Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Kids say the darndest things
My kids are in a phase where they say the cutest things and I keep meaning to write everything down before I forget. Let's start with my boy child.
Daddy: Lucas, can you run downstairs and see what Mummy is doing?
Lucas: She isn't MY wife, she is YOUR wife!
Then there is the love theme:
Lucas to me: Mummy, I love you so much that my head sometimes flies off and bursts into fireworks!
My heart is so happy and loves you so much that it wants to cry.
I know he is just trying so hard to put the emotion of love into words and I personally think he does a beautiful job of it!
We have been talking about the whole "your body=nobody touches" thing for quite some time. Well one day as he was getting dressed we had a conversation:
Lucas: Mum, this is my body and nobody can touch it but me.
Me: That's right!
Lucas: well, I guess it is kind of your body too because you made it.
Now, onto the girl child. Since her speaking is not quite as eloquent as Lucas' yet, the cute things she says are more like little quirky things.
The newest one is that she tags "get it?" on to random sentences like it's a joke and then she repeats the main theme of the sentence. It is quite hilarious!
Ellie: I wore my sandals today Daddy! Get it? SANDALS!"
Everything is "very so" in Ellie's world. She always says things like "That was very so fun!" or "This cookie is very so delicious!"
She likes to separate the family into teams and her funniest one is that Lucas and I are on the "white" team and she and Daddy are on the "brown" team. She is obviously doing this by skin color which leads to some pretty hilarious discussion that sounds so horribly racist that I have to cringe! The kids will battle back and forth about how white is better, and how brown people are smarter etc. I think it's time to switch the teams to red and blue or something.......
Ellie definitely loves being a girl. She is a girly girl of the highest order. I have tried to impress on Lucas that he is always to be especially good to girls because they are special. Ellie overhears me and loves to exploit this at every chance:
Mummy, you better be nice to me because girls are very so special!
Daddy: Lucas, can you run downstairs and see what Mummy is doing?
Lucas: She isn't MY wife, she is YOUR wife!
Then there is the love theme:
Lucas to me: Mummy, I love you so much that my head sometimes flies off and bursts into fireworks!
My heart is so happy and loves you so much that it wants to cry.
I know he is just trying so hard to put the emotion of love into words and I personally think he does a beautiful job of it!
We have been talking about the whole "your body=nobody touches" thing for quite some time. Well one day as he was getting dressed we had a conversation:
Lucas: Mum, this is my body and nobody can touch it but me.
Me: That's right!
Lucas: well, I guess it is kind of your body too because you made it.
Now, onto the girl child. Since her speaking is not quite as eloquent as Lucas' yet, the cute things she says are more like little quirky things.
The newest one is that she tags "get it?" on to random sentences like it's a joke and then she repeats the main theme of the sentence. It is quite hilarious!
Ellie: I wore my sandals today Daddy! Get it? SANDALS!"
Everything is "very so" in Ellie's world. She always says things like "That was very so fun!" or "This cookie is very so delicious!"
She likes to separate the family into teams and her funniest one is that Lucas and I are on the "white" team and she and Daddy are on the "brown" team. She is obviously doing this by skin color which leads to some pretty hilarious discussion that sounds so horribly racist that I have to cringe! The kids will battle back and forth about how white is better, and how brown people are smarter etc. I think it's time to switch the teams to red and blue or something.......
Ellie definitely loves being a girl. She is a girly girl of the highest order. I have tried to impress on Lucas that he is always to be especially good to girls because they are special. Ellie overhears me and loves to exploit this at every chance:
Mummy, you better be nice to me because girls are very so special!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Long Weekend
We had plans to go somewhere this long weekend but everything just got put on the backburner and we decided to stay close to home and enjoy a little calmer pace. We went to Snoqualmie Falls yesterday and did the hike to the bottom of the falls with the kids. It was beautiful!
Running.....well, I made it 6 miles yesterday. The only bad news is that my hip flexors were really, REALLY sore afterwards and still this morning. I had problems with them in college too and had physical therapy which did not really help much. So I just had to stop running then and that is what worries me a little. I have done a lot of reading this morning already and it seems like this is not an injury to mess with. I don't think I am necessarily "injured" right now but I do think I am on my way.
I will probably ease back on the running this week and swim instead (gotta dust off the old swim suit and goggles!). I am going to ice as well. I just hope this is temporary or something that can be managed.
Running.....well, I made it 6 miles yesterday. The only bad news is that my hip flexors were really, REALLY sore afterwards and still this morning. I had problems with them in college too and had physical therapy which did not really help much. So I just had to stop running then and that is what worries me a little. I have done a lot of reading this morning already and it seems like this is not an injury to mess with. I don't think I am necessarily "injured" right now but I do think I am on my way.
I will probably ease back on the running this week and swim instead (gotta dust off the old swim suit and goggles!). I am going to ice as well. I just hope this is temporary or something that can be managed.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Men: Can't live with them, can't kill them legally.
Conversation with husband today on the phone.
6pm
Me: Hello?
Him: Hi
Me: Hi.
Him: I have tried calling you like 20 times today.
Me: On my cell?
Him: No, at home.
Me: Did you try my cell?
Him: No.
Me: Well why not?
Him: Because I was calling you at home.
Me: Well, I wasn't home.
Him: Oh
Me: When I am not home, you try my cell. That is what cell phones are for.
Silence
Him: Why don't you answer the phone?
Me: Because I wasn't here. ??????
Feel my pain!
6pm
Me: Hello?
