Ahhh Springtime
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Well although I am a lover of winter and snow... Spring is such a nice season especially after a snowy winter. The sun is out but it isn't so hot that I cannot breathe... And of course I WANT to take my daily walks with the kids.
Shawn and I just started a routine that I hope we can continue to do throughout the spring summer and fall, an evening walk. We get the kids in the wagon and start chugging. We are lucky that our neighborhood is nice, although the bad areas of Meriden are starting to encroach. After all there was a group of teenagers in front of the park drinking out of paper bags yesterday... I mean come on people, if you want to be stupid don't do it in front of a child's play area... of course knowing the youth in this day and age, a couple of the kids running around were probably belonging to those drinking...
I digress. We started walking around our block, and there is a pretty good hill one street over so it isnt completely mild. Tuesday was our first night of doing this and we walked the block three times. Yesterday we only walked it once but that was because we let the kids play at the playground for about 45 minutes, until it started to get dark. Caitlynn got to sit in the bucket swing and boy did she love that!
Not only is it good for the kids (while it took them longer to fall asleep, they seemed to sleep more deeply) but it gets Shawn and I off our keisters. Goodness knows I need to be less sedentary, but it feels so good to be getting fresh air and excercise. And with Shawn trying to quit smoking, again, it seems like we aren't in the negative spiral anymore personally.
Lets hope we can keep this up! I am tired of the constant grumpiness =)
Shawn and I just started a routine that I hope we can continue to do throughout the spring summer and fall, an evening walk. We get the kids in the wagon and start chugging. We are lucky that our neighborhood is nice, although the bad areas of Meriden are starting to encroach. After all there was a group of teenagers in front of the park drinking out of paper bags yesterday... I mean come on people, if you want to be stupid don't do it in front of a child's play area... of course knowing the youth in this day and age, a couple of the kids running around were probably belonging to those drinking...
I digress. We started walking around our block, and there is a pretty good hill one street over so it isnt completely mild. Tuesday was our first night of doing this and we walked the block three times. Yesterday we only walked it once but that was because we let the kids play at the playground for about 45 minutes, until it started to get dark. Caitlynn got to sit in the bucket swing and boy did she love that!
Not only is it good for the kids (while it took them longer to fall asleep, they seemed to sleep more deeply) but it gets Shawn and I off our keisters. Goodness knows I need to be less sedentary, but it feels so good to be getting fresh air and excercise. And with Shawn trying to quit smoking, again, it seems like we aren't in the negative spiral anymore personally.
Lets hope we can keep this up! I am tired of the constant grumpiness =)
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