Finished Projects

I know It's kind of a buzz kill to post these Christmas crafts post Christmas, but I didn't actually finish them until after Christmas, so there you go.

I made two of each, so I could give them as gifts, but gave other gifts because I didn't finish these in time. Oh well, at least I have a head start on next year!

My friend, Katie, and I get together about once a month and make something crafty. Or sometimes we just sit, talk, laugh, and eat good food while our kids play. Either way, we always have fun. Here's what we made this month:

I love the double meaning of the word, "believe" at Christmas time. I can't wait to put this on my piano next year, and tuck little sprigs of greenery between the letters. Katie used different paper, and hers turned out super cute.

The best part about these crafts is that aside from the 3 sheets of paper I purchased, they were free! And how cute is that crusty weathered picture frame? I got it for free from someone's garage sale leftovers. I've got big plans for that bad boy. I might drill a few 1 inch holes in the top of the Merry Christmas block, so it can hold candles...but I dunno....it won't seem right if my "Merry Christmas" block ends up looking more like a menorah. I saw a craft on a decorating blog where there were holes drilled and numbered sticks stood inside them. It was used as an advent for the kids, with the number written on one side of the stick, and a christmas activity to do written on the back of each. Or, maybe I'll hammer a cute old fashioned nail or hook to the front and hang numbered tags from it to use as an advent. Not that the Merry Christmas message and cuteness aren't enough, but it seems like the block itself is big enough that it should serve an additional purpose if it's going to sit on someone's countertop. Any suggestions? It needs something.

Well this is good.

Meg: Come on girls, pick these toys up so I can vacuum in here.

Quincy: I'll vacuum for you, Mom! [runs to the kitchen and grabs the broom]

Reese: No, no, no, Quincy....that's for sweeping. Mom is going to vacuum. It's the big vacuum. The one she never uses.

Orderly Conduct {1}

1) Headbands. I kind of (really have a problem) love them.

My bathrooms are lacking in drawer space (meaning drawers are practically nonexistent) and there are too many of them to just leave them lying loose on the bathroom counter. My friend Jerushia suggested using a large oatmeal container. I was skeptical, at first, but found that the containter can't even be seen once the headbands are on it. And I love being able to see all of my options without having to dig through a drawer, so much, that I wouldn't care if the container showed.

I received about 7 new headbands as Christmas gifts and this one is getting a little crowded, so I'll probably start another one, soon. The photo is kind of washed out, but it's actually a cute little accessory on my dresser. I am thinking of covering one with cute paper to match the girls' bathroom and putting all of their headbands on it, and storing their loose accessories inside the container. The oatmeal container is the perfect size to hold the headbands so they don't slip, but not stretch them out, either.

Large oatmeal tubs for headbands.

As my nephew, Brock, would say, "See? It's Pohfect!"

Thanks, J-ru!

2) Baby Gear

The other day I was pulling the sheets from all of the beds to launder, and I discovered a sweet little hidey hole under Quincy's bed. The drawers on her captain's bed only go halfway under her mattress, leaving an 18in x 6ft pocket of wasted space behind it. It isn't super accessible, since I have to remove the mattress to get to it, but it is the perfect place to store the items I only need to get to every couple of years, like infant gear.

I busted out my mad packing skills that I inherited from my dad...the true Master Packer, and in that tiny space, I managed to squeeze in:

-the Jumperoo

-the bassinet and changing table attachments to the pack n play

-the cradle swing

-the infant carseat and base

-the high chair

-the boppy pillow

I'm mostly excited because zero of these items easily store any other place in my house. They are odd shaped and bulky, and end up floating all over the garage, blocking the way to things I actually do need to get to from time to time.

Have a captains bed or daybed in your house? The space below it is bigger than you think!

Do you have a storage tip you'd like to share that's "just pohfect"? send me an email

Reservations

Oh boy, am I excited.

I just booked my flight to California!!!

At the end of January, Corbin and I are going to take a quickie extended weekend trip to visit my family.



On the agenda:

1) a stop at Pink Berries. Like as soon as we leave the airport.

I'm going to need it after 6 hours of flying with an angry elf on my lap.

I'll probably insist that we hit In-N-Out burger on the way to Hollister, as well. Since we'll be passing a few of them anyway.



