Back to normal again!

I gt back from Indiana on Friday and enjoyed the weekend with Paul and Anna-Marie. The weather here is like actually fall. For a little while, anyway. I'm done with travel until November, which will be flat out horrible.

I managed to get a few runs in while I was out for the week, but not really. This morning I met up with the 4am running group and pounded out 2.8 miles at a pace of a10.5 minute mile. Must be the weather because I felt fine at my best pace yet! I didn't even want to puke afterwards. It's soooo much more fun running in cool weather than 80 degrees and 90% humidity. Even at 4am.

The cat is now named KC (abbreviation for Kitty Cat, which we do still call her. We go back and forth). Anna is decorated with scratches from constantly picking up KC or hauling her around the house when she doesn't want to be, but Anna is a good sport and doesn't cry over it unless it's a really bad scratch. In the meantime, the cat enjoys attacking my feet while I simply walk across my floor, or chewing on my shoe while I'm actually wearing it. She also enjoys climbing up my leg while I simply sit there, and this morning she climbed up my back while I sat on the couch.

Call me what you want, but the claws are going to go in the next few weeks...as soon as I get a vet appointment. It maintains household sanity. And our furniture.

Anna is doing and saying all sorts of cool things. Right now she's started giving a little crap at bedtime, saying "don't leave me". I can't tell if this is a result of me having been gone for the week, or if it's a new part of her development we've been expecting anyway. Right now we try to reason with her that we all need to go to sleep so we can play in the morning and sometimes that does the trick. Truthfully she's attached herself to Paul since I've been gone and so he's been doing alot of the bedtime routine but I susupect that will change once we settle into the way things were before I left. Half mommy and half daddy.

The cat provides an outlet for Anna to safely boss someone around. I heard her threaten to put KC into time out last week. Cute but a little weird. I don't think KC minds as long as she's not being squished or carried upside down.

Overall Anna's getting better with reasoning when there's something she doesn't want to do. If we explain to her why she needs to do it, that helps some. And when that doesn't help, Time Out is still really effective.

Anyway, she's a super cute and super smart 2 year-and-7-month old. She knows her colors mostly now, though yellow and blue are a little tricky. She really enjoys pointing out colors in stuff! Lately she's asking for "Gotta get that Boom Boom" (Boom Boom Pow from Black Eyed Peas). Then her little head starts bobbing side to side, very seriously, in the car seat. Can't help but lose it with giggles on that one!

She's back to using the potty at school, yay! But sporadically at home. At least she's not really resisting it anymore. So we're still no where near potty trained yet.

Well, gotta go pick up the Booger and get ready to teach tonight's class. Later...