Catch Up

I guess it's been awhile since I've posted again. Ellie's been sick with a nasty cold. She's still not completely better and is pretty stuffed up. At a recent visit to the doctor, they told us that she needs to gain some weight that she's lost a little. She's always been my good eater and the last several months, she's been pickier. Perhaps it's just the age of 3, who knows. Still trying to potty train her, it's going a bit better, she can stay dry most of the time. I remembered an idea a friend gave me a long time ago, she used tv trays in the bathroom with toys and books. It at least make going to the bathroom more fun and less scary. It is helping with her fear of pooping. So, yesterday I put her on the potty and gave her some blocks to play with. I heard some grunting type noises and peaked in on her. She was grunting from the effort of building this incredible tower.


Mikayla got to go on a fieldtrip to the hospital where they took one of her classmates and did "pretend" surgery on him. At least these are the only details of the fieldtrip she shared with me. She came home with more doctor stuff to play with. Ellie's been enjoying it all too. I think they can give kids all this stuff because they charge so much to real patients.



I am so sick of winter that I'm thinking a lot about fun things I want to do this spring and summer with the girls. Beginning with our garden this year. I decided to get us through winter and get excited about spring, we are going to start growing our garden seeds in empty egg cartons (friends, I could use a few more of these if you have some).

I'm still triathlon training, April will be here before I know it. I made a mistake in training though. I've been so focused on getting my heart rate up more and seeing how fast I can run (10 min. mile!), that now I've lost some of my endurance for the longer run. My swimming is still fine (it's my easiest of the 3) and so is the biking. I can't wait to get out on my bike again, but am waiting until May when I can get my carpel tunnel surgery scheduled. I think I would be miserable biking with it untreated.

(Finally, a note to all my Rochester friends, if you or someone you know could use their house cleaned once a month, please let me know.)