10K

This past Saturday we ran a 10K with my nephew Connor. (We kind of roped him into it.) He's a 15 year old Sophomore in High School, he spent a Friday night in and woke up super early on Saturday morning, to run 6.2 miles with his Aunt and Uncle. Sounds like fun right?! He didn't train, because when you're a 15 year old football/lacrosse player, 6+ miles is a joke to you. Let me tell you he ROCKED it! He finished the race in 56 minutes and only stopped to walk for about 30 seconds because he had a cramp.

I finished in 58 minutes and I've been running for 9 months! Not bad considering I've got 20 years on the kid!

Poked Eye

My sisters, brother and I laugh sometimes as we reminise about the things our parents told us to do when we were little. Like when we'd poke ourself in the eye, our Mom would ask if we wanted a wet paper towel to put on it. Now I'm fairly certain that a wet paper towel has no medical function for a poked eye but it definitly made it feel better. Now as a mother I too offer a wet paper towel when my kids poke themselves in the eye.

Yesterday, Clare poked herself in the eye while we were in the car. As she's freaking out Aidan's telling her, "Clare you have to keep blinking your eyes." He's then demonstrating how to blink your eyes. I guess it worked because by the time we got home she didn't need a wet paper towel after all. Perhaps an alternative method to the wet paper towel is born?!

Valentine's Day

This year for Valentine's Day I decided to make chocolate covered strawberries for my 3 favorite valentines. The kids and I baked heart shaped cookies for their friends at school and Sean surprised me with a brand new pair of running shorts! (Possibly to help me work off all those chocolate covered strawberries.)

When we got home from school/work it was still light out so we got out the bikes and scooters in the driveway and had some races. We laughed so hard and I totally won!

A simple request

The other day Aidan and Sean were in the car and saw a bright orange Lamborghini. So Sean explained what kind of car it was and that it was really, really fast!

Aidan then says to Sean, "Hey Dad, when I get bigger, I'm gonna drive a race car and when I win the race can you share your popcorn with me?"

Maybe just a little

Anal retentive that is.

I'm not an overly organized person in any area of my life. In fact most of the time I struggle to be just a little organized. I try very hard to keep things in their perspective places. You know, ipod charger in the same spot, all the pens together in the junk drawer, the tupperware stacked neatly. I'm pretty good about 55% of the time, the other 45% I let stuff go, a little too long sometimes.

There are 2 things I am organized/anal about: making the beds and putting my groceries on the belt. Every morning, no matter how late I am running, I make sure all 3 beds are made before I leave the house. In my mind, it doesn't matter what the state of the room is like as long as the bed is neatly made. At the grocery store I make sure all the like items are together on the belt before they are rung up. It makes me feel like there is some order in my life. It somehow softens the blow that I receive when the check out person gives me the grand total of my usually gigantic grocery bill.

5 and Fabulous

On Monday, January 31st Aidan turned 5! He had a Laser Tag birthday party on Saturday at the center with all his friends. Nana and Papa from NY came down to visit and celebrate with us. It was tons of fun.

Yesterday we got his teeth fixed finally! He's got 7 stainless steel crowns on his molars... Super Hero Teeth! They do look pretty cool I have to say. I was totally stressed about how he would do but he was great! All's well that ends well!