eat, sleep, run, swim, and repeat

Last week was filled with eat, sleep, run, swim, and repeat!  Kinnick and Cooper have been swimming so much- loving every last minute of summer swim team.  Not only are they making friends, keeping active, and getting tan... They are tired by bedtime!  Me too!

Somebody didn't make it through Peppa Pig :)

Besides being a semi- stay at home mom, I really wanted to prove to my non handy husband that I could easily fix our leaking toilet flapper thingy (using my technical terms).  So... browsing the Lowe's plumbing section I quickly learned more than I really wanted to know, but as Mother Runners say, "Go big or go home!"  Our tank "hardware" was old, rusted, and I could replace it all for only a few more dollars than just buying a new flapper thingy.  I called my parent's for their DIY advice and I'm pretty sure that I could hear their chuckles from Iowa.  Challenge accepted.

Long story short, "Jules" from the company's YouTube video said that it would take around 20 minutes start to finish.  Days later our household's half bath is still out of commission.  There's a small leak from the filter valve that connects to the water source. What? Why is that last sentence part of my vocabulary?  Kyron's surprise was not successful but we have enjoyed learning together!

Just because they're cute...

Something that I do know a little more about are: running and fashion.  I am in desperate of new running shoes.  Currently I run in my favorite Newtons but they have many tracked marathon training miles on them.  I have a new found love for Under Armor workout swim mom wear; so I figured that I would have the same interest in their shoes.  They look great.  As for the feel?  Three short miles into my track night run and I'm ready to find my local running store and stick to "running shoes" not so much for fashion.

I'm sweating but the kids found the sprinklers.  Growing up in Iowa I have pranced around in sprinklers with grassy feet lots more than swimming in subdivision pools!