Marathon, 2015

Happy Monday, friends! In an effort to be more thorough in documenting this wonderful phase of our lives and the regular comings/goings of the trio, you may be seeing more weekend updates here. Silly observations filed under the caption of "enumerated update" will probably appear on Friday.

As for this past weekend, William George and I picked up the girls from school Friday afternoon, and here is the part where I have to come clean and tell you we bought Pixie a purse carrier. Sometimes taking her with us on quick errands is easier/quicker that corralling her into the kennel and making sure she cannot hurt herself and our things. The problem is that she is nervous in the car. While that is mostly manageable, she also goes completely and totally nuts when the girls get in the car. She thinks she is one of the children so when she is separated from them, such as when they go to school, she gets a little emotional. She likes being included. Therefore, we are working on car training by having her contained in a tote.  I don't even recognize us anymore. We went with this option instead of the celebrity bag of choice. 

So...anyrate... our weekend highlights include the trio riding bicycles in the basement after homework on Friday. The girls are working on a special presentation for school this week. Lauren is tasked with being Susan B. Anthony, while Grace will be channeling Eleanor Roosevelt. This appeals to our nerdy-ness more than I can express. Other highlights include an impromptu, mini date night while the trio spent the night with Gran and Poppa. We shopped and had our favorite Chinese food, and then we stayed in to watch the first few episodes of House of Cards. Sunday meant church and a quick lunch with friends afterward.

I forgot to mention that last weekend the girls completed the Kid's Marathon. In the kid's version, students run 25 miles at school and then complete the last line on the Marathon path. Although Skip ran with them last year, the running groups were changed this year, and the duo wanted to run with their age group and their friends from school. Again, there is a burst of pride when they round the last corner, and I was so impressed that the group stayed together.

(Grace and Lauren are wearing pink pants.)



Mercedes Marathon 2015 from Cathi Lindsey on Vimeo.

Next year they should run with Pixie... in the purse.