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| Where are my chocolates? |
I have a ridiculous collection of bibs, including one for every holiday. It's the perk of having babies who drool a lot. You can't have your baby wear a bib that clashes with their outfit, right?
The weather here has been really mercurial. Yesterday was sunny and 60 so we went to the park after we picked up Faith from school.
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| Spin me faster! |
Faith loves for me to spin her on the tire swing, but probably not as much as I love seeing her stumble around all dizzy when she's done. If it's wrong to enjoy the stumblings of a drunken toddler, I don't want to be right.
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| Give me a "L"! |
Wouldn't it be nice to be as flexible as a toddler? I'd probably go back to yoga classes if I could be that bendy.
Cordelia normally sleeps the whole time when we're at the park, but not yesterday. At least she had her thumb to console herself?
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| Why don't I get to go on the swings?? |
Yesterday was a rest day from running, which was bad timing since it was beautiful outside and today was freezing and rainy. Faith was at school and I wanted to run during Cordelia's nap time and I figured I'd be lucky to get 5 miles (if I hurried) since she's been taking short naps in the morning. I hurried through 5 miles and the monitor was still quiet so I decided to go for 6...and then 7...and the monitor was still quiet. I got to 10.25 before I heard her first wake up noises! If you asked me "Hey, do you want to run 10 miles on a treadmill today?" I would have said "Uh, no that sounds awful", but it really wasn't that bad. The key is to just keeping thinking "one more mile", but then again lying to myself is the key to all of my runs. I often tell myself that I don't have to go fast and my time can be a secret that dies with me. That lie gets me running more often than I'd like to admit.
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| Mommy, no one cares how fast you are except you. |
Since today's weather was cold and nasty, we had to stay inside and find new ways to amuse ourselves, like learning how to put socks on.
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| I can do it! |
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| This sock thing is stupid. |
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| I got it! |
Yes, that's how my house always looks when the toddler is awake. She is mayhem in a 35lb package. Also, we haven't gotten rid of the dog. She is just always sleeping upstairs lately. The baby's noises seem to stress her out, so she hides upstairs and lays on my side of the bed with her head on my pillow. I'm glad she has a place to relax, but I miss not smelling "dog" when I lay down to sleep at night.
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| At least it's my head on your pillow, it could be worse. |
Do you ever lie to yourself before you start a run? If I'm tired, I always tell myself that I just have to do 5 miles and I always feel better by mile 4.
I lie that I'm actually going to run, if that counts. Or I'll also lie to myself that walking at an incline is soooo much better on my joints and will give me a better butt.
ReplyDeleteThat's not a lie. I read it in Self magazine so it has to be true. That's how celebrities have nice butts.
DeleteYes. I lie and say I'll go much longer than I know I will.
ReplyDeleteDizzy toddlers are hilarious, and learning to dress oneself is always an adventure too. Charlotte is learning to put on her coat and shoes by herself which actually saves me no time whatsoever.
I usually lie and tell myself I can indulge in candy or some other treat.
ReplyDeleteI constantly use the "I'll be slow and I won't wear my Garmin and NO ONE WILL KNOW" line. It's the best.
ReplyDeleteI used to twirl my brothers around and set them loose just for giggles. Then one of them threw up on my carpet and I canned that game.
ReplyDeleteI often lie to myself about my runs. I have some routes I can add loops to and I'll tell myself that I'm just doing the short loop. When I get to the part where the extra loop branches off, I yell 'tricked you' and almost always do the longer route. I'm such a slow learner but at least I fell justified eating another cookie.
ReplyDeleteI use the "if you still hate it and feel like crap after 5 miles, you can stop."
ReplyDeleteIs putting on socks a toddler/child milestone? lol
Twirling on one of those tire swings was how I broke my hand years ago. Yeah, only I could do that; hit it against a tree.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you don't lie to yourself about a run, you're crazy. That's the only way to get through a dreadmill run.
is it weird that i lie to myself in reverse? i say i'll only run 4 miles then accuse myself of being a wuss and say, "oh jeeze run one more" - then i say "you've run 5 you might as well run 6" - then it becomes "oh you got caught up in that song and you're at 6.3, make it an even 7. wuss"
ReplyDeleteI always come up with a "cop out" number. If I say I'm going to do 10, it's not a shame to stop at 8. It's just a shame really that I actually do that. :)
ReplyDeleteOh man, when I was a nanny I looooved spinning the toddler on a tire swing (don't worry, she loved it too). She would get to the point where she would get this look on her face that she was in the dizzy zone. I would scoop her off and then she would giggle as she tried to walk. Such entertainment!
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