Cross Training 3.0

So Megan and I had very ambitious plans this past weekend! We were on tap to babysit our two nieces (ages 8 and 2) and our nephew (age 5) as a favor for Megan's sister and brother-in-law. They were escaping for a much needed getaway to Maine. We brought up "the boys" and with their dog, Jake and cat, Max, we were responsible for a whopping total of 3 children, 3 dogs and 1 cat. Somehow we thought that we'd also bring up our road bikes to squeeze in a ride, and I brought my surfboard since we were so close to Hampton Beach.

Little did we know that, Mother Nature and scheduled activities prevented us from doing anything related to outdoors excursions. The minute that we arrived, we were immediately immersed in teeball practices, softball practices, teeball ceremonies and softball ceremonies. The weather didn't exactly cooperate with us since it was either raining or had just rained or was about to rain pretty much the entire weekend.

Of course we had a blast with the kids! They were awesome, and we all had so much fun. I definitely feel that we had a physical and mental work out keeping up with the kids. My arms and lower back are pretty sore from lots of carrying kids, picking up toys and running after dogs. Mentally we're both shot from trying to keep track of them.

We'll have to send a note to the PMC that they should add babysitting to the list of activities in prepping for the ride.