Wow! It is already 2014. Unbelievable how time just seems to be zooming by. The beginning of 2014 has been interesting so far. We got an amazing snow storm, which brought us at least 10 inches of snow and negative temperatures. We have been stuck in this house for a good three days and I think we are all losing our mind. The kids want to play outside, but with the temperature literally negative 8 and the windchill making it even colder the risk for frostbite is very high. Fortunately today the high is supposed to be in the 20's, so we may be able to get out.
There hasn't been school for two days and Joseph has had a fever for the last two days. I am on the verge of losing my mind! Although Joseph is sick he still continues to tell everyone what to do, yell about everything and whine about everything. He is a terrible sick kid. Samuel is antagonizing him which makes it even worse. They might kill each other, which at this point I am okay with.
Simone is also becoming a little Joseph. She loves telling her brothers what to do. It is actually kind of funny. She yells at Samuel not to suck his thumb and she tells them to go to their rooms if they fight with each other. She is talking non-stop from the time she wakes up.
Overall, even though I feel like I am losing my mind being stuck in the house with the kids it is nice to spend time with them. I don't have to worry about going to work and dealing with bosses and deadlines.
My goal for 2014 is to be more positive. I am going to try to write more, so this blog can be my bitchy outlet. Hopefully if I write out all my irritations, frustrations and insecurities I will be more positive in my daily life.
I am off to play with the kids and try to get them to pretend like they are in school!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Monday, September 30, 2013
Conversations with the boys
Kids say the funniest things. Sometimes it is frustrating when you can't get through to them or they just outright ignore you. I always wondering what is going on inside of their heads and what their thought process actually looks like.
Here are a few conversations with the boys from the last few weeks.
Conversation #1
Joseph for a while was waking up very early in the morning, I am talking about like 4 am. I am very sensitive to light when I am sleeping so any amount of light always wakes me up. Anyway, I would wake up and the lights in our kitchen and living room would all be on, so the whole house would be illuminated. When I would come out into the family room Joseph would be on the couch wide awake. I would have to walk him back to his room and get him to go back to sleep, which only lasted a few more hours. So after I few nights of him waking up I had a conversation with him before he went to bed:
Me: Joseph, you know you really need to sleep all night in your bed, so you are rested in the morning.
Joseph: But, I am awake and I don't want to sleep anymore in my bed.
Me: Well, then you need to stay in your room until everyone else gets up because when you wake up in the middle of the night and turn on all the lights every where you are waking me up and you might wake up Samuel and Simone too. They really need their sleep too.
Joseph: If the light bothers you, then just shut your door and you won't have to worry about me getting up.
It was a smart solution and good point. He ended up sleeping in his bed and not getting up until his normal 6 am wake up time, which is still too freaking early.
Conversation #2
You know sometimes when you are having a talk with your kids and you actually feel like you are getting through to them. Well, I felt like a total rock star parent one night. Joseph and I normally have talks about his school day at night when I am putting him to bed.
Me: Do you have any new friends at school?
J: No, not really. But there is a new boy in class. His first name starts with an O.
Me: Have you talked to O? Is he nice?
J: No, he cries all the time.
Me: Maybe he cries because he is at a new school and he doesn't really know anyone. He probably misses his mom and dad.
J: Yeah, probably.
Me: Maybe you should talk to him and tell him that it will be alright. You could tell him that his mom will pick him up after school and he will be okay, just like your mom picks you up from school. Maybe he just needs a friend since he is new. You think you could help him out a little bit?
Joseph looks at me like he is taking it all in. The look he was giving me was like I just said the smartest thing ever and he was totally going to go up to this boy tomorrow and be so nice.
Joseph's response after sitting there for a minute taking in everything I said: Yeah, I'm not saying any of that to him.
Great. Parent failure number who knows what.
Conversation #3
Last night the kids were playing and Joseph called someone a "stupid dumb dumb head". I told him that we don't use that language and it is not nice to call people names. I told him that I didn't want to hear him say that again.
Then Samuel stepped in: Well at least he didn't say FUCK!
Me: What the...heck, Samuel! You never say that word. Where in the world did you hear that?
