Author: MRJ

Today at Jacob’s picture day for his Blastball League we picked up Tickets for Saturday’s Jays game.   When I showed Jacob he got very excited and wanted to hold his ticket. I’m really looking forward to an afternoon of baseball with my boy.

Today we picked up Jacob’s T-Ball uniforms. Though the games don’t start for another couple of weeks. It’s great that it’s going to be a summer of T-Ball for my little man.

Today I decided to take a some time and write about Jacob’s reading. Each week Melissa and I look forward to looking into his school bag on Friday afternoon and seeing what books Jacob and his teacher have chosen for that week. This week when we pulled out the books we were surprised by how advanced they were. It seems he’s reading is growing by leaps and bounds. I’m so proud of my little guy.

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Ever since Jacob got the Playmobil school for Christmas Jacob’s really interested in all things Playmobil. It goes beyond just playing with them, he often browses the Playmobil and Mastermind Toys (A local toy store that has a large select of Playmobil).  A while back I suggested that he make a list of which ones he wanted, he plans on giving the list to his Nana so she knows which to get him for his birthday. So day after day he’d sit at the computer looking over the different sets trying to decide. For a while I thought he’d given up on the list, but yesterday morning he announced that he was done his list. I looked it over, and a part from a few minor mistakes I was surprised at how much his writing has improved. I guess it’s time to come up with another writing project.

Today was the big day, today was the day I run my first Half-Marathon. While training for this run I read an article that said after you finish your first Half-Marathon you will either decided it’s not for you or you’ll get hocked. Well I’m officially hooked. My time today was 2 hours and 10 minutes and 32 seconds. That beat my personal goal of 2:15, though it has me thinking of changing my time-table for running a full marathon. When I came to the part of the course where you could either keep going straight for the half, or turn right for the full marathon, part of me was tempted to take the  turn. I wouldn’t have, but I had always planned on running a full next September (2012), now I’m wondering if I might not want to run it this September (2011).  I’m sure reason will set in and I’ll settle for trying to beat 2 hours on the half this fall, but I have to admit I’m tempted by the full 42.2km.

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Today was Race Prep day. We picked up the race kit at the Running expo and when we got home Melissa and the Kids made a sign to bring to the finish line. It’s very exciting to think that tomorrow morning I’ll run my first Ha;f Marathon. I would write more, but it’s late and I need to sleep so I’ll be well rested for the big event.

Today the family headed out to the mall to finish picking up the kids summer clothes and some other things. While there we took a moment to relax and enjoy some popcorn.

Today as I was heading home I saw this little flower. It seemed like a great picture to capture the spring.

Last week before my big 10k run, I found my way to the a couple of Running Room Stores. There I got a bunch of Goo which I shared last week and some other things. It’s the other things that I’m sharing today. My new Running Belt, Hat and Shoes. It’s great to be running with new shoes again and having a belt to hold my phone when I run is so much better. Of course I’ve got some more new running stuff, but you’ll have to wait for another day to see them.

Today was Blastball day watching Jacob and the other kids run through the different drills is great fun. Of course for the kids the best part of it is getting to play in the park afterwards. So today we have some pictures of Jacob playing in the park.

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