Faith Laces

  Fun and Faith on Fridays 1.  Our inaugural STEM project is inspired by *Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids* by Christina Herkert Schul. Cai was particularly enthusiastic about this activity. Sitting together coloring the popsicle sticks was very relaxing.  The push pins were too hard for Cai to push the pins through the sticks.  Glue on the ends of the pins is a must. 2 . The next thing I was really looking forward to was the CD Hovercraft. But before we got started, we noticed we didn't have the exact bottle cap we needed, which could mess with the experiment a bit. The hovercraft is a fail for now. With the proper bottle cap we might succeed. 

February 7 - February 13, 2016 38 Weeks Pregnant Sunday February 7 - 3 miles Thursday February 11 - 3 miles Total Miles - 6 miles New baby is low and I think this is why my upper legs are so sore during and after running. At this point, I'm also having sciatica pains in my right leg which cause me to limp when I run. Officially I made it 38 weeks during this pregnancy but in the interest of not hurting myself for after the baby is born I'm going to stop running until baby is born. I wish I could have continued to run, but my tiredness and the bad weather combined with the soreness in my body that running causes have convinced me now is a good time to take a break.

January 31 - February 6, 2016 37 Weeks Pregnant Monday February 1 - 2 miles Tuesday February 2 - 3 miles Thursday February 4 -3 miles Total Miles - 7 miles I'm disgusted by the low mileage, but whether it's Nate's hospitalization, the bad weather, the crummy roads or the pregnancy, I'm just tired and lacking the motivation to get moving.

January 24 - January 30, 2016 36 Weeks Pregnant Thursday January 28 - 2 miles Saturday January 30 - 2 miles Total Miles - 4 miles It finally happened - snow - and a whole bunch of it - 2 feet! It snowed on Saturday so Sunday through Tuesday the roads were just too narrow to run on. I wouldn't have had anywhere to go when a car came and the sidewalks weren't in great shape. The park is off the map now since they don't plow or clear any paths. :( I had planned to go running on Wednesday, but Nathan ended up being hospitalized at Chambersburg because he couldn't get enough oxygen. After staying in the hospital overnight Wednesday, I went home Thursday and eked out 2 miles. Unfortunately that night, Nathan was life-flighted to Hershey. Saturday was a bitterly cold and slow two miles with Makayla around the hospital.

January 17 - January 23, 2016 35 Weeks Pregnant Sunday January 17 - 3 miles Monday January 18 - 5 miles Wednesday January 20 - 4 miles Friday January 22 -5 miles Total Miles - 17 miles

Photo courtesy of Kara Pittman Photography January 10 - January 16, 2016 34 Weeks - Photo Courtesy of Kara Pittman Photography 34 Weeks Pregnant Sunday January 10 - 3 miles Tuesday January 12 - 5 miles Thursday January 14 - 4 miles Friday January 15 - 4 miles Total Miles - 16 miles I hate to see my miles decrease like this when for the past two years I've been increasing my miles to run the Chambersburg half marathon and then the Pittsburgh Marathon. It's depressing.  On the positive side, we had family photos done by Kara Pittman on Saturday. It was cold at 40 degrees but it could have been colder! Nathan wasn't happy about any of it and cried the whole time. When we got home and he woke up from his nap, he had a fever.

January 3 - January 9, 2016 33 Weeks Pregnant Sunday January 3 - 3 miles Monday January 4 - 4 miles Wednesday January 6 - 5 miles Friday January 8 - 5 miles Total Miles - 17 miles The pain is getting to me and the slow pace isn't helping. On the plus side, the weather has been so good. No ice or snow to worry about :)