Beaming with Pride

I am sure that many of you know that I spent a good bit of my early 20s racing mountain bikes. I loved it and everything that it gave me, travel and good friends. Well now in my 30s I am pulling 2 kids in a bike trailer to the playground. That being said today was probably one of my proudest moments with Madison. Old friends who own a bike shop in town put on their 2nd annual Bakers Dozen 13 hour mountain bike race today. It is a hugely successful event and the guys do a fantastic job with it. This year they also did a kids race, which both Madison and Brendan decided to enter. It was a 1/3 mile course through the woods with some nice smooth single track. I was not sure how this was going to go, but knowing that I could push the kids I was willing to give it a try. I was even less sure how I was going to push both kids at the same time.

Well, much to my surprise Madison needed very little pushing and was absolutely awesome! I just glowed with pride. She totally rocked the single track and never quit, she even bombed the little hill. When she got stuck she just need a little push and off she went again. I pushed B the whole way as I did not want to get to far behind Madison. The kids both got T shirts for finishing the race and some ice cream too. The even wanted to go do one more lap after the race was finished.

Here's the thing. I know we all think our kids are great at everything they do. But Madison was really good at this! I mean honest, as cute as she was in her ballet gear she was no natural, now not to say she wont prove me wrong and be a ballerina one day, but she was a really good mountain biker and really seemed to have fun doing it. On a side note, she was also the first girl to cross the line in the 1-8 year old group, but it was just for fun right!

Thanks for letting me brag.

Hugs

Cindy

Brownies

Warning! When you say Yes, you can lick the bowl, your 2 year old may actually put his whole head in to lick the bowl. Yep, another bath night.

C

The New Ball Park

Once again Steve has bought season tickets for the Washington Nationals. They have a brand new ball park this year which is really nice. The kids were super excited to go to a game last Sunday. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to go because of work, but as luck would have had it I was able to go. We parked in the city and took the Metro a couple of stops to the new ball park. The kids LOVED the metro. (probably more then the ball game) The game started at 1:30 and Brendan's nap time is still 1:00. Well he hung on as long as he could but then had to take a nap snuggled in with mommy. Madison got bored quickly so we bought her off with two doses of cotton candy and I say doses because it really is like a drug to her. Bless her heart she couldn't stop talking the whole night because of the sugar rush and literally when she ran out of things to say she just made up words to keep going with. She tried to explain to us that she was a chatter box and couldn't help it. WoW is all I can say. Of course the kids love the mascot Schreech and we were all thrilled he came right to our seats. Well spring has sprung so lots of fun to come.

Hugs

C