Lately it has been raining. Or threatening to rain. Or misting. Or some other form of dreary wet weather. All of which makes for some very antsy kids as we can't go for a walk or bike ride or whatever to get them out of the house and burn off some of their endless energy. So the other day I took them outside, just to get them outside between bouts of rain. They couldn't really play on the grass at all as they'd have ended up all muddy and the skies weren't exactly clear, so we needed to stay close to home. So our eldest found a way to entertain herself from the moment she was out of the house - laps. Seriously. She not only wanted to go onto the cul-de-sac to run, but run indeed she did. Around and around and around. She was so cute as she still had on her leotard from dancenastics and she was busy showing me her "starting position" for running. See?
Which of course was followed by more laps.
Note that the pictures are a little hazy because it was so humid out due to the recent rain. The lens fogged up and well, the kids couldn't wait for it to clear. Afterall she had laps to run. And then walk. He was content to chase after her some, but not interested in running actual laps.
In fact, for awhile his cup was more important. And then of course when I even mentioned going back inside (after all it was pj time), he decided to kick it into high gear and do some running of his own.
And never putting the cup down. And realizing that now that we were heading in, my lens was clearing up. I asked our eldest to turn around so that I might get a picture of her still. Her response? This pose.
Hmmm.... Not sure I was ready for that, but can't say I was completely suprised either. Where is my sweet little girl going? \
(By the way, I have been updating the photo gallery as well. So you can check on over there to see more pictures. Just make sure that you realize that there is now more than one page or you'll miss out on the newer ones.)