(Usually that would be something that I would say, but I really have been watching my language a lot since kids. This was definitely a regular vocabulary word for me pre-kids).
Samuel: I heard it on a video. I have kept it secret for a really long time.
Me: That word is very inappropriate. Go upstairs and take a little break.
He proceeded to go upstairs and told Dave what he said. He felt absolutely terrible and was crying. Dave talked to him about words that some adults may use which are still not right and kids should not say them either. He apologized and felt terrible. I was so shocked that for once I had no idea how to handle the situation. I probably should have had a conversation with him right away but I was just dumbfounded. I never would have thought he would have said that word.
Those are the conversations we have been having lately. We are learning so much and apparently so are the kids.
Here are a few conversations with the boys from the last few weeks.
Conversation #1
Joseph for a while was waking up very early in the morning, I am talking about like 4 am. I am very sensitive to light when I am sleeping so any amount of light always wakes me up. Anyway, I would wake up and the lights in our kitchen and living room would all be on, so the whole house would be illuminated. When I would come out into the family room Joseph would be on the couch wide awake. I would have to walk him back to his room and get him to go back to sleep, which only lasted a few more hours. So after I few nights of him waking up I had a conversation with him before he went to bed:
Me: Joseph, you know you really need to sleep all night in your bed, so you are rested in the morning.
Joseph: But, I am awake and I don't want to sleep anymore in my bed.
Me: Well, then you need to stay in your room until everyone else gets up because when you wake up in the middle of the night and turn on all the lights every where you are waking me up and you might wake up Samuel and Simone too. They really need their sleep too.
Joseph: If the light bothers you, then just shut your door and you won't have to worry about me getting up.
It was a smart solution and good point. He ended up sleeping in his bed and not getting up until his normal 6 am wake up time, which is still too freaking early.
Conversation #2
You know sometimes when you are having a talk with your kids and you actually feel like you are getting through to them. Well, I felt like a total rock star parent one night. Joseph and I normally have talks about his school day at night when I am putting him to bed.
Me: Do you have any new friends at school?
J: No, not really. But there is a new boy in class. His first name starts with an O.
Me: Have you talked to O? Is he nice?
J: No, he cries all the time.
Me: Maybe he cries because he is at a new school and he doesn't really know anyone. He probably misses his mom and dad.
J: Yeah, probably.
Me: Maybe you should talk to him and tell him that it will be alright. You could tell him that his mom will pick him up after school and he will be okay, just like your mom picks you up from school. Maybe he just needs a friend since he is new. You think you could help him out a little bit?
Joseph looks at me like he is taking it all in. The look he was giving me was like I just said the smartest thing ever and he was totally going to go up to this boy tomorrow and be so nice.
Joseph's response after sitting there for a minute taking in everything I said: Yeah, I'm not saying any of that to him.
Great. Parent failure number who knows what.
Conversation #3
Last night the kids were playing and Joseph called someone a "stupid dumb dumb head". I told him that we don't use that language and it is not nice to call people names. I told him that I didn't want to hear him say that again.
Then Samuel stepped in: Well at least he didn't say FUCK!
Me: What the...heck, Samuel! You never say that word. Where in the world did you hear that?
(Usually that would be something that I would say, but I really have been watching my language a lot since kids. This was definitely a regular vocabulary word for me pre-kids).
Samuel: I heard it on a video. I have kept it secret for a really long time.
Me: That word is very inappropriate. Go upstairs and take a little break.
He proceeded to go upstairs and told Dave what he said. He felt absolutely terrible and was crying. Dave talked to him about words that some adults may use which are still not right and kids should not say them either. He apologized and felt terrible. I was so shocked that for once I had no idea how to handle the situation. I probably should have had a conversation with him right away but I was just dumbfounded. I never would have thought he would have said that word.
Those are the conversations we have been having lately. We are learning so much and apparently so are the kids.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Emotions are flowing
This has been a very emotional week. All the kids started school. Simone has gone to a "school" two days a week for about a year, but now she is going with the boys at the International Schoolhouse. She is going five mornings a week, along with Joseph. They both have been adjusting really well. I am so proud of both of them. I look forward to picking them up at 11:45, eating lunch together and playing until they take a nap. It is nice quality time.
