Squishy Tummy

So, for a few months now, Matthew has been in the habit of hitting my stomach and saying in a low voice, "you have a squishy tummy!" Yeah, yeah, I haven't been exercising as much these days and I suppose it is a little "squishier" than it used to be, but still? This morning I actually went out for a run around our neighborhood for a total of a little over 2 miles. Matthew met me at the door as I came inside and said, "where did your tummy go? Let me see it." (I have told him before that I need to run to get rid of the so-called squishy tummy) I lifted up my shirt and sucked in my stomach as far as I could as he hit it hard with his hand. "See, it's still squishy, you have to run for a couple whiles."

He makes me laugh and makes me realize how much I do need to exercise!

Preschool

Well, Matthew had his first day of preschool this week and he is loving it. Grace has the hardest time when we drop him off. When we get back in the car, she cries her head off and points to his car seat, "brudder! brudder!" I'm trying to make the most of our girl time and hopefully she will come to look forward to those days, but for now, she misses her brudder.

Summer at Seaside

We spent a week at Seaside and Cannon Beach to end the summer and had a wonderful time with friends, playing at the beach, the pool, riding bikes (Matt's getting pretty good with the training wheels), the merry-go-round, flying a kite and just relaxing together. Grace ran straight into the ocean the first time we hit the beach and she realized how freezing it was. Later that day we got our suits on and headed for the pool. After sitting in the 87 degree kiddie pool for a few seconds, Grace looked at me and said, "better." I knew exactly what she meant!