Baseball Babies and Beer

Monday, February 06, 2012

A New Hobby

We started biking.

Ok... I started biking and have encouraged (forced) the kids to follow suit. We started in the summer and all but "the skinch" has taken to riding so far. (At autumn's end she was so close to coming off of the training wheels but stubbornly refused. It's a confidence thing - not an inability to do it.) I'm hoping that she makes it off the training wheels by May so that we have the whole summer to ride together. We shall see...

In October, the boys and I went on a 10 mile organized ride called the Camphill Challenge. It was on some quiet roads out in Chester county. I'd be lying if I told you that there were no complaints from them. At about mile 6 we had a HUGE hill to climb and, as we walked our bikes to the top of the hill, I was sure that I was going to get lynched by the crew. To their credit - they plowed ahead after some water and snacks and finished the ride. They were also the youngest participants in attendance, by far. When we finally finished the ride - you could see the sense of accomplishment on the boys' faces. That was the moment that I knew that this was just the first of many future biking adventures for us. I can't wait for spring!!

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Sunday, February 05, 2012

I'm Back...

I took some time off from this blog and I'm a bit regretful that I have. See - it has been difficult for me to post anything for the past two years or so because I tend to write about whatever I'm thinking or feeling. I didn't feel like this was a forum that I wanted to use...

Geana & I separated in March of 2011 and are currently working through the process of a divorce. It is sad. It's not how I wanted my children to grow up - being carted from here to there and then back again. It's sad but it's also what is best for the two of us and, ultimately, our children. In a lot of ways I feel like I'm simply becoming a statistic, adding to the high divorce rate of parents of high-order multiples.

I've been grappling with what to do with regards to this blog. Should I shut it down? Should I just never post again? What? I was reflecting the other day and realized that I created this blog to be a catalogue, or diary, of my thoughts and experiences with my kids. This is for them and, ultimately, will be a gift to them that they can read through whenever they like. Because of that I'm going to continue to post. However - before I can do that, I feel like I have to acknowledge this huge change to our lives before I can put into context any of our future adventures.

We'll see how frequently that happens. My intent is to catalogue our time together - whatever mischief we come across...