Monday, September 15, 2008

Weekend

We had a lovely weekend. On Saturday, Thomas and Carter got reacquainted while I ran some errands and got in some girls-only shopping time with Anna and Ashley. On Saturday night, Thomas and I went to an Indigo Girls show at Chastain Park...

where we enjoyed fine cheeses and boxed wine!

On Sunday, I took Carter on a 25 mile bike ride from our house, around Stone Mountain and back (almost). By the time we made it back to our riding companion's home, the combination of a 40lb child on the back of my bike, 90 degree heat, a low tire and a head wind (not to mention burning thighs) convinced me to have Thomas pick us up, thereby cutting out what would have been the 26th (and mostly uphill) mile of the trip.

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Carter was very amenable to the lengthy bike ride, though he did become quite adept at pulling stuff out of the back of my bike jersey. At one point, he wiped my back with baby wipes (it felt nice!) and at another point, he pulled out our trail mix and scattered some for the squirrels. (I won't mention the times he tried to pull my shorts off). Finally, (as planned) he took a nap.

Needless to say, we didn't do much the rest of the day on Sunday!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't know if you need more vitamens or less! Did Carter remember being at Stone Mountain?

Anonymous said...

Wow! I'm impressed - I guess I'll have to train harder so when Carter comes to visit Grandma won't seem like a wimp!

Anonymous said...

Oh, I never dreamed after our trip to Stone Mtn. that a bike trip (with 1 participant on board) would be on your to-do list. You, and Carter are amazing and I feel like a real slug! What kind of vitamins DO you take?? Love to all, Aunt Linda