Everyone always remarks about what a good sport Calin is. Trilby said just the other day that her coworkers were talking about how her girls probably never get embarrassed because of their aunts who are so out of control. I think her coworkers are correct in their assessment, but what they don’t know is what a total good sports they both are. And I would give first place in the good sport category to Calin. Skylar is so easy, and almost participates in the shenanigans, whereas Calin is usually disgusted by them. But no matter what, when she falls victim to our craziness, she always ends up laughing.
Yesterday marked a big day in my life….Navy turned six weeks old. Hence, I supposedly have the green light to officially start exercising. (My doctor will tell me today for sure.) My idea was to go in the morning, but something came up. Then the late morning, but you know the story. So about 3:25, I decided to head on out. And it worked out perfectly since Calin usually gets picked up at 3:45. I got Scout in the jogger stroller, got snacks for him and water for both of us, and we went on our walk. When I got the call from Calin to go and get her, I told her I was coming “slowly but surely”. She wanted to know what that meant. I told her if she walked to the bottom of the hill, she would find out. She told me she “would never walk to the bottom of the hill because [she] had like 40 pounds of books!” I told her “stinks for you!” (Especially because it was a two plus mile walk and she was in her fashion forward jeans and her Ed Hardy shoes that weren’t “made for walking”.)
When she clued into my plan of getting her home, she was SO mad! I was SO happy! When she finally realized that she had no choice, she said in a disgusted voice, “Fine! But you are pushing the stroller by yourself with my books in it and my bag on it!” I said, “Fine! But that only means I will get skinnier faster!”
Scout was so excited to see her, and called out “Nay Nay” for twenty minutes prior to her arrival, and even had a flower he picked for her. Unfortunately, she wasn’t that thrilled to see us….or I guess me probably because I was snapping pictures of her the whole way down the hill.
In the end, we had a great time. Scout and I would run ahead and hide behind bushes and jump out to scare her. I kept trying to trip her when she thought she could walk and text. We crank called people. I would cat call guys and point at her when they looked. She got a piece of dust in her eye and complained for ten minutes about it….I told her it was nature, and that she should get outside more often. I moaned and groaned all the way up the last massive hill, which she thought was hilarious. It was all in fun. But the best was when we called her mom, and I told Trilby I was making Calin walk. Trilby said that Calin has been wanting to do some sort of exercise lately, and I beamed with delight, while Calin was noticeably irritated her mom told me. I told Calin, “I didn’t even know you wanted to exercise every day…..and I want to exercise every day……this is PERFECT…..I will pick you up every single day with the stroller!” She was obviously disgusted with the idea, because she knows I will pick her up with the stroller! I can’t wait to bond with my little niece as I shed the pounds.
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