Mother's Day 2012

It's Mother's Day!  Woke up at 5:15am this morning to get to my 5K on time.  My goal was to run the whole thing in 25-26 minutes, but I ended up having to walk for about 30 seconds near the 3-mile point, so I finished in 27:00 (26:59.8 was the official time).  Not too shabby!  That makes my mile pace about 8:40, which is awesome!  I needed around 8:00/mile in order to do 25 minutes, so when I saw that my first mile was 8:28, I knew I wasn't going to make it.  At that point, I shifted my mindset to keep-this-pace-and-run-the-whole-damn-thing thinking, which was pretty good.  I just couldn't catch my breath at the point I needed to stop and walk, so I did the 30 seconds, then continued on my merry way.  I ended up 207th out of 400 (dead middle!), and 9th out of 22 in my age category.  Wahoo!

I like how my shirt literally glows compared to everything else...

0.1 mile to go!  RUN!  (might I add that I'm rocking orange and navy blue?  Yeeeeahh...)

After that, it was drive back home, shower, pack up Mother's Day stuff, and go to my in-laws' house to get the girls.  So happy to see them!  E actually saw me, got a huge smile on her face, and ran into my arms.  SO SWEET!!!!  L was happy to see us too, and I got a big wet kiss.  They apparently had a great time with Grandpa and Ng-Ng, and they were in wonderfully good moods (until we got home).

L is ready for her close-up.

Self portrait with L

The husband and I

Daddy and oldest daughter

Mommy and youngest daughter (wow my legs look massive)

We brought the girls home and MAN were they in MOODS.  L was demanding and ordering my husband and I around, to the point that it was getting very mean and very rude.  I'm learning to pick my battles - I knew that she just needed a nap, so we ignored her behavior as long as it wasn't going to cause huge problems or injuries to someone else (i.e. E).  E was just cranky and didn't want to eat, and ended up flinging most of her lunch around.  Joy.  Thank goodness nap time came soon after that and they were out for 2.5 hours!

Mother's Day gifts were great.  L told me awhile back "I get you chocolate for Mama's Day!," which I thought was hilarious (it's supposed to be a secret, right?!?), and she was right:  she got me dark chocolate-covered almonds and cherries.  MAN are they good, but MAN are they rich!  The girls also got me donut mix for my donut maker I got at Christmas, a book on the origins of Thor (thanks, L, for thinking of ME and not yourself, lol!), a beautiful fancy pen (thanks husband, I love it!!!!!), and a fancy-schmancy trashy romance novel (Fifty Shades of Grey, by E L James).  My family is awesome!  The only things I really wanted today were to spend time with my girls and get a picture of them with me.  That went...interestingly.  It was never perfect, but I have a 3- and 1-year-old, right?  Here's a smattering of the pictures we ended up with.  Love my girls!

First picture.  Actually, I think it was the best overall.  LOL.

What the f* is L doing?  E, stay here.

E, come back here!  L, sit up!

That's Daddy!  Wave at Daddy!  (WTF ARE YOU DOING, L?!??)

Being bowled over by L, trying not to squish E.

Bowled over by L, E is escaping (why is my husband not helping?!??).

Ah, lovely, L tooted.  Now it stinks.

Let's try this again a bit later...aaaaand you're all still fighting about this.

Ah, well, c'est la vie, I guess.  Where's the alcohol again?

Looking at all the pictures Daddy took on the TV.