Running and Racing

I'm doing pretty good at running three to four miles every day. My kids enjoy running as well, especially the girls. It's usually Neta that is home when I run, so she gets the most miles done. She likes to "go fass" and I'm impressed at her stride at three miles per hour, sometimes she goes a little faster. She recently realized that if she's going slowly, she can walk and not hold Mommy's hand (Mommy just stands right next to the treadmill ready to catch her if needed). When she's done, we count from one to ten or 12 and then turn off the treadmill.

In the meantime, Nate gets a car to race on the tread as it runs. They both race cars when I'm running, if they aren't engrossed in a movie. It makes me a little nervous, but we haven't had any accidents yet with kids or toys (and if you know about Neta's finger in '08, she wasn't racing as I recall).

Here's a little video of them in action.

Neta thinks she's going to get her picture taken for the first few seconds. Such a cheeseball, but I guess that's the monster I've created.

Friends Forever

Nate and Neta are my riding buddies for morning errands. They get along with each other very well and I'm grateful for that.

On one of our trips this month, (the picture is dated the 11th on my camera) I looked back and they were holding hands. They do it on a regular basis and this time I took a picture.

I hope they remain best friends forever.

Snow Studs

February is the worst month for snow in Indianapolis. Within the first two weeks we got buried with over a foot of snow (I can't remember the exact inches. I do remember the back aches from so much shoveling). Anyway, it was snowy and / or gray for about two weeks. Finally the sun came out, kind of, and it was the same day that we had the gas turned back on at one of our rentals. The gas company conveniently met me on my way to pick up the girls from school.

While he was busy doing his thing, I stayed in the warmer car with a sleeping Neta. The boys wanted to go outside and play in the untouched snow. They were quickly making snow balls and using my face behind the window as the target. Here are a couple shots, theirs and the camera's.

I took a minute to step outside and trust my dryness to their bad aim. I think I got hit once, but they didn't care about hitting the target. Just the firing was fun for them (and the pictures turned out better for Mommy as well).

"Better watch out Mommy!" ~ Graigry

"Whatever!" ~ Mom

They were pretty wet and rosy when they got back in the car, but had fun freezing.

He's Had It!

Nate can keep going and going like the energizer bunny if he's got siblings and / or friends to play with. He also enjoys playing on the computer. He's a master of microsoft paint and a wizard on webkinz. However, when his battery does run out, he drops where ever he last stopped. I saw him on the couch last week and had to take a picture. He looks as if he was trying to put himself out of his misery; like his battery had run out and he did not want it recharged.

Being the good Mommy that I am, I didn't turn his head to increase his air supply or freshen it. I assume that he'll come up for air when he needs it. And he did.

I don't know that I'd want to be that aeromatically intimate with the couch, but it didn't seem to bother him.