oh the things a 4 year old will say...

me and my sweet 4 year old, helen

mosquito in my mesh contraption! ha! nice try buggy!

my contraption..... so i had to take the "mesh project" one step further! we (yes - ross helped me with this one too) figured out that the mosquitos are coming in mainly from the firplaces in our house (and the occasional door that gets left open too long after the kids come in) and tonight i have the evidence! haha! i have outsmarted a mosquito (not sure if i should really be proud of that...hmmm or should i say buzzz - i REALLY hate the sound of a buzzing mosquito in my ear at 4:30am!) i killed a mosquito that was buzzing around in the mesh net --- trying to get in for a taste of our sweet blood.

today marks the beginning of my short runs as i start week 18 of my Berlin Marathon training....NEXT sunday is the BIG race!!!!! normally i would venture off on a run by myself trying to focus on my pace and destress at the same time - but tonight i decided to see if anyone wanted to come along with me. jillian was going to "help" ross grill some dinner and the boys were busy playing soccer in the backyard.... my sweet girl helen said "i'll ride my bike next to you mommy!" so off we went together! and let me tell you - the conversations started immediately as we let the house..... you can probably imagine all the things we talked about.....

1. she told me that she saves her burps for home so that her friends to not hear her burp (where this thought process came from - i don't know!)

2. she told me when she gets older she going to drink cola and pepper (i think she meant dr. pepper)

3. she told me that her legs were getting tired so we needed to stop and rest for a moment

4. she had to stop to make sure the air was good in her tires

5. she spotted some glass on the bike path - so we stopped so i could (safely) clear the glass of the path because we didn't want a flat tire on my bakfiets tomorrow on the way to school

6. she told me that only cars get pulled over for speeding - not bikes and that mommy must always go the speed limit so that she doesn't get a ticket

7. she told me she wants a pink and purple motorcycle when she's 5 because she'll be able to safely drive one by then

8. she told me that plastic doesn't break --- she told me that she explained this to her lunch mom at school ... hmmmm... i think she may have thrown her lunch box into the basket

these are just a few of our conversations during our 3.5 mile run. today i'm so glad i chose to run with my sweet helen :) even though it was a very SLOW run from all that talking


yes - my 365 project is still going..... barely.... didn't know we were going to be moving again when i signed up for this little project! - what a year it will be to look back on for sure!

http://365project.org/sarac/365