I took the morning off work yesterday to join Emma and her class on a field trip to Froberg’s for strawberry picking. I was expecting it to be warm and humid like Wednesday was, but was very pleasantly surprised by cool but sunny weather and low humidity. It was really the perfect day to be outside! I’m trying to soak up these nice spring days as much as possible and avoid thinking about the summer to come.
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After seeing them mentioned several places online and having their ads pop up incessantly on my Facebook page, I finally succumbed to the onslaught and ordered a few things for Emma from Primary. She suddenly seems to be outgrowing most of her wardrobe so some new items were quickly becoming a necessity anyway, and I like the idea of getting some simple basics to supplement what she still has. I ordered 2 different skirts, 2 different dresses, and 3 pairs of under shorts. She can be picky about clothes — so fingers crossed that she likes them!
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So the new running shoes I mentioned ordering a few weeks ago? They arrived, and I HATED them. They were a pair of Brooks PureFlow 5 that had been on clearance, and now I guess I know why they were 50% off! They felt very tight from the moment I put them on — too narrow — but I decided to give them a try. I took a 2 mile walk with Charlotte and by the halfway mark I knew the shoes had to go. My feet felt uncomfortably squeezed, and the tongue of the shoe dug annoyingly into the front of my ankles with every step. So back they went!
I ordered the PureCadence 6 instead and voila — they arrived and fit very comfortably right out of the box. I’ve done a few runs in them now and they’re great.
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Charlotte has been a handful this week, with lots of whining to be picked up/carried around/just generally held. But on the positive side, she’s starting to get a lot more communicative even without the benefit of being able to use many actual words. She LOVES bathtime right now and at the mere mention of the word, she runs to the bottom of the stairs and starts pointing up them. Going into her room first to get undressed results in impatient screeches until I put her back down on the floor and she can take off towards the bathroom.
(She looks different with wet hair dampening the curls, right??)
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This week has left me feeling spent. Hopefully I can manage a relaxing weekend. I need it.