2) Mi Familia! My parents (hollah!) just moved into a new house. I can't wait to get my hands on my mom's closets and cabinets and organize them for her. I love arranging other people's furniture. It's like playing dollhouse for grown ups. I'm actually planning to spend most of my weekend helping them get unpacked and tucked into their new place. I also can't wait to get my hot little hands on my Grandma Lawrence's antique iron and convex glass picture frame. I'm saving room in my suitcase for both of them, Mom. Don't worry.



3) RUN! It was freezing here, today. Freezing. And on Facebook, all of my Ca peeps are whining things like "dang, I can't run today. it might rain." I love to run in the rain. Know what's not fun? Running a 1 mile lap around a shopping mall 8 times, because that's all you could find that didn't have any ice on it. Ok...that's sort of fun, too. But I'm really looking forward to running in short sleeves. maybe even shorts, if I'm real lucky. Shorts! No gloves, no hat, no underarmour, no jacket, no tights under my pants. no water bottles that start to turn into ice by the end of a long run. Just gimme some California sunshine! Everything is super green in Ca at this time of year, because it rains so much. I'll take rain. I'll definitely take green scenery.
I'll take anything if my family is there.



We're running the Rotary Club San Juan Bautista Mission 10 miler.


The San Juan Mission and grounds are gorgeous, and I have some great memories singing there. I'm super excited that the start and finish line of the race will be this rockin' building. Fabulous scenery. And 10 miles is a perfect race distance for me. I'm stoked, and hope to hit a PR at this one. San Juan and Hollister friends, come run with us! Or come watch and cheer so we run faster. Or just come to show support for Rotary and their worldwide efforts to fight Polio.

4) Super Taq will be consumed post-race. I can't risk eating there beforehand, because....well I don't live in Ca anymore. Sadly, this means I no longer have the necessary tolerance built up for a pre-race super taco. I'll make up for it by eating there several times on Saturday. I'm sure this is also a risk, since I fly home Sunday...but I'm willing to sacrifice the comfort of everyone else on my flight home to get my carne asada on.

5) The Oakland TempleI've said this 1,000 times before, but I'll say it again.

Driving 4 hours each way to our closest temple is not easy. The winter months make it a particularly difficult trip to plan. Two of our temple trips that we planned last year were shut down because of inclement weather. At best, the drive to OKC is an exhausting trip to make, but once we attend the temple....wow. The service that is done, the Spirit that is felt, and the feeling I leave with confirms my testimony that any sacrifices I have made, and more, are worth it. I love the temple.

My family is SO lucky to live only an hour and a half away from a temple. Local friends, can you imagine?! That's close enough to go and be home with time to spare before the kids are home from school! Amazing.

The Oakland Temple was closed for renovation the last time I was there, so I really hope to go this time, especially since I'll have unlimited access to a fazillion family members who will be begging to watch little Corbin for me while I sneak away for a few hours. That alone is a huge blessing in and of itself.

6) Color my mom's hair.

I am 100% certain that this will somehow end up on my agenda, so I'm just going to add it now. Mom, you should be prepared to A) color my hair in return, and B) have your picture taken whilst your hair is full of solution and you look like CindyLou Who. I can't resist. Plus, you have a birthday coming up, and I'm out of embarassing photos of you to post on this here blog.

Correction: I'm out of embarassing photos of you that don't also include an embarassing photo of me in them. We need to work on that.

Yay for California.

New Feature

I'm pretty excited about 2011.
It's going to be a fab year for our family. I have a lot to look forward to, and even more to be grateful for.

The week before the New Year begins, I often freak out and have an unrestrainable urge to declutter and organize everything in my life. Gotta make room in our lives for new goals, new toys, new adventures, etc. We live in a 1700 sqft home. There are three bedrooms and 1 and 3/4 baths. There is no attic space, no basement, no laundry "room", and no pantry. I have two closets for storage, a tiny closet with shelves and a tiny door that Aaron refers to as my "Messy Monica Closet", and a 2' x 2' coat closet. And there's a fugly boat eating up half of my garage, so storage space is minimal in the is place.

But still, 1700 sqft should be plenty of room for a family of 5. Especially when most of those people are tiny. Our problem is stuff. We are 'stuffed to the muff' with stuff!

So where do I put everything?