Him: Hi
Me: Hi.
Him: I have tried calling you like 20 times today.
Me: On my cell?
Him: No, at home.
Me: Did you try my cell?
Him: No.
Me: Well why not?
Him: Because I was calling you at home.
Me: Well, I wasn't home.
Him: Oh
Me: When I am not home, you try my cell. That is what cell phones are for.
Silence
Him: Why don't you answer the phone?
Me: Because I wasn't here. ??????
Feel my pain!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
My New Babies
Here is my little buddy that I received on Mother's Day:
It does everything for me while I run, except run :) I am enjoying it since it using GPS to measure my exact distance that I have run. It also measures my pace per mile, my speed in mph, my time, my calories, the grade of my run, and all sorts of other stuff. It even has a running partner that I can race against.
My other babies are my new shoes:
The buying of these shoes was interesting. They gave me some test shoes and watched me run. She asked me about aches and pains or any injuries I may have. Then she brought out 3 pairs of shoes for me to try. There was no selecting of colors or looking at shoes. They basically picked for me!
These ones felt the most comfortable so I went with them. I ran in them today and felt like I had springs on my feet!
It does everything for me while I run, except run :) I am enjoying it since it using GPS to measure my exact distance that I have run. It also measures my pace per mile, my speed in mph, my time, my calories, the grade of my run, and all sorts of other stuff. It even has a running partner that I can race against.
My other babies are my new shoes:
The buying of these shoes was interesting. They gave me some test shoes and watched me run. She asked me about aches and pains or any injuries I may have. Then she brought out 3 pairs of shoes for me to try. There was no selecting of colors or looking at shoes. They basically picked for me!
These ones felt the most comfortable so I went with them. I ran in them today and felt like I had springs on my feet!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Pictures!
The final photo class was on Saturday and it was definitely well worth it to take the class. I have improved and actually enjoy shooting in manual now! It forces you to be a lot more creative with your picture taking and challenges you to use your skill rather than just pointing and shooting.
There are still times when I use auto. For example, this shot:
One of things we learned as being the MOST important thing in photography is to get the shot. If it is a moment that you NEED to capture, put it on auto on shoot. Capturing the moment is a lot more important than how it looks. I didn't want to mess with settings while El was getting her ears pierced as I may have missed the moment.
My pictures for the last class were pretty good. I wasn't very confident going in but it turned out ok. We had to blow up 3 pictures to 8x10 size to display on the wall. A little mini exhibition. I chose these three:
He liked them all. He told me that the tart shot could be in Bon Appetit magazine :) And the one of little Shane (my friend Jessica's little boy) needs to go in my "portfolio". I better get on that!
Here's a couple of extra shots:
And one last one of Lucas' hip hop class:
There are still times when I use auto. For example, this shot:
One of things we learned as being the MOST important thing in photography is to get the shot. If it is a moment that you NEED to capture, put it on auto on shoot. Capturing the moment is a lot more important than how it looks. I didn't want to mess with settings while El was getting her ears pierced as I may have missed the moment.
My pictures for the last class were pretty good. I wasn't very confident going in but it turned out ok. We had to blow up 3 pictures to 8x10 size to display on the wall. A little mini exhibition. I chose these three:
He liked them all. He told me that the tart shot could be in Bon Appetit magazine :) And the one of little Shane (my friend Jessica's little boy) needs to go in my "portfolio". I better get on that!
Here's a couple of extra shots:
And one last one of Lucas' hip hop class:
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Run Report
Happy Mother's Day to all of the mums that read this blog! I may not know some of you but the ones I do know are all wonderful and deserve a special day every day.
For Mother's Day, I treated myself to a 5 mile run, the longest run I have ever done. I made it in 39 mins and 20 seconds. The great part about it was that during the run, it became clear to me that I WILL survive the 11 k (6.8 miles) race that I have at the end of June. Yay!
It got me thinking back to my first day of the Couch to 5K program that I did. Doing the 60 seconds of running intervals just about put me in my grave. And here I am today running for almost 40 mins straight! In 4 short months.
I am always on the lookout for great songs to run to. I know some of you run or workout so I am going to share my favorites with you:
1) Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings: This one is one of those catchy and quirky girly songs but the tune is so cute and fun. It's the song that is on the Apple Ipod commercials right now.
2) Eye of the Tiger by Survivor: This one is self explanatory. I put this one near the middle of my run because it gives me a great boost.
3) Feelin' So Good by Jennifer Lopez: The lyrics to this one are great to exercise to and it's a fun and upbeat song.
Those are my top 3 :)
For Mother's Day, I treated myself to a 5 mile run, the longest run I have ever done. I made it in 39 mins and 20 seconds. The great part about it was that during the run, it became clear to me that I WILL survive the 11 k (6.8 miles) race that I have at the end of June. Yay!
It got me thinking back to my first day of the Couch to 5K program that I did. Doing the 60 seconds of running intervals just about put me in my grave. And here I am today running for almost 40 mins straight! In 4 short months.
I am always on the lookout for great songs to run to. I know some of you run or workout so I am going to share my favorites with you:
1) Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings: This one is one of those catchy and quirky girly songs but the tune is so cute and fun. It's the song that is on the Apple Ipod commercials right now.
2) Eye of the Tiger by Survivor: This one is self explanatory. I put this one near the middle of my run because it gives me a great boost.
3) Feelin' So Good by Jennifer Lopez: The lyrics to this one are great to exercise to and it's a fun and upbeat song.
Those are my top 3 :)
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