10 K all the way

I was not sure if I could run the St. Pats race I had signed up for, because Thursday night my allergies kicked in and I slept awful and could not breath out of my nose at all. I have been averaging one box of kleenex a day....

But I woke up Saturday and decided that I would wing it. I was excited! So I got dressed and Jenny picked me up and we drove to Aggiville. There is just so much adrenaline in the air on race day...I am not super competitive at all. I mean I got passed by so many runners, almost all maybe...and I was thinking I would just walk what I couldn't do. I ran with my friend Brooke, were about the same pace. It was a great day to run, about 40 degress, cold but once we got running it was fine. It rained on us a little but it felt good. Once I got running I didn't want to stop. So we ended up running it all.....we were both surprised. The last time I ran this race it was 2006 I think, and my time was I beleive 1 hr 15 minutes. I had trained using Hal Higdons 10k program, because that is what Ben's sister Sandi recommended and she is a runner as well. She ran Chicago marathon a few years ago!
This time I did not train but I joined a gym (with a childcare) recently and have gone weekly to classes with strenth training and some cardio Monday and Wednesday. Friday mornings I spin with Camala and this has really strengthened my legs I think. Plus its been so great to get some space away from being mom for a while, and I can do that when I work out, its a huge stress reliever for me. This time my race time was 1 hr. 19 mintues without training, so I thought it would have been cool to beat my time from 06 but I was not disappointed! Thanks to Brooke for running with my and pulling me through the last mile, my legs were hurting!!


Here is a picture of me at home after the race. I didnt take my camera but Camala did so maybe I can post some race pictures later.

It's a sensory thing....

Painting outside with the kiddos. They want to be outside all the time and quite frankly, so do I!! When I taught preschool this was one of my favorite things to do with the kids.

They loved playing in shaving cream! It's an easy sensory activity!
We are working on writing Jaiya's name. She can do it but gets really frustrated with the J for some reason. It is much easier for her to write her name with paint or shaving cream. (even though mom wrote this one!)
Get your hands dirty!
His favorite thing to eat seems to be yogurt lately. He especially enjoys smearing it into his hair. Awesome buddy!
This one was J painting on the KC star. I cut the coupons every week out but sometimes its nice to have some extra big paper around for art. Thanks to miss hilary jane for the shirt. This is one of my old shirts, Kappa best friends weekend to be exact but it works great for an art smock as well!


Springtime is here. It's official. It's spring break. My allergies have let me know that the pollen and trees and mold and all that great stuff is HERE. The misery of springtime allergies hits hard in the middle of march and my eyes burn and i usually cannot breath out of my nose which makes for terrible nights. After a trip to the doctor I am much happier!

We have been loving being creative and playing in all sorts of crazy things at our house...Here are a few of the funnest photos.