today, the kids and i got out to southorn playground, which is in wanchai near josh's office. we played for a while, and then josh met up with us to have lunch at the flying pan. the kids had a pretty good time playing at the playground. one of their new things is wrestling...initiated by quinn. he pretty much just tackles sissy and tries to pull/push her around. she's very patient with him, and we watch pretty carefully simply because this apartment is small and has all hardwood floors. i have kinda been waiting and wondering when they would start wrestling...i think it's pretty cute and a reasonably good way for them to play together since their age and gender difference doesn't really provide many other ways for them to play together.
this evening, i got out for another nice jog down to the harbor. i love it. my shin and knee? notsomuch. it turns out that jogging downhill is pretty damn painful. i think i will keep doing it for a while though to see if i can adjust. there is another route i like, and it's a good workout b/c a huge portion of it is running up hill, but it's a shorter route and it's UGLY. all i have to look at on that route are buses, taxis, and crowds. if i can't make the downhill/harbor route work, i will switch back to the uphill route, but i can't give up on that harbor view just yet. the following maps shows the harbor jogging route and the zoo jogging route.
View Larger Map - zoo jogging route
before i headed out to jog, i decided to do a little bit of exercise in the apartment. i made q my workout buddy. it turns out he weighs a whole hell of a lot more than a 20-pound kettle bell :-) he thought it was AWESOME to keep getting lifted above my head, and he wasn't super willing to let me rest between "sets," but he was a good workout buddy. i tried to teach him how to do lunges and told him we were walking like dinosaurs (nicole, he LOVES his dinosaur flash cards and is now in dino mode)...he was hilarious...he'd scamper a few steps, and then stick a leg out and roar. i am not sure he got the workout i did, but he had a lot of fun trying!
q tackled sissy on the bench, trying to get her to wrestle with him.
q looking sad/lonely while keeping a watch out for daddy while we were at the playground
Humm, shin and knees! Humm, seams to me that started having those same symptoms when I was fifty, yet that is so long ago I am just happy when my legs work without too much complaining. Humm, honey you ain't seen nothing yet...
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fingers in my ears singing lalalalalalalalalala! let's not talk about the breakdown of all body systems, mkay :-) miss yer face!
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