Memorial Day Weekend

I love that my birthday always falls close to Memorial Day...makes me feel like my birthday is extra special! Erik and I made plans and our weekend filled up quickly. On Saturday, Erik wanted to do a little training for his Mt Rainer trip that is coming up the first week of July. Other times he has climbed, he has spent a lot of time on mountains and trying to get altitude all while wearing a very heavy pack (40+ lbs) to try and get his body in shape. Unfortunately, Massachusetts doesn't boast any true mountains, so we had to get a little creative. We went to a nearby reserve and took the most hilly trail to try and get some elevation change. I was dying. Erik, on the other hand, with Ava and a pack stuffed with full water bottles to give added weight, was practically running laps around me. I would have been embarrassed, but I'm am so used to this by now!

Then on Monday I really wanted to take Ava swimming. I knew it probably wouldn't last long and she wouldn't love it, but oh well. We headed to a nearby splash pad instead. As soon as we got there the water turned off for a bit and the wee one was having a blast playing in the puddles and watching the kids. When the water came back on however, she was so done. Oh well, maybe in a couple months :)