Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey all.  Happy Sunday evening.  The weekend flew by!  

On Saturday morning I took Luna on a lovely sunrise walk.  And we didn't do much of anything else, as you can see from the pure chaos/Chris sleeping pic on the right. 

Today was busier!  We did a brunch with Uncle Dan, Auntie Hanna, Mitchell and Isla after not seeing them for almost a month. It was so good to play with those cute little babies.

Later we watched Boom play the bells at church, and then headed downtown to see Boom, Auntie Yoda, Lucy and Mila!

It was a fun day full of cousins.  Now on to another busy week...

A Picture Update

Well, it is currently 5:22pm on Friday and Maya just got home from school because of a major school bus snafu (she usually gets home at 3:40pm).  She told me yesterday she hates the bus.  I brushed it off. Now I feel terrible. Sigh.  As someone who works at a very understaffed school, I understand how hard things are right now.  But that was a very frustrating and scary almost 2 hours.  But she made it, and for that I am grateful!

Anyway.  Time for some wine. 

Here are the pics from the week:

Maya upside down and doing her little puzzles.

Callie getting mic'd for the first time at rehearsal.

Me trying to work from home yesterday with a very annoying dog.

That's all I got.  Stay warm.  Have a good weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

First up, the oldest and youngest Henderson-side cousins!

And then, Maya trying to eat my face…?

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey everybody!  Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  We all had the day off and were able to get out on a fun family winter hike.  But more about that later.

I thought I'd update you all on my exercise.  Not that it is very exciting, but being sick at the start of January forced me to slow down and take a beat.  For almost a solid year and a half I have had a running goal each month.  It was either a mileage "quota" to hit, or training for a particular race.  I have my calendar pages back to September 2020 with the goal written at to the top of each month.

My 2021 total mileage was 786 miles. It averages to 65.5 miles per month.  Which averages to about 16.375 miles per week.  Which averages to 2.33 miles per day.  It was obviously a much more fluid reality) but I think overall that's pretty cool.

Anyway, I got a terrible cold/cough on Wednesday, December 29th, which lasted 2+ weeks.  I tried to run a couple of times in that time period to "sweat the crap out," which sounds really logical as I'm thinking back on it.  HA.  On this past Saturday I was supposed to run a 5 mile race downtown Minneapolis.  It was the first race I signed up for and trained (mostly/sort of) for that I didn't do.

Anyway, a few days into January I heard about a yoga teacher I had followed on YouTube years ago doing a 30 day Yoga "journey" so I started that up on January 8th when I was able to exist without coughing every couple minutes.

So today (the 17th) I set my January goal.  My plan is to do daily morning yoga and get 11,000 steps 6 out of 7 days a week.  I have no plans to run regularly the rest of the month.  If I feel like it I will, and it will get me to 11,000 easily.  But if I don't, I just know I have to go on a couple of longer walks with Luna, or walk on the treadmill during our nightly Survivor watch.  It feels kind of nice.  The yoga is a different kind of hard for my body, which also is kind of nice.

But I also signed up for a virtual 5K race (I'm a sucker for race shirts and swag!) that I'll do at the end of February. So I will get back into it in February, while also hopefully continuing the yoga.  And then on May 1st I am signed up for a 5 mile race.  On that date I will be one week into being 40, so who knows what my running journey will be in the next decade.  I'm open to anything (except a full marathon again, NO THANKS).

Ok enough of that.  Here are some pics from our weekend.

I ordered a new organizational "system" for our bathroom counter and it is SO MUCH BETTER.  Thanks The Home Edit!

Despite it being a bit chilly, we spent a lot of time outdoors this weekend!  Auntie Cat and I went snowshoeing.  The girls went sledding a few different times, including with Lucy, Mila and Auntie Yoda. 

And then we did our little outdoor adventure today too.  

Other things from the weekend…Callie worked on a diorama of a “Fur Trading Post” for Social Studies, which requires a quick trip to Michael’s for some supplies.

We spent time lounging in the basement as usual. We watched the 90s classic “Iron Will” and Maya spent half the movie upside down. Luna was unimpressed with the cute husky dogs in the movie. 

Have a great week!

A Picture Update

Hi all. Happy Friday!

As of today the four of us in our little household continue to be negative for Covid. I honestly can’t believe it, and am grateful. We will continue to be careful and do what we can to stay healthy…but also know that we still have 3 different schools of germs coming in to our house and it may be inevitable. Thank goodness for vaccines and science! 

Last week I think the only pictures I had were of Maya, and this week it is all Cal: a selfie, cool new shoes, and a snowy morning walk to the bus stop. 

I also had to throw in a couple pretty sky pictures, as per usual.

Here are Luna’s Friday vibes. I feel similarly. 

Have a great weekend- I’ll be back on Monday for the Weekend Wrap-Up since we are off school on Monday.

Happy Birthday Gramma!

We love you and hope you have a great day

Timehop Tuesday

Here we are…deep into winter!

Maya’s “now” face is a good representation of the cold of late.