Friday is swimming day, an activity both kids are really enjoying. The way the classes works out both start at the same time, but Violet’s is only 15 minutes and Jacob’s is 30 minutes, so Mommy and Violet are usually waiting in the hall for me and Jacob. It seems our little violet has taken a real interest in the mural that’s on the wall. It’s an under water seen complete with a treasure chest. Last week she mommy told her that daddy had the key so when I came out with Jacob she asked me to open it. Not wanting to disappoint, I played along and took out my keys and pretended to open it. So today she told Mommy all about the chest and asked for the key again and Melissa couldn’t resist taking todays picture.
Our picture today is of Jacob during his pre-bedtime routine. As he’s gotten older he’s taken over more of the routine on his own.
We don’t usually let Jacob play with Toy Guns, but today after dinner, he was outside playing with one of his friends who’d brought out a couple of his. Watching him played brought back memories of my youth and I couldn’t help but think my little guy is growing up.
For dinner tonight we had home-made pizza. The kids got really excited helping to make it, from shredding cheese to spreading the sauce. They were so excited that after we put it in the oven they pulled their chairs up to watch it cook.
Recently Melissa and the Kids worked out a set of family rules. Melissa took the time to write it up all nice and pretty. So we posted them on the wall.
Today Melissa and Violet headed off to a friends baby shower. So our picture today is of Violet socializing with some other kids.
Today was race day. After 10 months of running mostly alone on the local streets I finally got into an organized race. Running with a crowd adds a new dimension to running that I didn’t really expect. Though It was a great experience and though I fell short of my ultimate goal of under 28 Minutes, I did beat the Goal I had always set for my first race, under 30 minutes. I Ran it in either 29:34, the time I got from the Races Chip on my bib and 29:25 according to my phones GPS. Considering that my signal was poor for parts of the race, I think I’ll go with the official race time as the time I quote for my run. The race was a little harder than I expected. There were times that I felt I just didn’t have any strength left, that I contemplated pulling over and walking. Though there were a few moments here and there that I did walk, I managed to push through and I feel really good about how the race went. I’m looking forward to the next time I can get out there and that’s going to be sooner than I thought. My next official race is going to be the Sporting Life 10k, but I’ll have more on that in my next running post later in the week.
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Today while Jacob was having lunch with his Nan before school, Melissa, Violet and I headed out to get some lunch for ourselves and do a bit of shopping. Today Violet insisted on sitting on chair like mommy and daddy, so we pushed the high chair away and set her up at the table. It was just another moment of Violet showing me how she’s growing up. The day was filled with them, from her wearing underwear out and going to pee on the toilet. Of course however old she gets she’ll always be my baby girl.
Today after work I Picked up my race kit for my very first official race The Harry Rosen Spring Run-Off. It’s very exciting, I just wish I didn’t have to wait two sleeps for Race Day. Stay tuned for more running posts over the next couple of days.
Tonight’s picture is me… an early Looking in the Mirror post. I’m hoping to have something special to take a picture of tomorrow night.
