Strollerderby

One of the many reasons I totally love my husband, Nick Mangine, is that he is quite possibly, the funnest person in the whole entire world. (And yes, I know 'funnest' is not a word-- but he's so stinkin' fun I am thinking of writing to Webster's to see if it can be made a word with 'Nick Mangine' as the definition-- hey, if 'bootylicious' is now a word, surely this shouldn't be too much of a challenge.)

So tonight we went out for a walk to get some exercise since we used the free 2 hours of childcare at the gym today to sit in the Lifetime Fitness cafe and work on our Haitian Children's Home support website. (We've been doing that often lately-- I am pretty sure that's not against the rules because we are actually IN the facility, but I still feel guilty enough about it that I wear gym clothes and when they ask where I am going to be I say, "Either up in cardio or in the cafe." It's TECHNICALLY true, but I am pretty sure I am not hitting the spirit of the law on that one.) So I did want to get some exercise in since this week has been crazy and really not conducive to a normal exercise routine. (BTW-- was down another 2.2lbs this past week...)

So we decided to take a vigorous walk pushing all three kids. Nick had Nia and Josiah in the Sit n' Stand, and I had Nico in the Jeep Liberty Urban Terrain Jogging Stroller. (Yes, I agree, that is a ridiculous name for a stroller, which is exactly why I like to use it in its entirety whenever possible.)

On the way back to the ole' apartment we got into a friendly little race. Now I will say that I may have had an advantage in terms of the weight I was pushing and the "stroller advantage" (since we were, in fact, on an urban terrain). HOWEVER, Nick probably STILL had the "weight advantage" even if you added up all the extra kid weight/stroller weight he was pushing. (I could to the math to let you know for sure, but it's just too dang depressing...)

So because of the advantage he had, I knew I would have to play a little dirty to win. Thus, strollerderby was born. It's pretty much what it sounds like. The kids LOVED it, and I have to admit, it was good exercise. I just hope all of our kids are past the risk for shaken baby.