Quick bike ride on the greenway this morning. There are fast bikers and slow bikers and joggers and dog walkers. Fishermen and sunbathers, yogis and bench sitters. Families setting up for bbq's at the park shelters and magnolias in bloom. Perfect!
Sometimes life is quiet and boring and difficult and then I have to remind myself that it is also sometimes very exciting! This weekend Jax had two school friend birthday parties that he could attend (since a b-ball tournament was canceled) One was boys and girls roasting hotdogs in the back yard and playing hide and seek with glow bands on. He loved it! The other was a morning of airsoft which went well considering... Blythe learned that she loves the swing. Scotia played with her friends in "the meadow" which is a much more romantic name than the grassy ditch. Tyrone got to play ball. That's always a successful day. And I got to watch Taye swim at the UNC Meet on the Hill. He was ranked 8th in the 50m fly and if you watch the quick video you'll see him storming up the side closest to the camera (first and second ranked take the middle lanes and then it fans out from there) He placed first by 3 hundredths of a second. And beat a swimmer who is a gr...
Of all our kids Taye shows the strongest division between the Brown genes and the Ripple genes. The food he likes is 100% Ripple. And this.... a 12 year old boy ironing his t-shirt before school... I'll let you guess which side of the tree that comes from :-)