Spring Randomness

With Spring upon us here in Albuquerque (i.e., REALLY HIGH WINDS!), I thought I'd take a moment to post a few random photos of the Greenies from the last couple of months.

Starting with some running... My buddy Jennifer and I did our very first "Color Run" in March.  You see, in a color run you run a 5K (or 3.1 miles) and there are various "stations" set up along the route.  At these stations, volunteers take pleasure in dousing you with colored cornstarch powder.  After my first station, I learned that you have to slow down your run BEFORE you get into the color cloud, otherwise you'll breathe in a mouthful of cornstarch and then cough the rest of the race.  Good thing they don't time you along the route...

Here's a pic of Jennifer and I at the end of our first Color Run - called the Color Mob 5K in Albuquerque:

Then, we were silly enough to sign up for ANOTHER one - this time the Color Me Rad 5K in Albuquerque.  They didn't use just powdered cornstarch, they ALSO had power sprayers along the course to REALLY douse you!  We were completely and totally filthy after this one - see (first pic is after the yellow station, second pic is the end in an orange powder cloud):

We have one more color run in September and then I think we'll go back to "regular" races...

A month later it was time for the Run for the Zoo (May 2013).  Lucky us (Jennifer and I), we signed up to run the 10K (or 6.2 miles) to support the zoo!  In the spirit of fun, we dressed as zebras - see:

My co-worker (Rochelle - also ran the 10K) snapped this one of me at the finish line (below).  I made it!  AND, I got a new Personal Record (PR) - shaved off a whole minute from my previous 10K!  1 hour, 11 minutes!  Yes, that's slow compared to a lot of runners, but hey, since my first 10K race in Hawaii (March 2012), I've managed to shave off 10 minutes off my PR!  I guess all of this practice is paying off, eh?

Ok, let's get to some cute stuff - CARTER!  Our little guy isn't little any more.  He's getting taller every day and is turning into Mr. Independent (more on that in a minute).  He's also in to role-playing and can take on any character.  Some days, he takes on more than one at a time!  Here's Carter cooking his fish (pole at his feet) in his kitchen...oh yeah, and while wearing a superhero cape - we call him "Mr. Domestic Superhero Fisherman"!

On to some more silliness...  Last night we had a bit of a disaster in the kitchen whereby I dropped an entire canister [completely full, stainless steel] of flour on my foot.  Made a huge mess.  Matt was/is laid up with a fever, so it was just Carter and I around to tackle the mess.  In lieu of helping clean up, Carter thought a "Flour Dance" would be most appropriate for this situation:

 ...what a mess, eh?  Got even messier when Carter decided to "help" sweep up and then get some wipes to clean it up...

Mr. Independent has also decided that at age 4, he no longer needs to have his clothes picked out by his mother.  As such, he is free to choose his school outfits and on this particular day, he chose to wear his raincoat to school.  On a day with 0% chance of rain.  And a high temp of 80F.  I tried to get a photo, but this is what it's like trying to get our active 4-year-old to stand still for a picture for Grandma:

Moving on... Recently we attended the first-ever Renaissance Faire in Albuquerque.  Carter, a fan of all things with swords, had an AMAZING time!  I'll have another post on the Faire after I pull the photos off of our "good" camera (as Debbie would call it).

By far, his favorite part was bringing home a little wooden sword and shield.  I also bought him a little belt to hold his sword when he's running off to save the damsels in distress.  After the Faire, he wanted to play a little more in the back yard with his new toys:

 ...and he spent the majority of his time hacking up our dead tree (maybe there's a damsel in there?).  But boy, was it fun!

 

I'll end with a photo of Carter (posing again for Grandma) in his Christmas PJs (a hand-me-down from Amelia).  Sure, it was a warm Spring night, but that didn't stop Mr. Independent from choosing his footie PJs:

That's enough for now... I hope that you and yours are enjoying your Spring too!  Until next time...
~kerrie