We are still here!!

I know it's been over a week since my last post but last week wasn't so great. So here we are almost through another and I need to fill you in. Not too much out of the normal (squabbles, disagreements, Olivia into my makeup...etc.) but a few funnies. So the boys (much to my horror and disliking (mainly Gavin)) have taken to calling me a "meanie" whenever they don't get their way. Gavin will get sent to his room and scream on his way "meanie" or "fine, meanie" to which I remind him, to no avail, it's not nice or acceptable to call names. I am sure you all can picture this exactly as it happens. So the other day I was putting Olivia down for a nap (which she isn't very excited about anymore) and she was trying to get out of bed. I firmly told her that she was to stay in her bed and not get up, to which she replied "fine meanie" as she threw herself face first onto her bed. I almost broke out into laughter. It was just too funny to hear this little girl trying to scold me. I did, however, contain myself and she did finally take a nap. Back to the whole "monkey see, monkey do".

So I am planning on running (finishing) the Mayor's Marathon this summer so I realized in order to accomplish this I need to get back outside and running seriously. So Yesterday was my first day at attempting a run with children. Kevin was in Winnipeg and wasn't going to be home until after 9pm and I didn't want to run that late. He told me to drop the kids at daycare but as you can imagine I have a hard time doing that (especially at $12 minimum for 2 kids). SO I thought, I can do this (run with the kids in the stroller). It wasn't the worst experience I've ever had, nor was it even a bad EXPERIENCE, but the workout lacked. You see, while most of the snow around here is melted (except in the shade and partial fields) the bike path is not completely cleared. There is about a 1/2 mile stretch between our house and town that is completely covered in snow. Not so great for a stroller. So I decided to just stick to the back roads (in all we saw 2 cars) and get my run in. First of all, it is quite difficult to run with a stroller. Mine has some pretty good rear tires, but the front one is little and not forgiving with rocks. The stroller is the one from Costco and it is great, especially for walks, but not entirely designed for running. So even those factors aside it is still difficult to run with the stroller. So I would run as far as I could, then walk over the really rocky parts. Run, walk, run, walk. Not so bad until Olivia proved true to form and decided she didn't want to ride. Now I don't know about you but I only wish someone would push me around in a stroller. So she had to get out which slowed the pace considerably. We made our 2.75 mile walk in about an hour (so slow) which isn't going to do me any good for that run in June. Hopefully things will get better or at least Kevin will get home sooner at night.

Payton is still wrestling and had finally been bribed enough to compete in a tournament. It is on March 29th and I will take some pictures to document the occasion.


Love Kirsten