I'm starting a new segment on the bloggie for organization ideas. I'll start with some things that have worked for me, but if you have an organizing tip or method to help keep something in your life in order, send me an email @ leggo_my_meg-o(at)juno(dot)com and I'll feature it. Attach a picture of your brilliant idea if you have one. It can be anything from to how you store your recipies, to bills and paper organization, to a handy way to stack cups in the cupboard. Little tricks like this can be life changing.
Don't laugh at me, they can! Less time spent picking up after someone, or looking for a lost something or other means more time for the important things in your lives. Like Facebook.

Hopefully, everyone will get a little inspiration and a little motivation to simplify, or give order to unorderly corners of our lives.

Cool, yeah? I think so.

Speaking of cool things....guess what? Blogger has eliminated the limit on invites for private blogs...or at least it eliminated it on my blog...because I just checked and there are like 120 readers. What? When? How did this happen? Who cares! No limit! Yay!

Email me your storage/organizing ideas...

Only family will find this funny...

Yesterday:

Aaron: Whoa Ho Ho! These stockings are 'stuffed to the muff!'

Merry Christmas, guys!
Love and miss you all.

See What I Mean?

Dear Rude People Previously Addressed in Another Post,

Reese threw up. Thanks for nothing.
She is acting "totally fine" now, but she will be staying home today.
'Cuz that's what you do when you throw up. You stay away from other people, so they don't get sick, too.

I told you so/my kids should be better at sports because they seem to be able to catch everything,
-Meg

Merry Christmas Friendly Frogs! (two weeks in one post)

My job rocks!

The end.

Ok, not really the end. But really yes, my job rocks. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to teach preschool. I love preschool. I love the kids. I love that the kids love preschool. And now that Christmas has come, I can finally post about the cute things the kids made for their parents.

In December, our preschool themes were the arrival of Winter, I Can Give, and Christmas.

Many of the images are out of order with this post, and I'm having difficulty fixing it, right now. Hopefully, the parents forgive me and will just enjoy a zillion pictures of their kids, and the fun things they learned in December.
A mitten ornament (made during our Welcome Winter week, when we read 3 books about mittens)

Share: bring something red and green

How awesome are these reindeer? They make me so happy, I wanted to keep them for myself!

Literature: The Gingerbread Man and Jan Brett's Gingerbread Friends.
I found this little puppet in a rummage sale box at my sister's over the summer. He came home with me, had Christmas buttons and puff painted added to him, and he is now the Young Learner's Gingerbread Baby. The children enjoyed being read to by Gingerbread Baby, and then followed him into the kitchen to make their own Gingerbread Babies.

When they came out of the oven, Baylee announced, "Hey everyone! Those are not Gingerbread BABIES, they are Gingerbread BAYLEEs!" The Gingerbread Baylees were eaten at snacktime, and each of the kids took a few home with them.

We made a list of C/K words, found items that were red and green, talked about giving, and worked with patterns a lot this month. (and what better way to learn about patterns than using colored/flavored marshmallow shapes? Yum!)

Fine motor: marshmallow and toothpick structures

There were crazy straws and red kool-aid,

and rainbow chip snowman cupcakes

Dramatic Play: Nativities

Literature: Christmas Books: The Polar Express, Santas Sled, The Night Before Christmas, The Friendly Beasts. The Bearnstien Bears and The Joy of Giving, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Man

Language: What can you give to others?

In The Friendly Beasts, the animals in the stable creatively find things to share with the Baby Jesus. While we read this story, I paused and pointed out that when we serve others, it is a gift to Jesus. I then asked the children what service they could do for their loved ones as a gift to Jesus. Their answers were classic.

I'm looking forward to the new year with my Friendly Frogs.

Merry Christmas

Wishing all of you a very merry Christmas as we celebrate the miracle of our Savior's birth, and enjoy the blessings of His life.

Love and Warm Wishes,

Aaron, Meg, Reese, Quincy, and Corbin Willardson

Christmas Eve Dasher

My friend, Jocelyn put together a Christmas Eve morning run/walk at Lake Bella Vista.

There ended up being about 25 ladies there and Jocelyn had Santa hats and jingle bells for everyone to wear. It was a lot of fun.

I really love my running buddies. I don't feel safe running alone (watch Dateline much?), but I am blessed to know many girls to like to run and I'm surrounded with wonderful, inspiring personalities. We have a great time together, motivate and support each other, and keep each other entertained with stories while we run. We stopped today and posed for this picture after about 5 miles, I think.

Then we got going again, found our 2nd wind, and finished up 11 miles.

I'm starting to develop a love/hate relationship with my training schedule.

