Saturday, Mike and I ran in a 5K in Hudsonville. We were both pretty excited about it - it was my first race since June 2011, and Mike's first since May 2012. Mike is much, much faster than I, but we were both pleased with our finish times - we definitely want to improve before the next one, but we did decent for now. I am signed up for a 5K in mid April, and we are both signed up for the River Bank Run 5K in mid May.
Running has been great. I still don't like it, and I haven't improved as fast as I'd like to, BUT I keep going because I feel so good. Most of the time I am super energized all day after I run, and I actually want to eat better usually (except today, for some reason I just want to snack, snack, snack...and after the race on Saturday I wanted to eat like I ran a marathon even though it was only a 5K...). I am completely enjoying being more of my own person than I have been in a very long time - it's such a freeing feeling to not be trying to get pregnant, pregnant, or breastfeeding. I keep trying to figure out how I'm going to keep up with running once Mike gets into his busy season, and I don't know how that's all going to work yet, but I definitely don't want to stop or it's going to be that much harder to start back up again next winter.
Friday night we went out for pizza as a family. I really wish I had videoed it to look back on about 15 years from now. I have visions of all my boys being teenagers and each needing their own large pizza. For now, Caleb usually won't eat pizza and it even took some coaxing to get him to eat a bit of a cheese breadstick (which he has eaten many times no problem). Logan did eat about half a piece of pizza and sometimes will eat quite a bit. Caleb definitely has a strong will and has completely dug in his heels about not eating at suppertime. We've been trying various approaches and so far we are making no headway. :) One thing that has become very clear over the last months that we've been dealing with this, is that it is an obedience issue and not a food issue. What's also frustrating is that overall he is really doing well with obedience in other areas - he's just decided to be stubborn about this one thing. I really, really hope that someday he can use that strong will for something super good and awesome!! :)
Levi continues to become more and more interactive. He LOVES watching his brothers and often wants to be in on what they are doing. For the most part they are still really "in his face" and love their little brother, but I'm starting to see some frustration when he goes after some of their toys or messes up something they are playing with. As he's gotten mobile there's been more incidents, too, where he's definitely learning to be the tough little brother - ex: he's crawling for the bathroom, and one of the boys pulls on his leg to drag him back...
It is such a joy to watch Caleb and Logan observing the world around them and asking questions. I DO get tired of some of the questions, and many of them stump me, but I love it that they are paying attention to what's going on and thinking about it. We had communion in church Sunday, so of course there were some questions about that. Randomly today Logan told me he didn't want to get baptized... Hmmm.... We'll work on that. :)
One thing I have to make a note of for when I read this stuff years from now, Caleb and Logan (esp. Caleb) are into Rescue Bots right now. They love watching the show on tv (thank you, Netflix!), and often when they are playing on their own I will hear Caleb saying, "Rescue Bots, roll to the rescue!" We have been trying to use a Rescue Bots toy as a motivator for Caleb to eat (I'm not ready to call it a bribe....), but so far it hasn't worked even though he clearly wants it SOOO bad.
Another quiet time is done already - gotta run!
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
snowy
It's the first day of Spring and it's cold and snowy here - I guess that's a little more normal than how it was last year. I am definitely ready for it to warm up a little and make playing outside easier. We're getting cabin fever over here!
Last week Caleb and Logan had their first dentist appointment. It was early in the morning out in GR, so Levi spent the night at Grandpa and Grandma's. :) The dentist was awesome and the boys did great. Logan especially was a little shy/scared at first, but he watched Caleb go first and then did great when it was his turn. The dentist did a wonderful job of getting the boys at ease and interested in what he was doing - they got to push the button to make the chair recline, turn on the light, press the pedal for the toothbrush, squirt the water thingie, etc. As much as we liked him, I'm not sure if we'll go back or not - it was quite a hike, and not cheap either. It was a great first introduction to the dentist so at least so far they're not scared of it, but maybe now we'll find someone closer to home and hopefully more reasonably priced.
Friday night and Saturday I had the opportunity to go to our Ladies Retreat at church (Thank you, Honey!!). It was right at church, which made it easier to go, and it was a really nice time. We had fun with a scavenger hunt to get things kicked off Friday night (our team won!), and Saturday I had the privilege of teaching a couple photography workshops. I team taught with my friend who is super crafty and talked about things you can do with your photos. We had a great speaker who taught a few sessions, and they had some great door prizes. I won a 1 hour massage! Can't wait to use that. :)
Then Sunday afternoon I had fun shooting our babysitter's engagement photos. Sad that we'll be losing a babysitter this summer, but happy for her. :) It's a rather short engagement, so she's rushing around trying to get a bunch done, and her fiance is in school on the other side of the state, so this weekend was pretty much our only opportunity to get engagement photos done! It was super sunny and pretty cold, but we found some nice shady spots and toughed out the cold. :) Either I'm too used to photographing small children who won't sit still, or the two of them actually are very photogenic. :)
Monday night was our second to last parenting class that we've been taking this winter. We've been meeting since October, so it's been a long time, but so worth it and we really enjoy the other couples in the class.
We've been dealing with our first sickness since the holidays - I can hardly believe we've made it that long!
Levi has gotten pretty good at climbing the stairs - still have to stay right behind him, but he loves to do it and heads for the stairs every opportunity he gets.
Last week Caleb and Logan had their first dentist appointment. It was early in the morning out in GR, so Levi spent the night at Grandpa and Grandma's. :) The dentist was awesome and the boys did great. Logan especially was a little shy/scared at first, but he watched Caleb go first and then did great when it was his turn. The dentist did a wonderful job of getting the boys at ease and interested in what he was doing - they got to push the button to make the chair recline, turn on the light, press the pedal for the toothbrush, squirt the water thingie, etc. As much as we liked him, I'm not sure if we'll go back or not - it was quite a hike, and not cheap either. It was a great first introduction to the dentist so at least so far they're not scared of it, but maybe now we'll find someone closer to home and hopefully more reasonably priced.
