Tuesday's Tidbits

I decided to take advantage of happy hour at Starbucks Friday afternoon and surprised the kids with a frappucino after school. They are 9 and 6 and have had exactly one frappucino in their life up to this point. Suffice it to say that the caffeine was coursing through their veins almost immediately. Camden especially was BOUNCING off the walls the entire evening. It made family game night a little more of a patience test than usual.

As of today, I have walked 9 out of the last 10 days. Maybe this isn't an accomplishment for anyone else, but it is definitely one for me. I've also completed week one of the Couch 2 5k program and started week two. While I've completed week one a couple of times, I've never moved on to week two before. Because I hate exercise almost more than anything else, I've been using Camden as my motivation. He is my serious quit-when-the-going-gets-tough (although he gets it honest from me), and we push him hard, hard, hard to overcome.

I'm leaving this post bookmarked on my computer to read on those days when it feels like I might scream if I have to wash another load of clothes or make lunches yet again. Such a good reminder.

Speaking of laundry, Camden's basket had 12 pairs of underwear and two shirts still with tags on them. Hmmm, considering (1) I did all the laundry 6 days ago, (2) am relatively certain he did not wear 2 pairs of underwear a day and (3) KNOW he would never wear a shirt still with tags on it, I'm pretty sure I washed some clean clothes.

I'm meeting my friend Kathy for lunch today. We try to do it one Tuesday a month and this is the last kid-free Tuesday either of us will have for a while. Although she's got 4 kids so my days are always more kid-free than hers. ;)

There is something wrong with each of the following photos, but sometimes the smiles or expressions are worth the technical issues.

I've learned how to curl her hair with the flat iron, and she is more than a tad giddy about the new 'do.

Be still, my heart. Do you see her looking at him?