We took a family bike ride to the park today.  Brian and the kids played while i ran the Loop.  Quality time with daddy, good outdoor playtime on a beautiful day, and good heart-rate raising/energy burning/mind clearing for me.  Win-win-win!

 

When I finished the run and met up with the fam, Stella and Oliver wanted to show me their ‘treehouse,’ and of course i wanted to see it.  The directed me to climb up the playground with them.  ”He’s Dark Vader,” Stella explained, “and I’m Mrs. Vader.  And he’s my husband.  See, (pointing to imaginary treehouse wall) here’s a picture of us on our first anniversary.”

“Yah!” Oliver concurs, “I Dark Vader!”  They have absolutely no idea who they’re referring to.  (They both stop to pull an imaginary drink off the imaginary shelf.) “Let’s go, Dark Vader!”  Stella calls to Oliver.  And off we go– down the slide, and onto bikes and back home.  They also have no idea how much they make me laugh.