Getting ready for Spring

The weather is getting gradually warmer and the kiddos are getting a lot more stir crazy. We recently joined a gym with a pool which both of the kids love. Z's not a huge fan of the Child Care Center just because Mommy isn't there, but A is content to watch Up! (aka Paradise Falls) on the huge flat screen TV. So, I'm slowly starting to prepare for my half marathon training. The KC Half Marathon is in mid-October and the training doesn't start in earnest until the end of June, but it doesn't hurt to get started now.

On a totally unrelated note, here's a few things that A likes to say these days:

- A loves to weigh himself on the scale in our bathroom. He always says "how much am I?" and stands on the scale. Apparently he asked Daddy to weigh himself, after which A told him he was fat. Daddy of course asked me if I say anything about being fat on the scale, and I said "not on purpose." So, now I'll be trying to remove the "fat" word from our vocab. Oops!

- I know that I use the word "interesting" too much, and now so does A. Everything is interesting.

- Both of my boys like to say "alright" when they respond in the affirmative. Z no longer just simply nods his head vigorously, he also adds in "alright" which is alright with me. I'm just glad the kid is starting to speak in words I can actually understand. Woo hoo!

- Finally, one of my favorite things right now is bed time with A. We usually read "A Fly Went By" (pronounced "a fwy went by"), and his bedtime song of choice is Old McDonald Had a Farm. I let him choose 4 animals to sing about each night, and recently he likes to request "swimming animals". So far the swimming animals have consisted of a duck and a frog. Although I love that A is into categorization, I wish we were experimenting with these concepts outside of night time.

Here's a few pics of the kids: