Week 12

This week was about new toys. Todd ordered an iPad the day they came out and finally received it Wednesday. I must admit, it is a cool little machine. While I still like the power of having a computer more, it is amazing what it can do. My favorite feature is that you can download books for children that are interactive and Aubrey is already hooked. She learned how to turn pages after being shown 1 time and loves touching the screen to make different things happen. She' been using our iPhones for over a year so the touch screen is an old concept to her, but it still amazes me how much she knows how to do. It so crazy for me to think she will never know life without all this awesome technology and I can't wait to see what it does for her.

We also decided this week that it was time to buy Aubrey a tricycle. She loves riding in her Cozy Coupe, but her legs are really getting too long for it. We tried out one tricycle at the store and she could reach the pedals, but couldn't really turn it. So, we went for the Fisher Price tricycle because it has an adjustable seat and extenders for the pedals. It said for ages 2-5 so we thought for sure it would work great. There is a reason there is a joke about assuming things because she still can't push the pedals. For now it works because she just likes to go Flinstone style by using her feet to move around. The other frustration was finding a helmet to fit. They make bikes for 2-year olds but did not carry helmets for 2-year olds. So, we bought a 3-year old helmet that looks ridiculous to hold us until we can find something that fits a little better.

This is what she thought of the helmet at first. We had to do a lot of talking about no helmet means no bike.

Use feet power to move

I can't wait until she figures it out the pedal thing. It will give me an excuse to put some air in my tires and get out on my bike with her.

As for personal goals for the week, I finally managed to run a full 5k length again this week for the first time since November. I was still about 3 minute off my pace from then, but I was still proud to run the whole distance again with no walking. I only got 2 runs in this week because we had such a busy week, but I plan to up the ante this week with the warmer weather. Running outside is so much easier for me so I hope to add some distance to my runs to make my 5k time a little better.

I almost made a new recipe this week using the naked burrito concept. It turned out pretty yummy but I am hoping to find some different variations to keep it interesting. We tend to get stuck in the recipe blahs so I really want to work on new variations of a lot of things so this is my mission for the next few weeks.

I hope everyone has a great week has a beautiful start to Spring.