Then there is Samuel. He just started Kindergarten. He is going to the International Schoolhouse too. He goes from 8:45 to 3:45. It is a long day. He is so happy, which makes me happy but I am so sad too. I truly can't believe that 5 years have gone by and he is now in school full time. I remember on my rough days at home I would think that I couldn't wait for him to go to Kindergarten and now I just miss my buddy. Now that he isn't here, I miss those afternoons of him following me around. "Can I help you cook? Can I help make dinner? Can we play go fish? Can we play war? Can we play checkers? Can we play video games?" The list goes on, but as annoying as it was some days I miss him terribly. The first day that I dropped him off, I held in tears because I didn't want him to see me cry. Yesterday, I noticed the quietness in the afternoon. Then today it totally hit me. This was the first day that I had two and a half hours to myself (I had to pick up Simone early the first two days because they wanted to ease in the 2 year olds) and I just got sad.
I stopped working when I had Samuel and it has just been me and the kids. Now one part of my parenting time has ended. Now he spends more time at school and in activities then he does with me. I know it will get easier, but I think it may be more of an adjustment for me then it is for him.
Now I have to figure out what my new schedule is going to be. I need to figure out when I am going to fit in exercising, laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, organizing, writing, volunteering, etc. It is amazing how quickly two and a half hours go. Today I ran four errands all around town and finished in one hour. It was amazing how quickly I got things done. My goal for the next few weeks it to finally have time to go through the house and clean up all the clutter. I need to organize toys and go through stacks of mail, catalogs and everything.
Right now I am just trying to go with the flow. I have learned that I am not very good with change and this is going to take some time to get used to.
Then there is Samuel. He just started Kindergarten. He is going to the International Schoolhouse too. He goes from 8:45 to 3:45. It is a long day. He is so happy, which makes me happy but I am so sad too. I truly can't believe that 5 years have gone by and he is now in school full time. I remember on my rough days at home I would think that I couldn't wait for him to go to Kindergarten and now I just miss my buddy. Now that he isn't here, I miss those afternoons of him following me around. "Can I help you cook? Can I help make dinner? Can we play go fish? Can we play war? Can we play checkers? Can we play video games?" The list goes on, but as annoying as it was some days I miss him terribly. The first day that I dropped him off, I held in tears because I didn't want him to see me cry. Yesterday, I noticed the quietness in the afternoon. Then today it totally hit me. This was the first day that I had two and a half hours to myself (I had to pick up Simone early the first two days because they wanted to ease in the 2 year olds) and I just got sad.
I stopped working when I had Samuel and it has just been me and the kids. Now one part of my parenting time has ended. Now he spends more time at school and in activities then he does with me. I know it will get easier, but I think it may be more of an adjustment for me then it is for him.
Now I have to figure out what my new schedule is going to be. I need to figure out when I am going to fit in exercising, laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, organizing, writing, volunteering, etc. It is amazing how quickly two and a half hours go. Today I ran four errands all around town and finished in one hour. It was amazing how quickly I got things done. My goal for the next few weeks it to finally have time to go through the house and clean up all the clutter. I need to organize toys and go through stacks of mail, catalogs and everything.
Right now I am just trying to go with the flow. I have learned that I am not very good with change and this is going to take some time to get used to.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Slow down
Just when I think life is slowing down, it picks right back up. I can't believe it is the end of July already. This summer has flown by. This is Samuel's last week of camp and we are going to have the full month of August together. Actually me and all the kids will have the entire month of August together. Should be interesting. I am starting to get all the back to school stuff ready as well. I am in a little bit of denial that Samuel is going to be starting Kindergarten. I can't believe that he is even old enough to do that. I don't want to talk about this yet, so we will just not think about it until the end of August. All the kids start school the Tuesday after Labor Day, so we have a lot of time to prepare.
