Run, Run, Run

As mentioned in the last post, September has been a busy one for everybody....

Mallory started her new "next level" at school and has been doing great so far. She seems to be acclimating very well with her classmates and we have received nothing but positive ratings on her daily report sheets. The dropping off (handled by Michol) has continued to go well. Mallory seems to jump right into playing from the moment she steps into the classroom. She does manage to let out a quick "bye" to Mom as she throws off her coat. I still have the easy job of picking her and she seems equally thrilled to go home.

Aside from that, Mallory is doing great. It seems like she is learning new things every week (or day for that matter). It's amazing how fast they can pick things up. Unfortunately, we do have to deal with some "terrible two" episodes from time-to-time, but they seem to pass over pretty quick. Recently, we took her over to a local park to run around and let off some steam. Of course, the one area she seemed most interested in was near an apple tree. We had to keep telling her not to pick up the rotten apples that were squashed on the ground. Luckily nothing went in her mouth!

When we weren't keeping Mallory busy, Michol and I both participated in a couple of local races. I completed my first half-marathon in Saratoga a couple of weeks ago in a time of 1 hour 42 minutes (229 out of about 1,500 runners) which was only a couple of minutes slower than the time I was shooting for. Next year, I am going to run the same race again and shoot for 95 minutes...here's hoping! 

Michol had her own challenge in the Color Me Rad race she participated this past weekend. The course was set over a 5k distance and throughout the race, runners were sprayed with colorful paint. She had a great time and pushed through to a great finishing time! After the race was finished, the challenge wasn't over as she had to get the paint off. An initial pass with baby wipes did not work very well so she was really hoping that soap and water would do the trick....luckily it did work and most of the paint came off.

On the same day as Michol's run, we attended my 20th high school reunion. It was a very small group, but it was great to catch up on old times...and reminding ourselves how old we are really getting!

Till next time!