Beautiful Girls, Bird Feeders, and a Bitterly Cold Run...

After a busy couple of days it seemed like I finally had a chance to spend some time enjoying the kids. Natalie is totally obsessed with books right now. She will sit on any free lap and look through books, pointing and saying every word she knows...and even learning some new ones. Today she learned "jeweepish"... or jellyfish...and "ocopoof"...or octopus :O). Love it!

At Natalie's naptime it was Karis' day to pick what we played, so she wanted to play with some makeup and her vanity. We gave each other some pretty "hot" makeovers!

We also made some birdfeeders with some pinecones, "fat", peanut butter, oatmeal, cornmeal, and birdseed. It should be interesting to see what kind of birds we attract before the squirrels get to them!

When Mark got home he was nice enough to stay with the kids while I ventured out to the bike trail for a 3 mile run. I try to do most of my runs in the neighborhood so it doesn't take up as much time, but with all the hills it is hard for me to go much more than two miles. Since I'm running a 5k with my dad next Thursday, I wanted to get in a couple longer runs. Anyway...it was pretty freezing, but really refreshing. I got to do a lot of thinking, some of which maybe I'll share in the next few days. For now, it is definitely time for bed!