We are so thankful that Bill’s grandmother, Peggy, came to visit us in Boulder last week. She flew in on Saturday with Judy and spent 5 nights here and it was just wonderful to spend time with her. On Sunday we drove up Flagstaff, had lunch and shopped on Pearl St followed by dinner at our house. Unfortunately Winter decided not to come until April this year and we got a huge and unusual dumping of snow but we saw her every day and had a wonderful dinner together at Judy’s condo on Wednesday before she headed back to Michigan. We all look forward to seeing her again in Michigan or Colorado soon!
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Waiting for Mommy
Kirsten, Kristy, Michelle at Finish Line
This past weekend I ran the Boulder Spring Half Marathon on the dirt backroads by the Reservoir. It was an important race to me because it’s the first-ever race I’ve done without Bill and I ran with the goal of finishing the race in good health (after two post-race scares for the previous half marathon’s I’ve done) – and I did! The weather was perfect for the race and I really focused on enjoying it and not pushing myself, even at the end when I felt good. It was not my best time but it felt SO GOOD to finish strong and see my girls and Bill at the end. It was also wonderful to have Kirsten and Michelle to race with. Even though we didn’t run together I felt their support and enjoyed celebrating with them (+ family) at the finish line.
Next up will be some cycling this Summer (I just joined the Venus de Miles Cycling Club!) and training for the Denver Rock N’ Roll Marathon in the Fall!)
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Neighborhood egg hunt
Easter morning
Mouthful of chocolate bunny
New wheels!
2nd Annual Easter Egg Hike!
Easter 2013 was a huge success, thanks in large part to all the cards and gifts the girls received from family (thank you!) and incredible weather. We spent almost the entire weekend outside. Saturday we attended the neighborhood egg hunt at the corner church with friends and neighbors. Elsa and Emma did a great job helping the girls fill up their baskets. Afterwards we met with friends at the park and dyed eggs in the afternoon.
Easter morning the girls were very excited about their overflowing baskets. They both got scooters and helmets this year along with presents from family. We spent the morning riding scooters around the park and had our second annual Easter egg HIKE in the afternoon! Needless to say the girls were in bed early. Happy Easter, Happy Spring!
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Today during quiet time Lilly told me she wanted to write a story. I asked her what the story was about and she wasn’t sure, so I quickly gave her four small sheets of paper and told her sometimes we can make up stories based on a series of pictures and asked her to draw four different pictures (one on each page). She was immediately excited about this idea and drew a balloon, frog (she asked for some help drawing the frog so I told her to draw a circle with two smaller circles on top for eyes and she got it right away and did so all by herself), then a mommy and baby frog.
I had Lilly put the pictures in the order she wanted them in then she told me exactly what to write at the top of each one. We gave the book a cover and she was so excited and proud of herself for writing her first ‘book’. She couldn’t wait to show her Daddy. Go, Lilly! 🙂
We are one month away from Robin’s 2nd Birthday! This past month she has really taken off with putting words together, counting (1-12), repeating EVERYTHING, and forming short sentences. She still has the forever cute toddler-isms, though. Our favorites are, “Kee kee up!” (pick me up) and “ah-buh-self” (all by myself). She also loves the word, “actually” and says, “actually, mine!” and “actually, my turn!” frequently. Robin wakes up almost every day asking to see the deer, who we’ve seen almost daily this past month, and she makes us laugh by carefully telling us where she thinks the deer are: “Deer in-na-driveway”; “Deer. Up. Hill.”; “Deer. In. Backyard?”; “(a)Cross-Da-Street!”. She also counts the deer, and for some reason there are always four: “One. Two. Three. FOUR Deers!”
Robin has been picking up Spanish more, as well. She repeats words with ease and uses phrases to refer to going places and putting clothes on.
She plays more sweetly with Lilly and has been playing well with friends (and less pushing, thank goodness). As Bill says, I think we’ll keep her. 🙂
Lilly just finished up her first session of gymnastics classes at the North Boulder Rec Center. I was a bit hesitant to start her in gymnastics (probably because of my negative experience with a very strict teacher at a young age), but she really enjoyed the class and has learned much more than I expected these past 8 weeks. Robin and I take Lilly every week and get to sit outside of class and watch her, but the last day of class parent’s were allowed inside to see how far the kids have come. Lilly enjoyed her teacher, Evalina, and the other kids in the class and will be starting her next session in April.
It’s getting increasingly more difficult to keep Robin from running into class after her sister, so we’re looking forward to when she can begin gymnastics classes as well (2.5). 🙂
congrats to our budding gymnast! XO
Lately Lilly has been trying to get Robin’s attention to include her in conversation and games and to show her projects she brings home from school or makes during quiet time. Robin has been relishing in her new found inclusion with Lilly’s activities but doesn’t always follow what her big sister is trying to ask of her. Here’s a typical example – this happened earlier this morning:
L draws portrait of R. L wants R to acknowledge the “beautiful drawing” and follows her all around the house trying to get her attention. R, entirely oblivious, thinks L is pestering her and yells, “No, no, no, Lilly, STOP!!” and walks in the other direction, singing ‘3 little monkeys’. L puts drawing in our bedroom, “because obviously Robin doesn’t appreciate this masterpiece.”
Sometimes I try to interfere and help Robin to acknowledge Lilly but it’s also fun (and good for them) to watch them work through it on their own. It’s wonderful to see what amazing, thinking/feeling/independent little people they are becoming! 🙂
Soooo…Robin appeared to like her soccer class at first, but by week 3 I was dreading it because it was next to impossible to keep her on the fied (instead of climbing over the side to get water, paci, etc) and focus on the task at hand. No huge surprise for a curious almost-2-year-old but it has worked out great because I’ve started her at this new gymnastics place (and indoor ski training school) that is right up her alley. The teachers don’t mind if she’s hanging from the rings or climbing onto the trampoline when they are doing circle time, and she has a blast – and is actually really talented at what she’s doing! Hooray for Shredder Kids!!
Nana, Boppa, and Aunt Martha were just in town for a visit and it was wonderful to see them. Nana and Boppa were here for a week before Martha joined them. The girls had fun playdates and we really enjoyed Bill’s afternoon off when we all drove up to Nederland to go on the carousel and then had a nice dinner at the condo. Robin refers to Nana and Boppa as one person, just as Lilly used to (‘nannaboppa’). So cute!
Spring is in the air! Here’s what we have planned with the girls beginning in April:
Monday – Lilly, Preschool until 12:30
Robin, Music Together
Tuesday – Lilly, Gymnastics
Wednesday – Lilly, Preschool until 12:30
Mommy, Spanish Class until 12 (Robin with babysitter)
Thursday – Lilly, Preschool until 12:30 (Music Class and Show & Tell)
and Sports Sampler at 5pm
Robin, soccer class
Friday – Lilly, Preschool until 12:30 (Yoga)
Robin & Mommy, grocery shopping and Gym Jam
Saturday – Lilly & Robin, Swim Lessons
…And don’t forget about Daddy’s Ironman training and Mommy’s half-marathon training!
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