Kiddos at the house

I've found a new aerobic exercise. We play ping-pong (table tennis) at my house during Thanksgiving/Christmas. Usually we tend to play round robin, which for those of you not lucky enough to have witnessed this involves playing with multiple people, hitting one shot, dropping the paddle and running around the table. When all of the grandkids were little they would be someone's handicap. You'd carry them with you while you ran around the ping pong table all the while playing. If you were good enough (or lucky enough) to make it to the finals, you hit the shot, drop the paddle, spun around, picked up the paddle and hit the shot. Rinse and repeat this til someone missed. When you had a kid in one arm this spinning element usually came with a burst of giggling. I was never really old enough to be the carrier rather than the carryee in this situation until now. My friend Shanna brought over her adorable children: 3 years and 16 months. Playing round robin ping-pong with Sophie on my hip was quite the little workout.

The rest of the day involved way too much food (Chinese takeout), installation of a dishwasher, a walk to the park, decorating the Christmas tree, and generally entertaining and feeding the kids. A lot of fun, but I am completely worn out. Time to bed for me. Maybe more pictures tomorrow. :)