Well, I had a first today. I fired a babysitter. Since our wonderful babysitter left in May we have been searching for a replacement. We interviewed four and we have had three babysit to try them out. The kids really liked one of them, but she is only free on the weekends mostly. I was really looking for someone that could babysit on Thursday mornings because once a month I have a board meeting for Woman's Place and Simone was only going to go to school three days a week starting in September. I had this new babysitter twice and I just fired her today. I feel so old saying this, but what is wrong with sitters nowadays? This one totally sucked. She was totally clueless. When I interviewed her she said that she babysat three to four kids at a time and she babysat for a family all through high school and was still in contact with them (I probably should have called them to see if she was telling the truth). Anyway, she said that she didn't like little babies but she was okay with kids that could walk. I figured that was a good sign that she was honest and Simone is actually very easy.
The first day I had her babysit she only had Simone. While I was showing her around and telling her where things were in the kitchen I looked up and noticed she was texting on her phone. What the hell?!?! Strike one. Then she acted like she was listening and everything was fine. I get home after two hours and she says that she changed Simone's diaper, but she put her in a pull-up because she had no idea how to change a diaper. Again, what the hell?!?! Strike two. She asked if I would show her how to do it next time. I was not happy after the first day, but I figured I would give her one more chance.
Yesterday she babysat for both Simone and Joseph. I showed her how to change the diaper. She didn't get on her phone at all and was actually playing with the kids as soon as she got there. I was thinking positive that she just had a bad first day and everything was going to be fine. It was a beautiful day yesterday, so I told her to play outside with the kids. I turned off the TV and left. I ran a few quick errands and was back in a hour in a half. I was planning to get a lot of stuff done at home. I get home and the garage door is wide open, the toys are all over the garage. What the hell!?!?! Strike three. I walk inside and she has the TV on and Simone is sitting on the couch by herself, Joseph is no where to be found and the girl is sitting at the kitchen table chatting away on her phone. WHAT THE HELL?!?!? Stirke four, five, six!!! I was livid. I went back out to get the groceries, while steam was shooting out of my ears. I came in and she was still on the phone, but sitting next to Simone on the couch. She finally got off the phone and said she thought Joseph was using the bathroom. She had no clue. I told her to turn off the TV go downstairs and play with the kids. I didn't want the TV on at all. She tried to make excuses that they played outside for a while. Whatever. Let's just say in the 30 more minutes that she stayed more shit happened and I was so stressed and pissed. I had her leave, I made arrangements for Simone to go to school five days a week and made sure I had a replacement sitter for a night Dave and I already had planned the end of August. Then today I fired her ass.
I am trying to reduce stress in my life and I feel I made one step in the right direction. I am never going to have someone I don't trust watch my kids. They are way too precious for me to let any idiot take care of them.
Well, I had a first today. I fired a babysitter. Since our wonderful babysitter left in May we have been searching for a replacement. We interviewed four and we have had three babysit to try them out. The kids really liked one of them, but she is only free on the weekends mostly. I was really looking for someone that could babysit on Thursday mornings because once a month I have a board meeting for Woman's Place and Simone was only going to go to school three days a week starting in September. I had this new babysitter twice and I just fired her today. I feel so old saying this, but what is wrong with sitters nowadays? This one totally sucked. She was totally clueless. When I interviewed her she said that she babysat three to four kids at a time and she babysat for a family all through high school and was still in contact with them (I probably should have called them to see if she was telling the truth). Anyway, she said that she didn't like little babies but she was okay with kids that could walk. I figured that was a good sign that she was honest and Simone is actually very easy.
The first day I had her babysit she only had Simone. While I was showing her around and telling her where things were in the kitchen I looked up and noticed she was texting on her phone. What the hell?!?! Strike one. Then she acted like she was listening and everything was fine. I get home after two hours and she says that she changed Simone's diaper, but she put her in a pull-up because she had no idea how to change a diaper. Again, what the hell?!?! Strike two. She asked if I would show her how to do it next time. I was not happy after the first day, but I figured I would give her one more chance.
