Compare and contrast and a sorry behind...

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Here are a few of the promised fishing shots. I figured out how to get things from my phone to this blog!! Yeah me!

Also, I have ridden my mountain bike two days in a row now. Yesterday with Malachi which meant that I had to push and get laughed at and get the tar beat out of me by my son. Dork!! But it also meant a good workout and a very sore rear end.

Today, I allowed Seviah to pick the exercise regime for the day. She also wanted to go biking. What a difference a day makes! This was nice for my sore posterior, but not such a good workout. I will have to supplement it later. As opposed to Malachi and his pushing me, Seviah was looking for a leisurely "stroll" on our bikes. With a seven year old princess, this means much more talking that gear shifting. It also means that you stop along the way to feed the "baby" (yes, a doll) and have a tea party snack in the forest and then MORE TALKING!

But, I loved both experiences and hope to repeat them again soon. So, I have now gone hiking and fishing and biking with Malachi and Seviah, but find that I have spent very little one on one time with the other two chitlins. So...tomorrow I let Kodren choose the exercise. Well, maybe not, the poor tyke is doing four hours a day at All-Stars baseball. Maybe I had better buck up and do my own exercise program tomorrow and just find some time for Kodren. I am totally scared to offer the exercise choice to Michayla. She will make me swim laps. I will die. Maybe, instead of exercising together she and I need a Coldstone break...hmmmm....

Hike with children

WOOT! My first glimpse of Indian Paintbrush this year. The other photos are of the view from the top of the mountain, a tree that was growing sideways, while its major branches grew straight up and totally fascinated Malachi, and my hiking companions.

Despite the numerous mosquitoes, we had a great time together. We gave up on the picnic idea, much to Seviah's chagrin, because if we stopped moving, the bugs became unbearable, especially for poor Malachi.

I do not mind "exercising" if it means being with my kids and so I will have to take this approach more often. Because I am struggling to see the purpose for exercising for exercise sake. Seems stupid and pointless and a waste of time. But if it means being with someone I love, I can get on board. In case you couldn't tell, I am in a mood, of late. Even more ornery where food is concerned. I just eat what I want, so there. Is it really suicide, if one eats oneself to death? Sounds like a perfect plan!

I do not know how to begin to blog

Here I am. I yell at my students constantly to write and to journal and to record. And I do not have a blasted thing to say here.

I did go fishing today with Malachi and Seviah. It was great! I mean, not the fishing part, Seviah lost interest in that pretty quickly, but the sitting on the rock by the river was fantastic. I will try to post one of the great photos that Seviah took. But no promises, this is hard!!