Getting our walk on!

I have made a goal of walking at least 5 km a day with Ellie. If we can stick to it, at least during the week, we should walk an average of 100 km a month. I'm determined to get this girl into the healthiest, strongest she can be.

Snack Time at the Dyke

So far, we're on track with a long walk with the dog yesterday morning, followed by a walk into the village to renew my car insurance, and then a bike ride with my mom to one of the local playgrounds. Ellie still needs help on the bike, so we use our trail-a-bike all the time! It's great for both of us.

Today, we made it to school at 8:19am, perfectly on time! It was something of a miracle, honestly. Ellie and I stopped at the riverside dog park with Piper, and we had a nice walk around, noticing all sorts of things like how much the plants have grown (we don't go there during mosquito season!) and how the river is affected by tides.

We came home and cleaned the kitchen from breakfast, and prepped lunch for tomorrow. We're using a meal plan for the first few weeks back at school, and Ellie is really enjoying helping. It's nice to have all four of our lunches in the fridge, so the boys can grab theirs in the morning, and Ellie and I can either pack ours into our day bags if we're going out, or we can eat when we are home. It's SO nice not to have to think about what we're going to eat. Tomorrow's lunch is overnight oats, with melon, apples and dip, and carrots. 

We've just had snack, and I'm getting caught up on the homeschooling reporting/setting up activities for Ellie. We're going to walk up to the library, to return our books, get new ones, and maybe have a play at the park before coming home for lunch.

Thursdays, starting next week, are going to be crazy. Both kids have after school activities, so there's a lot, LOT, of driving. Thankfully, today it's only Jakob who has places to be.

Enough screentime for me, we're off!