Yesterday she babysat for both Simone and Joseph. I showed her how to change the diaper. She didn't get on her phone at all and was actually playing with the kids as soon as she got there. I was thinking positive that she just had a bad first day and everything was going to be fine. It was a beautiful day yesterday, so I told her to play outside with the kids. I turned off the TV and left. I ran a few quick errands and was back in a hour in a half. I was planning to get a lot of stuff done at home. I get home and the garage door is wide open, the toys are all over the garage. What the hell!?!?! Strike three. I walk inside and she has the TV on and Simone is sitting on the couch by herself, Joseph is no where to be found and the girl is sitting at the kitchen table chatting away on her phone. WHAT THE HELL?!?!? Stirke four, five, six!!! I was livid. I went back out to get the groceries, while steam was shooting out of my ears. I came in and she was still on the phone, but sitting next to Simone on the couch. She finally got off the phone and said she thought Joseph was using the bathroom. She had no clue. I told her to turn off the TV go downstairs and play with the kids. I didn't want the TV on at all. She tried to make excuses that they played outside for a while. Whatever. Let's just say in the 30 more minutes that she stayed more shit happened and I was so stressed and pissed. I had her leave, I made arrangements for Simone to go to school five days a week and made sure I had a replacement sitter for a night Dave and I already had planned the end of August. Then today I fired her ass.
I am trying to reduce stress in my life and I feel I made one step in the right direction. I am never going to have someone I don't trust watch my kids. They are way too precious for me to let any idiot take care of them.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
No documentation
I have been thinking about my lack of posting and how I have missed out on documenting Simone's first few years and things that the boys are doing too. I remember posting every little thing about Samuel and I think I continued for a while with Joseph, but then Simone came and I feel like life just got super busy.
There are a few things I wanted to write down before I forgot. Simone is completely crazy about going pee in the potty. She is only 20 months old, but she wants to pee and poop in the potty. She isn't quite ready to put on undies all the time. I have tried because she is now throwing huge fits about putting diapers on. She will pee in the potty every morning and anytime one of the boys goes, so does she. I tried for a while asking her every 30 minutes to go pee, but she gets really annoyed and won't go. Today I bought her some pull-ups, which of course were Dora since once she saw those I couldn't get anything else. She is wearing them now. We will just keep practicing. Hopefully by the end of the summer she will be more consistent. It is amazing how much interest she has, kind of like Samuel. Samuel just decided he wanted to start using the big potty and never went back. Joseph on the other hand, just started to wear underwear full time and only because they require it at his summer camp. I think his fear and issues with pooping caused him to have anxiety when he wasn't wearing his pull-ups. We are still working on him pooping in the potty all the time.
Besides peeing and pooping, we have had issues with our house. We finished our basement 9 months ago and last Monday we had a huge rainstorm and our entire basement flooded. 2-3 inches of water everywhere. The restoration people finally pulled all the fans yesterday. They saved the carpet, but the pad had to be pulled. I went down there today and I feel like the basement stinks. We have to get a new pad, have the carpet cleaned, fix all the drywall that got ruined and put up the baseboards, which also got ruined. It is a freaking disaster. Not too much stuff got destroyed because we didn't have a ton of stuff on the floor other then all the kids toys. Most of the toys were okay, but all the books and puzzles had to be thrown out. Admittedly most of it needed to go anyway, but it was just so much shit to clean up. It was awful. I am still exhausted from all the issues and still stressed about the clean up.
My first few weeks of the kids being in camp have been focused on cleaning up all the stuff in the basement and sticking around while workers come in and out of the house. The boys love their camps, which is a relief. Joseph is just in half day and Samuel goes all day.
I am trying get into the flow of summer and now June is already almost over. Hopefully July will be a better month!
There are a few things I wanted to write down before I forgot. Simone is completely crazy about going pee in the potty. She is only 20 months old, but she wants to pee and poop in the potty. She isn't quite ready to put on undies all the time. I have tried because she is now throwing huge fits about putting diapers on. She will pee in the potty every morning and anytime one of the boys goes, so does she. I tried for a while asking her every 30 minutes to go pee, but she gets really annoyed and won't go. Today I bought her some pull-ups, which of course were Dora since once she saw those I couldn't get anything else. She is wearing them now. We will just keep practicing. Hopefully by the end of the summer she will be more consistent. It is amazing how much interest she has, kind of like Samuel. Samuel just decided he wanted to start using the big potty and never went back. Joseph on the other hand, just started to wear underwear full time and only because they require it at his summer camp. I think his fear and issues with pooping caused him to have anxiety when he wasn't wearing his pull-ups. We are still working on him pooping in the potty all the time.
