plant in no time. I got in 11 miles today. I'm hoping my basil plant from trader Joes makes it outside. It has been in the house for a few weeks. Hopefully the impending wind storm tonight doens't wreak havoc on our new plants. I only need to be at about 9 miles, but am happy that I am still ahead of schedule. Hopefully the race itself will be easier if I've had lots of practice going close to 13 miles.
John gets to count the 5 hours of waxing the boat as his workout. I got in 5 hours of running. The kids did some trampoline time across the street 30 min. Hannah also helped daddy wash the car.
Day 122
We spent time in the backyard weeding, planting and repotting plants. Hannah's sunflower from Pioneer Club broke into 3 pieces and she was absolutely crushed since her teacher had requested a picture of her standing by her grown sunflower next fall. I suggested to Hannah that we do a "science experiement" and see if it is a plant that grows from cuttings. We planted each of the 3 parts. I told her we would also grow a new plant from a seed. She was worried that it was too late, but I asuered he we would have a new plant in no time. I got in 11 miles today. I'm hoping my basil plant from trader Joes makes it outside. It has been in the house for a few weeks. Hopefully the impending wind storm tonight doens't wreak havoc on our new plants. I only need to be at about 9 miles, but am happy that I am still ahead of schedule. Hopefully the race itself will be easier if I've had lots of practice going close to 13 miles.
Day 118, 119, and 120
Day 118
Ridiculously crazy day today with all the things we packed in, that I will spare you the details of listing here. Among the many things were swim lessons for the girls and a run for me as well as Pioneer Clubs for all of us.
Day 119
Gymnastics for the girls. A walk and speed workout for me. Hannah tagged along for the speed workout. She played on a playground next to the track, then when I got near her, she'd run with me for a tenth of a mile or so. She claimed that she won all of our races. Of course she decided when the "race" was over and I'd keep going around the track. We had a beautiful spring evening, so the girls spent time outside with Daddy weeding and playing in the yard. John decided to combine his walk with an errand to Lowes so he walked there and back. He said it was kind of odd walking at a brisk pace, then stepping into the store where eveyrone was going at a much slower pace. It's cool that is thinking outside the box for ways to his exercise in.
Day 120
The speed workout yesterday just killed me, so I'm taking toady off. It's rainy and drippy outside, so we won't get to have family time at the park like I was hoping. John got out for his walk. We used the time we had with the girls after dinner to get them to clean their rooms. We had bought them a plasma car at Costco, but said they couldn't try it out until their rooms were clean. I have never seen them be able to clear everything off the floor themselves. It wasn't without complaining, but at least John and I didn't have to hand hold them. We got to concentrate on cleaning the rest of the house. We did put the car together and they tried it out in the garage. The box claims it is good exercise, but they weren't on it long enough to count as exercise and I'm still not sure it would be great exercise unless you were on teh thing for at least 30 min. They don't pedal it, the only real work they do is with their arms and probably their core muscles. http://www.plasmacar.com/store/customer/index.php
Ridiculously crazy day today with all the things we packed in, that I will spare you the details of listing here. Among the many things were swim lessons for the girls and a run for me as well as Pioneer Clubs for all of us.
Day 119
Gymnastics for the girls. A walk and speed workout for me. Hannah tagged along for the speed workout. She played on a playground next to the track, then when I got near her, she'd run with me for a tenth of a mile or so. She claimed that she won all of our races. Of course she decided when the "race" was over and I'd keep going around the track. We had a beautiful spring evening, so the girls spent time outside with Daddy weeding and playing in the yard. John decided to combine his walk with an errand to Lowes so he walked there and back. He said it was kind of odd walking at a brisk pace, then stepping into the store where eveyrone was going at a much slower pace. It's cool that is thinking outside the box for ways to his exercise in.
Day 120
The speed workout yesterday just killed me, so I'm taking toady off. It's rainy and drippy outside, so we won't get to have family time at the park like I was hoping. John got out for his walk. We used the time we had with the girls after dinner to get them to clean their rooms. We had bought them a plasma car at Costco, but said they couldn't try it out until their rooms were clean. I have never seen them be able to clear everything off the floor themselves. It wasn't without complaining, but at least John and I didn't have to hand hold them. We got to concentrate on cleaning the rest of the house. We did put the car together and they tried it out in the garage. The box claims it is good exercise, but they weren't on it long enough to count as exercise and I'm still not sure it would be great exercise unless you were on teh thing for at least 30 min. They don't pedal it, the only real work they do is with their arms and probably their core muscles. http://www.plasmacar.com/store/customer/index.php
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