You know how there are some days where you can’t seem to get anything done and there are others where everything seems to go your way? Well today was one of those days. Today, I felt like a superstar.
It all started at 6:30 with a run. I ran for 30 minutes consecutively for the first time! It was sooooo awesome. I managed to get just over 4km in that time. I’m really happy (in case you haven’t already noticed) because I had set the goal to run 30 consecutive minutes or run 5k by the end of July and I did it (with 13 days to spare!).
When I got back, the kiddos were finishing up their breakfast with their dad and I sat down with them. We played downstairs while I took care of some laundry until it was time for Amélie’s nap. Once she was down, Charles helped me wash the windows in his room (he was quite proud and started washing everything else in sight in his room as I finished up). Amélie woke up, we had a little snack and then we left for the grocery store to buy a few things that we were missing for lunch.
Waiting at the red light for our turn to cross.
I realized that though these little wagons are super practical, they are also quite hard to pull with 50lbs of kids inside. Oh well, second workout of the day LOL!.
When we got back, we got lunch going, they took their nap and then, we went to the water park. It wasn’t super duper hot, but it was hot enough for a bit of water to be refreshing. And since I can’t go in our pool with two kids at the same time, it was a great alternative. Charles got wet…and then he got dirty.
He didn’t really care though and his sister was having a blast looking at her brother playing in the sand while she was in the swing.
Notice the feet inside the swing. This is her preferred method.
It was really great because I saw Charles interact with kids his own age. This isn’t something that I’m accustomed to seeing because he is usually really shy. I think that having something in common with his friend helped break the ice though.
Can anyone spot the common theme?
Both kids were all smiles on our way home…
…and ready to keep playing once we reached our destination. Charles kept himself busy with a branch he found (seriously, what *is* it with boys and branches?).
And Amélie was her cute and silly self (when she realized that she wasn’t going to be able to grab my phone from me, she tried to remove her hat, but missed and pinched her cheek instead).
Charles decided to help me finish up my laundry by gathering all of our remaining clothespins in the same spot…
