The Saga Continues

So here I am trying to get in a run (haha, a walk) with my kids. They have been going pretty well with me running almost 1/4 of the walk. Anything more would be too much to ask for with 3 children in tow. So tonight after wrestling practice, I bundled them up (it's still in the 20's) and away we went. I was only dressed for a walk just hoping to get in the short 2 miler we've come to like. Partially because it's only 1 hour (about the length of my tolerance of "I want in the cart", "I want out of the cart" over and over) and partially because it's half on the bike path. Payton rides his bike and dislikes very much riding on gravel. Well tonight I took pity on the dog and decided to take her along. She is generally very good (I still keep her on a leash) and she's got the hang of the stroller and leash thing. So here we are kids out of the cart, stopped to let all the traffic for the whole year on our road pass, and I am wondering if we are going to make it (by we I mean ME) then the kids decide to get back in (after all the traffic passes of course) and we set off. We make it about 1/10 of a mile and have to stop (across from our friends house) so I can regroup because there are 2 labs outside barking crazy at Dolly. Now picture me with the double stroller one child in and one half way out, Payton on his bike and a truck passing, all while these 2 dogs are going crazy. (It was a sight to say the least) All of a sudden I loose the leash and Dolly goes running over to the dogs (which I did know were somewhat nice) and that is when the true chaos ensued. I chase Dolly across the yard to catch her, Gavin decides to follow to say Hi to the neighbors and I catch Dolly. Just as I get her (Dolly) I hear a splah and a cry. You see Olivia felt left out and had to come say Hi also, and proceeded to come down the small embankment into the pooled (slightly Iced over) water landing in all fours. So I have a dog and a child that I am trying to control (I have to control Gavin) and then Olivia is in the pool of water (to her knees and cold) trying to climb out onto the ice that isn't holding her, all the while Payton is trying to carefully put his kick stand up so his bike won't fall before he runs (Not across the snowbank right next to the puddle) right down into the water as well. I guess his intentions to help Olivia are honorable but the thought process lacked a little. So here we are somewhere like .2 miles from home and we turn right around and head for home. So much for that tonight. Hopefully tomorrow won't be as eventful. (It's okay to laugh, if I heard this story I'd be laughing on the floor.)

Love ya- Kirsten