I made up these orange rolls and cinnamon rolls last night. This morning, I baked and iced them, and took a pan with me to the Dasher. Who doesn't love a hot, fresh orange roll after a nice long run? For my first ever attempt at cinnamon/orange rolls from scratch, I think they turned out pretty yummy. They were a big hit, and might have to become part of the tradition.

Because we all know that the best parts of running are friends and guilt free carb loading.

Home Alone With Reese

Aaron brought home takeout from Gusano's (yum).
Reese opened the pizza box, drew in a deep breath and said,
"Mmmm, Is that 'a lovely cheese pizza just for me?'"

NoBagelNoBagelNoBagelNoBagelNoBagel...

Happy Festivus, Everyone!
If you are not a Seinfeld fan, well...I'm sorry for your loss. You can go here to gain a full understanding of the beauty of this holday for the "rest of us".

Appropriately, Aaron served up bagels this morning.
And even more appropriately, the children protested.

And now the Airing of Grievances:

Dear Lawrence Blood,
I hate the cold sores. They are gross, unsightly, and even though they erupt on my bottom lip every single month, like a perfectly timed geyeser, I still have someone ask me if I got punched in the face at least once every four Sundays.

Let's find out who brought this awful curse upon our family and burn his or her name from the records of our family history books.

Cracked Lipped Monthy and Bitter About It,
Meg

Enjoy the made up holiday!
May your day be filled with Feats of Strength and your metal pole be extra tinsely. And remember,
"Festivus isn't over until you pin me, George"

{six}

Pieces turned 6 last week.
Six.

She's so grown up, all of a sudden.
I blame Kindergarten for that.

Six is a big birthday in the Willy house, because it is the age when you are allowed to chew gum.

Reese began her special day wearing pajamas to school for a field trip on the Polar Express. She was given a crown, sung to by her class, and her teacher let Reese sing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" into a microphone, and the kids joined in and sang along. She was impressed that Reese knew all the words.

When she got home, she opened her gift from Quincy: A big fat package of bubble gum.
AKA "the best birthday present I've ever had!"

She also received a Magna Doodle from Aaron and I, a Tangled polly pocket from Grandma Lynda and Grandpa Rob, a Snow Cone Maker from Grandma Lynn

and Grandpa Punkin, and a wrapped gift from a boy in her class.
presents. from a boy.
Listen up, "Tanner-from-school" I've got my eyes on you, buddy. Keep it friendly.


He had made Reese a darling little beaded necklace, and had it wrapped with a tiny bowling set. Above, is Reese's thank you card, which she sat down to write right away. She got stuck in the middle, and asked what else she should write. I offered the suggestion that when writing a thank you card, it helps to think about what you like best about the gift. You'll notice that Reese's favorite part of the gift was her own name.

What a little narcissist. I love her.



Reese has been planning her "Snow Party" birthday for about 11 months.
Mother Nature has yet to deliver the snow, this year, but a Snow Party we delivered!

As the kids arrived, they painted 2 blue button eyes and 3 black coal mouth pieces for a snowman kit. I added a carrot, a cork pipe, and fabric scarf to each of their party bags. When it does snow, they will be ready for some serious snowman building!

Lack of snow didn't stop us from having quite the snow party!

My parents and sister sent a package of InstaSnow for the party. For those who don't have access to real snow (and even those who do), this stuff is SO rad. The kids watched it "grow" from granules in the tubs, and had fun playing in the "snow".

(Alayna, Jackson, Madison, Addison, Reese and Quincy)

After snow play, the kids gathered back around the table for hot cocoa with snowman marshmallows and Snowman Bingo, using mini marshmallows as square markers. Each child got a snowman pencil when they got their first Bingo.

We sang happy birthday and Reese blew out candles on Snowman cupcakes (made with rainbow chip frosting...so they kind of looked like adolecent or chicken poxed snowmen, oh well!) I used chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth, candy corn for the carrot noses and gum drops on toothpicks for the pipes. They were a hit, and thanks to the rainbow chips, they were pretty yummy, too.

Reese had a great time playing and celebrating the fun of turning 6 with a few of her closest friends. I read a snowman book to them while they waited for parents to arrive.

Snow Party=Success!

That night, Aaron "pulled a surprise present from the closet", and gave Reese her very own microphone. She's been handing out orders and belting Christmas carols at top volume since she opened it.

