Mommy’s First 5K

Girls with Grandma waiting for mommy to finish.  I was apparently 2 minutes away : )

It rained and stopped and rained and stopped.  And just after the Elite (timed) 5K began the rain was back.  So my non-compete 5K was an awesome rainy 34 minutes : )

This was the very last of the run, I am on the left in black pants just behind the runner in the yellow jacket (Jen- my friend and mom of twins)  When I saw this pic it totally reminded me of a certain movie where a guy started running and didn’t stop.  I remember a scene where he was in a red hat and yellow rain coat : )

Waving to my fabulous, adoring fans just before I cross the finish line : )  I had a goal to complete the 5K in 42 minutes because it was what I was expecting from my treadmill experience.  Running outside is so different,… I finished in 34 minutes!!

April Stuff

This is from 4/4/2010-It was about 10:30pm when I went to check on the girls before I went to bed.  I have no idea why they were piled up on the floor with pillows and blankets but they were sound asleep.  I couldn’t stand it : ) I had to pick them up and put them back in bed.

This little girl loves riding the lawnmower.  Shawn said she talked and talked and talked the whole time.

 

Casey has no desire to have anything to do with the lawnmower.  I am pretty sure it is the noise that gets to her.  The week before, I was riding the mower and Lundyn went with me for a few minutes.  Shawn asked if Casey wanted to go and her response was “I don’t want to ride the lawnmower”

We asked her this time too and got the same response.  So we just played with the camera for a while : )

Easter Sunday

Yes Easter was like 3 weeks ago, but Oh well.  Here is an update for April : )  We went to lunch after church and the girls spent a few minutes checking out the lobsters.  We got our food and the girls ate pretty well.

Lundyn had some cheese : )

 

 

The End,.. of this post : )

Playing in the dirt

Yesterday the girls took a trip with daddy to grandma’s house, while mommy stayed home and accomplished nothing that was on my list of things to do : )  Apparently they planted flowers, and got dirt in their hair and had a great time!!

March outside

The girls received tricycles for their birthday,..three months ago and once in a while we get to ride them.  Finally left them in the garage instead of the dining room.  Seems that I trip over them less if they are in the garage.  This picture I may have posted already, but I love it.  Casey just goofing around on her tricycle. (spell check did not recognize monkeying around)

We are loving the pretend play that has come around.  It is so cute to see Lundyn giving her baby a drink : )

And on this day for some reason the girls did not take a nap in the early afternoon like normal.  So at 4:45pm they were in our room watching Backyardigans and Lundyn crashed for about 45 minutes.

I took these pictures today when we got home from MDO.  Casey pulled the wagon out of the garage and got in.  Lundyn wanted to pull and Casey is telling her yelling at her that mommy is supposed to pull the wagon : )

So I pulled the girls up and down the driveway and up and down the sidewalk.  They were not ready to give up the wagon so they each took a turn pulling,.. with mommy helping a little.  Casey did really well keeping the wagon on the sidewalk.

Lundyn took her turn pulling Casey but I think she really wanted to ride : )

First Trip to the Dentist

Tuesday morning I started talking to the girls about going to the dentist that afternoon.  We did a song about it and just said that he is going to count their teeth.  I kept talking about it all day and asking what we were going to do at the dentist.   Both girls said “count my teeth”.   I even said the Dr’s name so they would know who he is when we got there.  I had heard fabulous reports about this dentist, Dr. C.  He is a pediatric dentist and sees children after they have turned 2.   He makes sure he is free to chat with new patients and parents to make it as welcoming and comfortable as possible.  We had to wait a little while because they had an emergency right before we got there, but it was worth the wait.  Our little Rockstars did AWESOME for their first visit. 

The hygienist is showing L the suction tube and told her to kiss it just to see how it feels.  She looks a little nervous but that soon passed.

C was ok with the sunglasses we brought, but that was short lived.

Just listening to the hygienist,..

 

 

 

 

 

LOOK!! There are tv’s on the ceiling!! What a great idea.  Tom & Jerry cartoons were on : )

This little girl makes me daddy and I so proud!  Her teeth were checked, and cleaned and polished,..

and she did the water and suction without even a flinch.  No crying at all!!  It was almost as if she liked it : )

This little girl let her nerves get the best of her, I think.  She didn’t want to wear her own sunglasses.  She didn’t want to wear the sunglasses from the dentist.  She just was not interested in what was going on.

After a couple of teeth were polished she was done.  Daddy held her hand but she didn’t want to be there.  After a brief break, she wanted to be on the yellow table,… 3 or 4 tables down. Somehow we convinced her to come back to the red table and try again.  Still, she did great and we are so proud of her for what she did.  We all know the dentist is not our favorite place to go.  And the staff kept saying they wanted to keep the girls all day because they did so great!!

The hygienists were finished and Dr. C did the exam.  Again, L didn’t mind a bit.  No big deal.

After this pic, C laid down on the table and Dr. C was able to look at her teeth.  They both got a clear bouncy ball about the size of a large jawbreaker.  It is clear and has stars inside.  AND they both got stickers- a couple of lions, a panda and a dalmation : )  And daddy went back to work for a couple of hours : ) 

Amazing March

This was on March 1.  I am trying to play catch up with the blogging since I have not been so diligent lately.

An amazing little helper.  I had the empty basket in the living room and was on my way to the girls’ room to collect sheets to be washed.  I turned around and the basket was gone.  Hmm?? Where could it be? Casey had taken it to the hall and started putting their sheets in it : )  Then she pushed it all the way down the hall to the laundry room.  Lundyn joined along the way,.. for a minute.

 

And on March 3, we took the girls to Build A Bear!!!  I can just see the wheels turning in their minds.  “WOW!! What do we do?”

It took a few minutes to pick out which animal they wanted. 

And finally Casey chose the Bunny : )  aka “Bunny”

And Lundyn chose the frog.  Currently known as “Froggie”

Then we were off to get stuffed.  Lundyn stepped on the pedal to make the machine fill Froggie with stuffing, good thing there is a “turn off” switch for the employee to flip.  : )  Casey was not as interested in pushing the pedal.  Funny because she is normally the more outgoing of the two.  Then we give the animal a heart, but not before kissing the heart, and rubbing it on the head to make Bunny and Froggie smart.  And on the feet to help them run fast and jump high : )

Bunny and Froggie had to get a bath before we pick out clothes,..

Casey picked a cute white shirt with pink trim and Lundyn picked a pretty purple shirt with silver decorations.  Absolutely adorable and so much fun to be able to do this with our children.  Next, we were off to find something to eat!!  OOH and for my mom, we went to Olive Garden and Lundyn picked up the purple onion on the salad and ate it!! More than once.  I do have pictures,.. and I was almost horrified : )  Must get it from daddy because we all know how mommy “loves” onions LOL

Another successful attempt at drinking from a regular cup!!!

It’s a learning process : )

Our next big adventure will be First visit to the dentist this week.