4 Miles

So, yesterday I was putting a train/alphebet puzzle together with Alex. It is a long puzzle with the letters of the alphabet and pictures that go along with the letters.

Alex was doing a great job with telling me what the pictures where: apple, banana, cat, dog, etc. Finally we get to the letter Y. The picture listed with Y are balls of yarn. I said “what is that picture Alex”

He looked at it and said “Grammalo”

“Yup, thats what it is, isn’t it!”

Learned Tonight:
(He’s says “Here go” and then “bonk” while he’s showing his moves)

Between the time outs and the racing, I think we are raising a redneck.

Yesterday we let will stay up from his nap to watch the Colts v. Chargers game. It was the first game back for Marvin Harrison so we were pointing him out to the Tort. We mentioned that he was the number 88.

In trying to determine where he was on the field the Tort asked, “Which car is the number 88?”

Good thing the Daytona 500 is only 34 days, 5hours and 52 minutes away.

Yes, all you NFP people can read this post!!!!

Last night The Tort wanted me to read him a story out of his "red" bible story book.  We have a red one and a white one.  The red one came with a cd that Tina has been allowing him to listen to while "resting" at nap time. 

When he went to get the story book he sat on the futon and was searching through the pages.  He said "Daddy, I want you to read me the story about the 'rubbers.'" Not quite sure what he meant I took the book and him into the living room where there was more light. (Note to future guests, the light in our guest/play room has replaced the light in our bed room which was used to replace the light in the living room which decided to break in half.) So, we went to the living room and I started flipping through the pages. 

Again he says "I want the story about the rubbers."  I begin to figure out what he is asking for and I ask, "You mean the story about the robbers?"

"No, the story about the rubbers."  I flip to the Good Samaritan story and he says, "Yeah that one.  The one about the rubbers."  I of course reply, "No, this is about Robbers." He says, "No Daddy, it is about rubbers." Okay, I am a little confused.  I don't recall contraceptives being a part of the story and since he hasn't been to his Catholic Aunt's for 2 weeks yet, I was quite sure she hasn't taught him that the Jew was beat up because the Robbers where Catholic and the Jew used contraceptives. 

So, I asked him, "Where did you hear them called Rubbers?"  He said, "The man on the CD."  

It clicked!

The book is an Usborne book.  It is written and published in the UK.  Therefore, when the record the cd they use a UKainian, or sometimes they are called Brits, or the British, or people from Great Britian.  That is why they are "Rubbers." The Jew was beat up by a band of "rubbers."  Not a "rubber" band mind you, that would just be silly.

So, after I learned that I attempted to read the story in a British accent which I determined was probably more Irish then British and probably not that Irish anyway.  But, I called them rubbers and that is all he cared about.

I ran my first 5k today.  It was at Northview Christian Life's Hillfest.  They kick off the festivities with a 5k run at 9:30am. 

I decided a few months ago that I would run this 5k as a training run to guage my progress prior to the 5k that I am training for at Taylor's Homecoming 5k.  My goal for Taylor's 5k is 22 minutes.  This will allow me to "qualify" for seeding in the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon in May.  This morning I was discussing with my boss and running partner that my ultimate target would be 22(7:00/m) minutes, however, I would be happy running it in 23:10(7:30/m).  If you check out my running page you will see that I ran it in 22:40(7:18/m).  Unfortunately, the Nike+ I use isn't vary accurate and it claims I only ran 3.01 miles.  IT LIES!!!  It was 3.1m(5k).  Basically, I exceeded my satisfactory goal and feel that my ultimage goal is in reach 6 weeks from now.

SIL - Hope to see you running again soon.  Wanna run the Taylor 5k with me? 

In June of 2006 Tina and I decided to try Bill Philips' Body for Life program.  I think that it worked out well for us.  We modified our eating habits and lost some weight.  It was a 12 week program that we managed get 10 in due to having to drop my BIL off at school in AZ. For the next year I struggled with motivation to get out and excersize.  It didn't seem like anything I did made any differance. 

And then I found running.  I am sure have read the posts on my experience with running.  If not, view the archives.  I started running 15 miles a week in June and am up to 17 to 20 a week right now.  Since June I have lost 10 pounds.  Unfortunately my body weight is lower so I burn less calories each day and I don't feel like eating less so I am at a plateau.  I am planning of fixing that by adding some weight training to my routine to build up my lean body mass.  This should allow me to burn more calories and remove more fat.  Weight probably won't drop that much, however; I am not worried about my weight. 

So what you were all wondering:

     BEFORE                    AFTER

In a prior blog post, ‘Waiting . . .,’ Tina mentioned a few projects that we have put on hold while we wait for our land to sell.

Here is one project she forgot to mention:

I might just do this one anyway. Good way to conserve water.

Preface:
Last night we taught The Tort how to play UNO!

Chapter 1:
After reading The Tort his bible story and praying with him he stated "You are my favorite Daddy." 

I found that flattering and said, "Thank you."  I followed it up with, "When you grow up do you want to be a daddy?"

He said, "Yes"

Of course, being the vain daddy that I am I asked "What kind of Daddy do you want to be?"

He said, "I want to be a daddy like you."  (yes, {single fist pump} my bait worked!)

"really, and do you want to have a boy?" I asked.

He said, "Yes."

Me: "What will you name him?"

"Uno" (remember the Preface?)

"Are you going to have a girl?"

"No"

"Why not?"

"Cause one is enough!"

After dinner we require our children to say "Thank you" to the preparer of the meal and to say "May I be excused."

This evening The Otter was finished with his meal so we said "Tell me mommy 'Thank you'."

He said, "Dank you".

Then we told him "Say 'May I be excused Please.'"  (Yes, of course we know he is only 9 months and can't grasp 5 word sentances.)

He said "ehhht, me-me" (Translated, "{burp}, excuse me."  He can't burp so he makes the vocal sound, ehhht) 

Tina was out for the evening so I let the Tort have ice cream.  He decided that he wanted two scoops and was very determined to make sure I gave him exactly two.  Since mom wasn't home I offered some toppings:

Me: "Would you like cool whip?"

TT: "Yes"

Me: "Would you like chocolate syrup?"

TT: "Oooh, yeah, I LIKE chocolate syrup."

Me: "Would you like ketchup?"  (he LOVES ketchup)

TT: "No, Silly Daddy, Ketchup is for chicken nuggets and vegetables."

Whew, glad we cleared that up.