Pieces,

I have so much love for you, I can't accurately put it into words. You are a very special girl, with a unique personality and gifted mind that will get you everything you want out of this life. I am lucky to be your mother. You bless our family daily, and I appreciate how much you help out around the house with chores and caring for your sister and brother. Six is going to be another great year for you.

I love you, Dolly. Happy Birthday!

On My Mind

Dear rude people,

If your facebook status on Saturday said that everyone in your house is throwing up, has chills, and fevers, why were you all at church on Sunday? What happened to the 24 hour rule? If the virus was so awful and debilitating, do you really think I want my children to get it? Stay at home.

Unfriended,
Meg

Dear Santa (part 1)

Ho Ho Ho! It's time for the annual Willy Family Christmas Wish Lists.

Let's begin with Aaron, this year.
Oh, that's right. He bought a boat without telling me, and doesn't get presents anymore.
Moving on.


Kidding.
Sort of.

Numero uno on Aaron's list is an acoustic guitar.
I think he must have been inspired by Reese's request for a guitar (we told her she has to wait until she is 8) and figured if he starts now, he'll have a 2 year head start.

He's been dropping subtle hints to make sure I get it for him. Every time he does this, I not-so-subtly remind him that that isn't how Christmas works. He's gonna have to wait, and just be surprised or disappointed on Christmas morning.

The rest of his list is more of a checklist, rather than a wish list. That's right. My man likes to make it easy for me to Christmas shop for him.
A lovely golf club showed up on the doorstep last week.
2 new dress shirts and 2 regular t shirts appeared on his bedroom dresser.

He also went Black Friday Shopping (against my professional advice) and bought a digital camcorder that we plan to bust open on Christmas morn.

and the George W. Bush book that he wanted.

See how easy he makes it for me?
Merry Christmas, Aaron! I really think you're going to love the gifts you got yourself.
I am totally wrapping up that golf club....and probably sticking a big bow on the boat.


Meg:
First and foremost, I really want nothing more than one of these, for Christmas.
I think that should make things pretty clear, for "Santa", in regards to what I want for our 10 year Anniversary.

Ahem, which is in July, btw.


This weekend, I learned a good lesson about the importance of waiting 24 hours to clear one's head, before purchasing furniture.

It's not important. It is stupid. When 24 hrs is up, you will go (excitedly) to the store to pick up your beautiful mid-century buffet with glass cabinet cut the perfect size to hold all of your milk bottles, and the perfect place to house your kitchen aid mixer, and 1/2 dozen drawers for everything that is currently crammed into your kitchen cabinets, and it's extra perfect because it's already been painted black, and it's so cheap that you can buy it with the Christmas money you were given, and and and...


and someone will have already purchased it the day before, and taken it home to make HIS wife the happiest in all the land. Boo.



I am still holding onto an ounce of hope that the mystery buyer is maybe, possibly, hopefully-but-probably-notfully MY husband, buying it for me, and somehow, a beautiful buffet will appear in my dining room on Christmas Day. Keeping fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle.


Lesson learned here: Don't hesitate. just buy it. That system is clearly working out nicely for Aaron.


And here we have the lesson learned in waiting for an item to go on sale before buying it. I've wanted these orange running shorts for awhile. Now that they're only $14.99, they don't carry my size anymore. So if you find them in Small in your local Gap store, please please buy them and send them to me!
Lesson #2 Learned. Don't wait for the sale price, cuz they'll run outta your size.

Winter running means frozen noses, rosy cheeks, icicles on my eyelashes, and cold hands. There's not a lot that can be done for a cold face, but I could really use some of these to keep my hands from freezing off. Huh. Maybe I should just buy them for myself. I really don't want Lesson #3 Learned to be "wear gloves or you'll get frostbite". That would suck.

I totally want these clothbound cassic children's books. Actually, I'd be thrilled to open just about ANY of the Penguin Clothbound Classics. One of the things on my 2011 "list" is to read something by Jane Austen. So maybe this one or this one.

I'd also love to add hardcover copies of books 1-6 (I own #7) in the Harry Potter series to our library.
This clothbound complete set was once available on Amazon...but it's no longer there. What the heck? I want it! BTW-check me out, I'm shopping online...well trying to, at least. Baby steps.

