Without Me…

So I always wonder what my kids do with Will during piano lessons.  I just found out.  I think they handle just fine without me.

Interactive Spa, maybe?

I enjoyed?!…my first interactive spa experience.  Where else can I go running, slather myself in mud and fill my shoes full of sand for an extensive exfoliation of my toes and feet?  In reality, by the end, I felt like my whole body had been exfoliated.  Oh and did I mention the organic compounds in the lake we swam through?  I’m sure that alone nourished my skin and did wonders.  Truly, I feel rejuvenated.

Poor Will about had a coronary with the thought of me actually running a 10K.  But hey, 4 months pregnant and I ran almost the whole way.  I did force myself to walk a few times since I wasn’t actually sure what my body could handle.  I consider it a success still.  My time was 5 minutes faster than last year and the mud…well, it was mud!

If you hadn’t gathered, I got to do my 2nd Mud Run this year on Camp Pendleton.  We had sooooo much fun…but I’m sure you can deduce that from all the pictures.  Don’t mind the hair, mine wasn’t haven’t a good day.  I swear it is me though…far left.  A little background on those who haven’t done it before, we opted to race with the teams this year.

We did a couple of hills, jumped some walls, crawled through the mud, ran through some rivers, wiggled through some pipes and swam through a lake.  After baby #3, I’m hoping to make next year my 3rd.

We actually had 3 teams of 5 all dressed as Wonder Woman.  It was pretty awesome.  Thanks to all the lovely Wonder Women who kept me company before, during and afterwards.  The company was truly wonderful!

Oh What Do We Do in the Summer Time, When All the Leaves are Green?

I quite enjoy sitting on my back porch, curled up under the arbors.  The sweet smell of those pink roses and the soft gurgling of water from the fountain are so soothing.  Looking around at the abundance of greenery, I felt a leaf project coming on for the kids.

We had so much fun today collecting leaf clippings…Hudson being the official cutter, while Annie bobbed along behind him catching his specimens in a little green bowl.  We have quite a plethora.  I think they got at least 30 different types of leaves.  It’s really a shame the magnifying glass broke, but the kids were still very tender with the leaves moving them around and sorting them with tweezers.  The project culminated with cute, little waterfall books full of leaf rubbings.

Maybe I need a bigger ball…or NOT!

Hudson is officially done with school!  This is my first experience with summer vacation as a parent.  Before this it was always summer vacation.  I’m making it official by blogging about it hoping that shame or public humiliation will keep me on track.  I’m setting up a schedule for the kids to keep them occupado this summer.  I’m hoping for some learning…maybe a sprinkle of reading, writing, math and science as well as a healthy dose of fun.  Once upon a time I was VERY good and efficient.  Not only was I able to stay on the ball, but there would be occasional parlor tricks and antics just to prove to myself I wasn’t getting boring.  Most days now find me bumping my way down the hill, with the ball squishing me flat over me over and over and over again.  Can you picture it?  I’m quite the dirty sight covered in mud with little, leafed twigs in my hair.  My goal this summer is to gather no moss and attempt to get back on the ball.  Here is to a mossless summer.  Yes, I considered a bigger ball, but then decided getting run over with it would just hurt more.

The “Mucc”

While I was busy in Denver celebrating my brother, Will couldn’t imagine California without me so he packed up the kids and headed to Winnemucca.  Okay so maybe the first part isn’t completely true, but the part about Wimmemucca is.  Packing the children for an 11 hour drive, will wound his way through the hills and sands of Nevada to his parents house.

With so much fun to be had with cousins, Nana and Papa, the kids did not want to come home when the weekend was over.  I appreciate the patience and kindness Nana and Papa always have for my less than perfect children.  I am so thankful that they got to be with them and Will while I was gone.

For those you wondering, he is playing with a periscope…incorrectly.