My First 5K!

I have been doing my C25K training for 5 weeks now and as a birthday gift a few months ago I bought myself a 5K race.

The Wig Out Race....


It was supposed to be a fun water obstacle race. I thought, this is perfect for my first run. I get to stop every so often, and rest and do an obstacle...

I donned my awesome garb...

And we headed out!

We got there a little early and sat and drank some water... Hubs was there to cheer me on!

I headed out at 9:30 and ran my buns off, for like 5 minutes... then got to my first obstacle, running thru tires... Easy peasy, i got this!  I ran a few more minutes and came to a foam bath... Yes, this is getting fun... then ran a few inches and made it to the line of death. 30 minute wait in the blazing heat covered in dirty foam - waiting on a turn on the slip and slide... When I finally made it ( there was a person puking behind me) I ran and jumped into the biggest mud hole. YUK! But I kept on trucking on... I ran some more, and then the heat got me, so I walked a bit... then on the park benches there were bums, like 5 of them. One on each bench. Umm, time to run...

Made it back past the starting line, hubby waved and cheered me on...

Ran past him and down to the water station. Ew, Hot water... chucked that down. Opted to walk a bit more...

Ran around the corner to the next obstacle, inflatable horse races... I had no one with me so I just ran pat that one, down the road and around another corner, Water slides! Yay!  

Got there and was informed I had to remove shoes and socks... Umm no, have you seen my outfit, Im not peeling off my gear... 

So I had to skip all 5 of the slides. I was bummed.

Ran back to the finish line...

LAME!

I was disappointed. I walked more then I wanted to. I waited in line more then I wanted to, and I wanted more.

Oh well...

There are more in the future.

They did have free tacos and beer! 

(I had a stomach ache from these all night! LOL)

August 24, 2013

Home school Begins!

This year we have decided to try something slightly different. How long it will last, we don't know...
I am attempting to utilize the internet more and found ABCJesusLovesMe.com
This had some great FREE weekly plans...
And of course I will give them a mania twist.

But week one is here:
Age 5 Curriculum Week 1

We are using age 5, because it seemed most appropriate learning wise for Dakota. It is challenging enough and I can always add to it...

Day ONE we did God the Father lessons:

We read our first chapter in our Young Readers Bible - The Beginning

We started with the Bible verse:
This is also written on our portable white board so I can show them what I am reading.

Verse:  I John 3:1 - How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

Then we did the song:

Bible Song: Trinity Song
 Tune: "Are you Sleeping?"
God the Father, God the Father
God the Son, God the Son
God the Holy Spirit, God the Holy Spirit
Three in One, Three in One.

Which they mastered by the end of the day....

We then did our Shamrock printable:
(Which can be found here: Shamrock Printable)

We then worked on our Weather Items for the day, I chose clouds...

We discussed that clouds are fluffy and light just like cotton balls. Then we glued the cotton balls onto blue paper...

We then used food coloring an water to make blue paint.
And I drew on the white paper with white crayon, some clouds. I asked the kids if they could see the clouds, they said no and were quite confused. Then I gave them a fluffy cotton ball and showed them how to dip it in the paint and find the clouds. They loved this, and I was not quite prepared for the mess... Oops!

We then sang our song again (see above) while we were painting and we discussed our verse again.

After we washed our hands I was finished with my lesson, but the boys ran back to the table for more! Well who am I to argue! So we worked on some sight word flash cards and some puzzles.

After all that it was time for lunch.

And we ended our school Day one...


Day two:


On Day two we re-read our bible verse, and resang our song.
We read a new chapter in our Young Readers Bible - God created Eve

We began with working on our writing. The first three I's are hand over hand, the rest are Dakota's! Isnt he doing great!

We then worked more on the weather, today being the Sun! We finger painted sun circles between wax paper, then we used Q-Tips to make the sun flares!

We then went out side and did the Put The Fire Out activity. This is an awesome Gross Motor Skill! & was their favorite of the day! After this we played more with water and chalk... then went in for lunch... So ends day 2!

Day 3

We did a lot of flash cards and tracing. Nothing worthy of photographing. 

We did discuss being children of God and the boys drew pictures of themselves...

We spread week one into two weeks only because life got in the way a bit... 

But we have next weeks plans all ready to go! 

We will be continuing weather and the trinity... 

T -n -A

Dakota had his tonsils and adenoids removed a few weeks ago   

It was a long and difficult recovery. He scared us with his fevers and screams. I wanted it to be over. 

And then...

It was. 

Just like that - day 12 post op. he decided to eat. A half a jar of fill pickles. 

The first real thing he had eaten in 12 days. 

And it was all good from there. 

Amazing. 

He lost a bit of weight but is eating great now so I feel better about it. 

Here are some photos for your pleasure. 

Before surgery tv

Waiting to head back

After he woke up

Headed home

Hurting pretty bad

Day 12 pickles!! 

Happy 8th Birthday!

Jude the terrifying!

Getting a dog was a great idea! I always had one growing up. The kids just love him. And it's nice to see the bond they are creating. 

Jude is a huge part of our lives and he deserves his own post! 

So this tribute is to you, Jude! 

You are a wonder dog!! 

Never forget that my furry friend! 

Couch 2 5K week 4 - complete!!

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12 

C25K week 3 - complete!