Running a 5K on Turkey Day

So I figure if I put my plan to run the Turkey Day 5K on here I will hold myself to it and push myself harder.  Karla and I ran every morning this last week and although I have a long way to go it feels good to get started and have someone to help me keep going.  I ran some before I got pregnant with Z but I have been having a harder time getting back into it.  It is a little more difficult pushing a stroller while running but I do have Zoë saying: "More run." when I slow to a walk or stop.

My favorite running buddy

The girls getting their workout in after ours

Who likes Tomatoes? We Do!

One of the local farms her in Bowling Green (Need More Acres) hosted the 2nd annual TomatoFest.  This idea stemmed from the East Nashville TomatoFest that we will also be attending in August.  This festival was free of charge and they had a ton of venders sampling delicious food all using Heirloom Tomatoes about 50 feet away from where the food was being served.  It was all so go but the Ice Cream was mine and Zoë's favorite.  YAY for ice cream with no eggs!  Derek liked the cornbread, its like he is from Georgia or something, crazy.  They also had a tasting station with a ton of different varieties of Heirlooms.  One of the local artist and some festival attendees in all ages helped paint a huge tomato mural on the side of the barn.  And of course we are in Kentucky so it would not be complete with out some Bluegrass being played on the front porch.  Zoë's favorite part was blowing bubbles and watching the chickens.  It is so beautiful out there and I am so sad I did not take more photos.

Baby Ezra

Both yesterday and today Zoë and I have been graced with the presence of an adorable baby.  Z has not spent very much time with babies and Ezra is 7 months old.  I was not worried to much with her behavior as much as curious.  She loves her dolls and gets excited to see babies when we are out and about.  Some of her favorite games include pushing around her dolls stroller and putting her dolls and stuffed animals to sleep.

I was beyond proud of my daughter for how sweet she was with him, and also her lack of jealousy when I was holding him.  The only thing was she was a little aggressive with her hugs, this is something she does to all her friends.  This makes me feel a lot better about some day giving her a younger sibling.

Ezra was just hanging out playing with the floor mat when Z decided to climb behind him.  He just kept laughing and smiling at her, this is true even tho the first photo he looks a tad worried.

She's Crafty

So there are times and even some times a whole day that I feel like a really stellar Mom.  Then of course other days that I do not feel like such an awesome Mom, and most days I don't have time to even think about if I am a good or bad Mom.  With the beautiful site that is Pintrest I have gotten a lot of easy, cheap and fun ideas for crafts and experiments.  And sometimes we even do some of them.

Yesterday we used empty apple juice bottles and loaded them with:  ribbon, yarn, felt balls, and buttons.  We then added water.  It is kinda like a fun snow globe.  The task of adding all these items to the bottle was far far more fun then the end product.  Well Zoë actually hates the finished product.  I guess it really is all about the journey not the destination.

Story Time

Our local library does a Toddler Story Time every Tuesday.  We have gone a few times and it has been a lot of fun.  It last about an hour and they read stories, sing songs, dance, do a craft, and even play with toys.  Each week has a theme and todays was Owls.  Today is the first time I remembered to snap some photos.

Playdate with Ellie

We are sad to say that one of Zoë's friends who is just 4 days older is moving to St. Louis.  She got to hang out with us while her Mama did some packing and we had a blast.  I had added some food coloring to ice so as to make water play a little more colorful.  Then we had some Kiwi and Tangerine loaded in ice cream cones.  Ellie loves to play in the ball pit and Z loves to play in her tent, this made Z a little frustrated.  I told her to play with Ellie in the ball pit for a little while and then maybe Ellie would want to play in her tent with her.  Instead Z just played by herself in the tent, but then Ellie decided to come play in the tent too and both the girls had a blast.  We are going to miss Ellie and her Mama a lot, and hopefully we can make it up to visit some time in the not so far future.

Louisville Zoo with Trip

Heather, Trip, Zoë, and I went up to the Louisville Zoo yesterday and also hit up Trader Joe's since it was just down the road.  The Louisville Zoo is quiet a bit bigger then the Nashville Zoo and you can get a lot closer to the animals, especially the Giraffes which is both mine and Zoë's favorite.  One of the Giraffes was so tall that just his legs were as long as I am.  Another plus was that there was a baby Giraffe and if any thing can make something better its a baby.  We also saw a hippopotamus which like a lot of the bigger animals that we were just inches away from (only separated by glass) she wanted to get closer until it was too close then she was scared.  We got to bounce around with the Wallabies and some Geese tried to take our lunch.  We had a fun time and it was perfect weather, as it has been in the 100's here and we got lucky it was only in the 80's and overcast.  It is really funny living in the south where we have the humidity and such warm summers with mild winters.  I spend way more time inside during the summer and in the winter we play outside way more.

I am pretty sure that the kids had a lot more fun at Trader Joe's.  It was a smaller store and not too busy so they both made lots of new friends.  Z and I would go to the next aisle over from Heather and Trip and Z (who is very loud these days) would just yell as loud as she could "Triiiip!".  At check out they both got stickers and Trip was so cute he put one on a pregnant ladies belly behind them in line.  Zoë put all her stickers on her left cheek and one stayed on for a few hours before she noticed it again.  They were very cute on the drive back, Trip was so nice and shared his toys with Zoë and she only wanted something if Trip was playing with it or had touched it.

She got all of about 20 minutes worth of nap in and did great the rest of the afternoon and evening.

Really likes to hold hands these days