Besides peeing and pooping, we have had issues with our house. We finished our basement 9 months ago and last Monday we had a huge rainstorm and our entire basement flooded. 2-3 inches of water everywhere. The restoration people finally pulled all the fans yesterday. They saved the carpet, but the pad had to be pulled. I went down there today and I feel like the basement stinks. We have to get a new pad, have the carpet cleaned, fix all the drywall that got ruined and put up the baseboards, which also got ruined. It is a freaking disaster. Not too much stuff got destroyed because we didn't have a ton of stuff on the floor other then all the kids toys. Most of the toys were okay, but all the books and puzzles had to be thrown out. Admittedly most of it needed to go anyway, but it was just so much shit to clean up. It was awful. I am still exhausted from all the issues and still stressed about the clean up.
My first few weeks of the kids being in camp have been focused on cleaning up all the stuff in the basement and sticking around while workers come in and out of the house. The boys love their camps, which is a relief. Joseph is just in half day and Samuel goes all day.
I am trying get into the flow of summer and now June is already almost over. Hopefully July will be a better month!
Friday, May 31, 2013
Summer Summer Summertime
Where the heck did the month of May go? Shit. I blinked my eyes and it was gone. I can't believe that school is out for the summer (thinking of the movie Dazed and Confused). Yesterday was the last day of preschool for Joseph and last day forever for Samuel. My big boy will be started Kindergarten in the fall. Where in the world did five years go? I hear this saying all the time about parenting, "The days are long and the years are short." So absolutely true. However, I have to say the days are flying by as well. We all have bad days, but lately life with kids has been a little bit easier. Other then breaking up wrestling matches, choke holds and some screaming fights between the kids life is pretty good.
I have a goal of writing at least three times a week on the blog because I need an outlet for my frustrates with life. Sometimes just writing about it releases the stress. I just need to find a few minutes to myself to sit down and write. Along with doing five hundred million of things.
I am on a mission this summer to get in much better shape. I had a few personal training sessions at our gym and it felt so good. I told the trainer that I have no excuses anymore, since I am done with having kids. I told him that I needed some serious help in the buttock area and I want it lifted and never to come back down again. He laughed at first, but then he realized I was dead serious, so then he proceeded to kick my ass in the workouts. My plan is to do weights two to three times a week and work in my cardio. I still have the goal of doing my first sprint triathlon this summer.
Dave and I bought bikes last weekend. I haven't had a bike since I was in middle school. I am so excited to start riding again. It will be great for Dave and I to be able to go on some long bike rides and get some exercise in together. He can't really run anymore due to a knee injury, but we can bike. Hopefully my bike will come in next week. We had to order an extra small frame. I knew I was short, but I didn't realize that my legs were that short. Hopefully when the bike gets in, we can get it all decked out with everything I need for a long ride and get to it.
I am so ready for the weekend.
I have a goal of writing at least three times a week on the blog because I need an outlet for my frustrates with life. Sometimes just writing about it releases the stress. I just need to find a few minutes to myself to sit down and write. Along with doing five hundred million of things.
I am on a mission this summer to get in much better shape. I had a few personal training sessions at our gym and it felt so good. I told the trainer that I have no excuses anymore, since I am done with having kids. I told him that I needed some serious help in the buttock area and I want it lifted and never to come back down again. He laughed at first, but then he realized I was dead serious, so then he proceeded to kick my ass in the workouts. My plan is to do weights two to three times a week and work in my cardio. I still have the goal of doing my first sprint triathlon this summer.
Dave and I bought bikes last weekend. I haven't had a bike since I was in middle school. I am so excited to start riding again. It will be great for Dave and I to be able to go on some long bike rides and get some exercise in together. He can't really run anymore due to a knee injury, but we can bike. Hopefully my bike will come in next week. We had to order an extra small frame. I knew I was short, but I didn't realize that my legs were that short. Hopefully when the bike gets in, we can get it all decked out with everything I need for a long ride and get to it.
I am so ready for the weekend.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Where are you nice weather?
I am so ready for it to be consistently nice outside. All this rain and cold is making me depressed. I think the entire family is ready for more outdoor play.
I haven't posted since running my half-marathon the first weekend of April (can you believe it is already the end of April! This month has flown by.) Anyway, my goal was to finish in 2 hours 15 minutes. I wasn't sure if I could do it, but I killed it. I ran it in 2 hours 11 minutes. While training for this half I consistently said that this was my last one and I was going to move on to something else list triathlons. I am still planning on doing that, but I think I am going to run at least one more half. I would love to get closer to 2 hours and if I am lucky enough to get under 2 I would be so excited. The St. Louis Go! Half Marathon is a very difficult course. It has a ton of hills and then the last two miles are almost completely uphill. It is a killer. I heard that the St. Louis Rock-n-Roll half in October is a really good course and a lot more fun. I think I am going to try it. We will see.
I have been more motivated to run then ever due to the tragic and terrible events at the Boston Marathon. I was sickened at the fact that spectators were killed and injured. It freaked me out because I had just ran the race the weekend before. Dave was planning to meet me at the finish line with all the kids and I he ended up not being able to come, but I was thinking of all the other family members that were waiting for their loved ones to cross the line or just enjoying and cheering on runners. It made me sick.
This past Saturday the entire family met at Forest Park for a St. Louis Unity Run 4 Boston. It was a three mile run and the kids were great. Simone sat in the stroller the whole time although she really wanted to get out. Samuel ran close to 2 and a half miles and I think Joseph ran about half of a mile. It was nice to see so many people come together. We had a great time and the kids really enjoyed be out and exercising. Samuel is become really excited about running. He wants to go on runs with me all the time. Maybe he will turn out to be my running partner!
We are going to be starting our garden again. We can't wait to grow our own food. It was so much fun to pick green beans, lettuce, beets and carrots last year. Can't wait to expand.
Time to go pick the boys up for school. My free mornings just fly by. It is unbelievable.
I haven't posted since running my half-marathon the first weekend of April (can you believe it is already the end of April! This month has flown by.) Anyway, my goal was to finish in 2 hours 15 minutes. I wasn't sure if I could do it, but I killed it. I ran it in 2 hours 11 minutes. While training for this half I consistently said that this was my last one and I was going to move on to something else list triathlons. I am still planning on doing that, but I think I am going to run at least one more half. I would love to get closer to 2 hours and if I am lucky enough to get under 2 I would be so excited. The St. Louis Go! Half Marathon is a very difficult course. It has a ton of hills and then the last two miles are almost completely uphill. It is a killer. I heard that the St. Louis Rock-n-Roll half in October is a really good course and a lot more fun. I think I am going to try it. We will see.
I have been more motivated to run then ever due to the tragic and terrible events at the Boston Marathon. I was sickened at the fact that spectators were killed and injured. It freaked me out because I had just ran the race the weekend before. Dave was planning to meet me at the finish line with all the kids and I he ended up not being able to come, but I was thinking of all the other family members that were waiting for their loved ones to cross the line or just enjoying and cheering on runners. It made me sick.
This past Saturday the entire family met at Forest Park for a St. Louis Unity Run 4 Boston. It was a three mile run and the kids were great. Simone sat in the stroller the whole time although she really wanted to get out. Samuel ran close to 2 and a half miles and I think Joseph ran about half of a mile. It was nice to see so many people come together. We had a great time and the kids really enjoyed be out and exercising. Samuel is become really excited about running. He wants to go on runs with me all the time. Maybe he will turn out to be my running partner!
We are going to be starting our garden again. We can't wait to grow our own food. It was so much fun to pick green beans, lettuce, beets and carrots last year. Can't wait to expand.
Time to go pick the boys up for school. My free mornings just fly by. It is unbelievable.
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