So I totally set myself up for disaster, this year. A week ago, Reese and I selected and checked out, "Meet Felicity an American Girl" from the library as our chapter book to read together. She loves it, and is fascinated by Felicity's character. So, when the American Girl Catalog came in the mail (now seriously, WHO ordered that??? Not me. Is this a joke?) on Friday, I (foolishly) thought it would be fun for the girls to flip through it and look at all the pretty dolls.

Yeah yeah, I know. It's Christmas time. Who gives their kid a toy catalog at Christmas time? Dummies, that's who.

Call me a dummy, but I figured the worse case scenario would be the girls asking for dolls for Christmas. Done. Tangled Barbies coming right up from Grandma, this year.

Uhhh, what I didn't expect was Reese running into her bedroom, grabbing the Felicity book (that has pictures! doh!) and finding Felicity in the catalog and announcing,

"MOM! it's the SAME Felicity! She's a doll, too! I want that one for Christmas. I love her. "

Oopsie.

Felicity has been added to every mile-long Christmas list in our house, including this one. $150 for a freaking doll. A doll! Not just any doll though. Oh no. I vividly remember asking for an American Girl Doll every year until like 8th grade. Now that I see that you have to sell a kidney on the black market to afford one, I totally forgive my parents for not seeing that part of my Christmas list each year. (I wanted Addy Walker) Sara Parker had like 3 of them, and I was totally jealous and wanted one for myself. Reading this, you might conclude that I'm still bitter that my childhood dream never came true, but that's not the case. I'm bitter because if I had gotten one of these beautiful but over priced dolls, I could have saved it for 20 years, given it to Reese, and then it would have been my parents that are out $150 and not me.

I'm thinking this will make a great Christmas gift for her when she's a little older (like when I've had time to read her the Addy books and convince her that that's the one she wants, so I can play with it too....uh, I mean...)

Lesson: I have the maturity level of a 6 yr old.

But really, I think maturity is out the window, considering I'm 28 and still make (and post) a Christmas List, every year.

Speaking of 6 yr olds....Reese's birthday post is coming atcha tomorrow.

An Ariel Birthday Party

My little Q turned 4!

She requested a Princess Ariel Mermaid Party.

Luckily, Grandma Lynda was here to help me out and had great ideas. The party was a success, and Quincy is already dreaming up birthday parties for the future.

There were presents,
8 Little Princesses (L-R Party Princess Leah, Phoebe as Belle, Cinderella Hannah, Cinderella Addison, Hannah as Belle, Ariel Reese, Ariel Quincy, and Brightyn as Tinkerbell.

I painted Ariel on a posterboard and cut out 8 fins for Pin the Fin on the Mermaid.

It was pretty cute.

Food:

Starfish PB&Honey Sandwiches

Smore's cupcakes (note to everyone: marshmallow creme looks great when used as frosting, until the next day, when it runs and oozes everywhere.) I sprinkled them with graham cracker crumbs to look like sand, and made cupcake pokes from pop sticks and Little Mermaid stickers.

Snack Mix (a little bit of everything in a fish bowl. Our mix had cereal, crackers, goldfish, fruity snacks, mini cookies, mini marshmallows and candy corn.
Capri Sun juice boxes

The tablecloth was leftover from Reese's 4th birthday party (also a princess party).

As the girls arrived, they sat at the table and colored a Little Mermaid poster. While they colored, we hung up a blue table cloth and the girls took turns "fishing" for treasures. They each got bubbles, stickers, candy, sparkly rings and silly bands to take home in an ocean blue party bag.

It was a great party. At one point, we looked around at all the girls happily coloring and talking to one another and we couldn't believe how mellow they all were. That would never happen at a table with 8 boys at it.
Quincy was a a great little hostess and thanked each of her guests for the gifts and gave them a hug as they left the party. She is such a grateful little girl, it is easy to love and serve her.

Happy Birthday, Quincy Bee! We love you very very much, and hope that you love being four.

26.2

miles.

26.2 miles?!

I think maybe I want to run a marathon.

Thinking.


Fortunately, I have time to think about it. it's 18 weeks from now, so it's not like I have to make a decision right now about it.


Unfortunately, it's 18 weeks from now.

Which means training starts tomorrow....so I kind of do have to decide now.



I think I'll just train now, just in case, and decide later.
Anyone want to join me, and "think" about running a marathon, too?
{Click here} for the schedule.

Tangled

We are living in a Tangled obsessed world right now.
Thanks for the outfit, Grandma!
Rapunzel loves it, and wears it everywhere. The wig is looking pretty scary already.