No Pain, No Gain

Will called me from work a week or so ago and asked me if I would like to run a half marathon (13.1 miles). After talking through some of the details (How are we going to train with twin 2 year olds?!), we decided to go for it! Monday was the first day of pre-training. Will, Sean and I went running while Natalie kept the twins. It was rough, but we all walked/jogged the full mile without too much pain. I wasn't able to keep up the jogging pace for the full time, but if I wasn't jogging, I kept a brisk pace. When we got home from the track, Will and Sean were already getting sore. I have to admit, I gave Will a hard time. He just turned 30 back in June...so being *old* might have been mentioned. :-) Yesterday, I was in good shape and looking forward to jogging. Will said he was sore all day. I went jogging before Sean came to jog with Will. As soon as I started jogging, my shins and calves were aching. I didn't realize I was sore until I started jogging. I barely made the full mile, and had to walk some of it again, although I don't think my pace was quite as good as Monday. Last night, I could barely move. Will and I got some good laughs at our expense. We were walking a little slumped over and it hurt to lift our legs, so it was more of a shuffle-walk. We looked like a couple of *old* people! :-) Today, I am feeling some better. Last night I slept very soundly, so I am a bit stiff and sore this morning, but I can walk mostly normal today. I have to admit, I am dreading jogging tonight...but no pain, no gain, right?

Toys all lined up!

Meredith doing laundry

In other news, here are a couple of photos from the last couple of days. One, to go with Monday's post, is a photo of Meredith helping with laundry. You can't tell from the photo (it was taken with my phone), but she is wearing a night gown and rubber boots. The twins are really into their own fashion. When we are at home, I let them pretty much wear whatever they want. The other photo is what I found in my living room yesterday afternoon. I never know what I'm going to find when I leave a room and come back. This time, they had gathered up a bunch of their stuffed animals and lined them up on the couch. Then Meredith asked "Tales?" I think the toys were getting ready to watch T.V.!

Seth got to have Nanny all to himself for a while yesterday. Meredith and I went to David's Bridal to get her dress fitted for alterations for Lindsay & Samuel's wedding. Nanny said he played with one toy for about an hour! He's such a good kid! Nanny got his suit pants hemmed for the wedding. So before Meredith and I left, we tried it on. He's not a huge fan of the suit, but he looks super handsome in it! I hope he will leave the suit alone during the wedding!!! Meredith did great during her fitting. As long as I was holding her hands for security, she was perfectly still. She loves her flower girl dress, so would occasionally look in the mirror and giggle at herself. After I changed her back into her regular clothes, gave her dress to the alterations lady, and was finishing my business, Meredith had a blast running around the stage and looking at herself in all the mirrors. It was so cute!!! I'm looking forward to next Tuesday when we get to go back and pick up her dress. She loves to dance around in her dress, and I love any excuse to see her in it!