so tired! we've had a full day of it. we got out early to walk the Town Lake trail 3 mile loop. i then went to Luke's Locker to pick up my packet for the 10K on Sunday. after that we drove way down south to Cabella's "just for fun". we never go there, but the kids love the place, so we made it a field trip of sorts. then to Hobby Lobby, where i met up with a woman from whom i was buying a baby sling. it's this 360bebe sling



very cute, eh? they're made here in Austin. anyways, it was a size XS. hopefully i will one day be an XS up top again.

then we drove all the way back home for a few minutes where we checked on the piano tuner, who had the innards of the piano exposed which was terribly fascinating for John, who is my curious little monkey. then on to Terra Toys, which is next to heaven for my kids. since the majority of them had no cavities at the dentist check up yesterday, i had promised them a prize, so i was following through on it.

now we're back home and i'm worn out. i'm really glad we don't do school on fridays, because i feel like all of us need that break. it motivates me to push them extra hard on the 4 other days, knowing that we get a full day of fun the 5th day. and they have been working hard. generally we do school until 4 o'clock. i must be the most inefficient homeschooler, but it really does take us that long to get it all in. i'm not complaining though. i really want to teach them and not just hand out assignments for them to work through on their own. to do that requires me spending a lot of one on one time with each of them. particularly John and William. it is tiring, but also so rewarding. they've learned a lot, and i've even taught some new math concepts on my own. like wow, huh?

i'm really thankful that we have an evening at home tonight. i'm about to start on homemade pizza - two kinds: traditional and chicken pesto. and then after the kids are tucked away, Brian and i will snuggle up with some college football on tv. who cares that it's just Utah State and BYU. we'll take what we can get.

tomorrow both the soccer games are at 9 (thank goodness!), which will free the rest of our day up. we might be helping with the Bastrop fire cleanup after that. plans have yet to be solidified.

sunday is the IBM Classic 10K. i'm not very confident about my ability to run even half of it, but i'll give it my best shot. i've been walking/running 4 to 4.5 miles every morning, but running 6.2 continuously is a little different. i'm not worried about the safety of it. i've read enough to convince me that since i've never had pregnancy complications, and as i'm a fairly seasoned runner, running throughout pregnancy isn't a problem at all. the only worry i have is whether the port-o-potties will be spaced close enough.

well, off to work on dinner. hope you have a lovely weekend!