Friday night and Saturday I had the opportunity to go to our Ladies Retreat at church (Thank you, Honey!!). It was right at church, which made it easier to go, and it was a really nice time. We had fun with a scavenger hunt to get things kicked off Friday night (our team won!), and Saturday I had the privilege of teaching a couple photography workshops. I team taught with my friend who is super crafty and talked about things you can do with your photos. We had a great speaker who taught a few sessions, and they had some great door prizes. I won a 1 hour massage! Can't wait to use that. :)
Then Sunday afternoon I had fun shooting our babysitter's engagement photos. Sad that we'll be losing a babysitter this summer, but happy for her. :) It's a rather short engagement, so she's rushing around trying to get a bunch done, and her fiance is in school on the other side of the state, so this weekend was pretty much our only opportunity to get engagement photos done! It was super sunny and pretty cold, but we found some nice shady spots and toughed out the cold. :) Either I'm too used to photographing small children who won't sit still, or the two of them actually are very photogenic. :)
Monday night was our second to last parenting class that we've been taking this winter. We've been meeting since October, so it's been a long time, but so worth it and we really enjoy the other couples in the class.
We've been dealing with our first sickness since the holidays - I can hardly believe we've made it that long!
Levi has gotten pretty good at climbing the stairs - still have to stay right behind him, but he loves to do it and heads for the stairs every opportunity he gets.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
behind
I'm a little behind in posting! Nothing major happening, I guess. Just the normal, everyday chaos of life with three little boys. :) A couple weekends ago we had a great sledding day with the cousins. Even Levi got in on the fun. He wasn't too thrilled when I was pulling him on the sled next door, but he did fine riding with me in the sled behind the tractor. Of course Caleb and Logan had tons of fun sledding with their cousins, and Caleb would have kept going all day if he could have! Part way through there was a small incident where he fell out of the sled, got a little hurt (could have been much, much worse but thankfully wasn't), and he was more afraid that we were going to make him stop and go in the house! :)
Last weekend we were busy helping put on a dinner for our friends who will be leaving for the missionfield soon. They are going to Italy, so of course we had an Italian dinner! It was a fundraising dinner to help with their expenses for travel and set-up - we had a great turn out, everything went well with the food and such, and the Lord really blessed them financially! It's exciting to be a part of something like that, and I really hope it's not too long before we can visit them in Italy... :)
Levi is like a whole new baby on this formula we've been giving him. There is almost no spit-up - I even dare go to another room without a burp rag, something that would have been unheard of a while back! I do believe there is a dairy sensitivity - I tried yogurt and that didn't go well, and I don't think he was feeling too well after he ate a bunch of mac'n'cheese either. So, none of that stuff for now, but he practically inhales lots of other stuff! I have a hard time keeping up with him. He loves banana, apple, pear, pumpkin, carrots, peas, squash, avocado, black beans... He's making lots of new noises, it's so fun! Can definitely tell that he's trying to "say" something.
Caleb and Logan continue to be full of questions. All. The. Time. They just want to figure everything out! The snow has been fun to play in, but I think I'm ready for nicer weather so that it's easier to go outside and play. Going just a little stir crazy in the house all the time. They don't get outside much during the day now because it takes such an effort to get dressed for it, and it's hard with Levi. They have both been doing very well in church - not perfect, but I'd say pretty good for three-year-olds. :) Logan was pretty sad the other night when we were watching the kids choir sing and he wanted to be singing up there with his friends - it was pretty cute. If we choose to do it that would be in Kindergarten, I believe.
We've had some food battles with Caleb lately that really wear me out, but we'll hang in there. :) We're not asking him to do anything crazy, just has to try one bite, but he really digs in and gets stubborn....wonder where he gets that from??
Last weekend we were busy helping put on a dinner for our friends who will be leaving for the missionfield soon. They are going to Italy, so of course we had an Italian dinner! It was a fundraising dinner to help with their expenses for travel and set-up - we had a great turn out, everything went well with the food and such, and the Lord really blessed them financially! It's exciting to be a part of something like that, and I really hope it's not too long before we can visit them in Italy... :)
Levi is like a whole new baby on this formula we've been giving him. There is almost no spit-up - I even dare go to another room without a burp rag, something that would have been unheard of a while back! I do believe there is a dairy sensitivity - I tried yogurt and that didn't go well, and I don't think he was feeling too well after he ate a bunch of mac'n'cheese either. So, none of that stuff for now, but he practically inhales lots of other stuff! I have a hard time keeping up with him. He loves banana, apple, pear, pumpkin, carrots, peas, squash, avocado, black beans... He's making lots of new noises, it's so fun! Can definitely tell that he's trying to "say" something.
Caleb and Logan continue to be full of questions. All. The. Time. They just want to figure everything out! The snow has been fun to play in, but I think I'm ready for nicer weather so that it's easier to go outside and play. Going just a little stir crazy in the house all the time. They don't get outside much during the day now because it takes such an effort to get dressed for it, and it's hard with Levi. They have both been doing very well in church - not perfect, but I'd say pretty good for three-year-olds. :) Logan was pretty sad the other night when we were watching the kids choir sing and he wanted to be singing up there with his friends - it was pretty cute. If we choose to do it that would be in Kindergarten, I believe.
We've had some food battles with Caleb lately that really wear me out, but we'll hang in there. :) We're not asking him to do anything crazy, just has to try one bite, but he really digs in and gets stubborn....wonder where he gets that from??
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