Category: Picture of the Day

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.

Today while waiting for Jacob after school, Violet met a new friend.  She met her shadow. It was very cute to watch her chase after it. Of course I wouldn’t have been able to see it if Melissa hadn’t take along our flip camera and captured the moment.

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I snapped this picture before heading out the door for work. My Little girl sitting on her potty watching Dora on Netflix. It’s amazing how quickly she has gone from diapers to the potty. Sure we still have accidents, but they are fewer and fewer. I’m in awe of how patient Melissa has been with our little girl, I’ve spent more of the training days at work than at home so I’ve missed most of the accidents. Even Jacob has been a great help.

Today the kids help me fix Mommies Laptop table. To be fair fix is a strong word. We were just tightening up some of the screws to make it more stable. Still it was great to have the help.

Today after dinner Jacob and I headed out for a little treat. First for Ice Cream at McDonald’s the to chapters to look at books and play with the train set. It was a nice time with just the boys.

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