zoo art

Last weekend the weather in Memphis was gorgeous (this past weekend, not so much!). We took advantage of it and went to the zoo. RJ had a wonderful time. I think his favorite thing was seeing the elephants. He kept saying "Yoo hoo, ell-yee-font, where are you?".  We bought a family membership, so we plan to go back often.

Feeding the giraffe!

Finally found the elephants!

Since April is almost over, I need to share the calender art for the month and it goes along perfectly with our trip to the zoo.

The zebra was stamped in white directly on to the tan paper. The elephant and lion were stamped onto white paper and then cut out and glued to the tan paper. I used a small paint brush to add the mane and feet to the lion and a small circle foam brush for the head. All of the other details were drawn in with a black marker. This is one of my favorite pages! Hope you like it!

running sucks

I've been trying the C25K thing for a week now and I've learned a few things:

• C25K was not designed for people who only sit around on the couch.
• Running alone is much easier than running with a 2 year old, pushing 30+ pounds in a crappy jogging stroller and stopping for kicked off shoes and thrown sippy cups. But hearing him yell "wheee!!" during the running parts is some pretty sweet encouragement.
• I really need to buy some appropriate jogging clothes. My pants are too big and nearly fall off when I run. I won't even talk about the importance of a good sports bra.
• If RJ is ever tired and cranky, put him in the stroller and hit the road. He passes out every time.

As much as I want to be a runner, I'm just not (yet!). I know I have to start where I am, but it's very frustrating to be so out of shape. I'm going to be sticking with week one of C25K for a bit longer. I'm still not able to do all of the running segments for this week. When I can, I'll move on to week two.

Slacker.

Spring plague

Our family has been struck by the spring plague! We had planned a trip to Ohio for this past weekend, but decided stayed home because RJ had been running a fever and had tons of snot that matched the tons of pollen that is EVERYWHERE. It's a good thing we stayed home. By Thursday, Rob was sick with the same junk. Thankfully, I never got too sick and I think my guys are on the mend.

I bought some new tennis shoes and I've started running! Okay. I probably shouldn't call it running. I started the C25K program and have done the first day of week 1. Having allergies and upper respiratory crap is probably not the best thing for someone who want to start running. I was able to do the first three running segments. By the forth, I was about to die!  I finished by walking until I saw Rob on his way home and I caught a ride with him for the last little bit. Can you say lazy?!? I should have done the second day of week one last night. But instead I had a strawberry margarita at our local Mexican place. Tonight, I will run(ish) and put these new kicks to some good use!