Roller skating

It is a beautiful Sunday morning ... and I was planning on a run, but Caloy and the monkeys wanted to play too ... so we decided to go skating instead.

A nice leisurely skate ...

or not.

We put the monkeys into the bike trailer which doubles as a jogger and together they weigh about 70 lbs ... kids + trailer.

Caloy has roller blades ... and I have skates. The old school kind ... they are actually sketchers tennis shoes with big red glittery wheels. They are super fun and they weigh about 80lbs each ... ok, that was an exaggeration ... they weigh 50lbs each. So, I am wearing 100lbs of wheels on my feet and pushing 70lbs of monkey ... it was quite a work out.

We went about 4 miles and at one point I could hardly catch my breath. It was tough. We used to skate when we lived in California near the beach. We'd go along the boardwalk ... it was fun.

Grace cried a lot ... the "twos" are creeping up quickly ... man, when she isn't happy, she lets you know. Matthew was great and kept her calm most of the time, while Mommy was pushing and wanting to pass out. At one point, we were going up a hill and Caloy came up from behind, he had Savanah ... and she pulled him most of the way ... he took over and pushed the kids to the top. He turned around and signed, "it's not bad" ... and I wanted to flip him off ... I might have if we were not around other people. I wouldn't have thought it was bad if I had sled dog pulling me for 2 miles either. Butthead.

Anyhow, it was fun and exhausting ... time to nap now, I think. We've had a really great and relaxing weekend ... I love when we don't have much on the agenda and we can just play, nap and enjoy time as a family. Life is so good.