The last few weeks we've been doing a babysitting swap with another family in our neighborhood and it was our turn to go out again so this morning Scott and I went to the local high school and played tennis. It was so much fun! I had not played tennis much in the past, I was more of a soccer player, and so we didn't really play a serious game today, we just sort of volleyed the ball back and forth, and I practiced serving. The hardest part was trying to serve the ball so that it would land in the little (at least it seemed little to me) box that's diagonally across from me. By the end my right arm felt weak and tired which is a good thing because it means I was pushing myself. Perhaps I should start lifting weights, though you'd think carrying a baby around all day would be enough...I guess it just works different muscles. The only unpleasant thing was hearing the other tennis players on adjacent courts cuss, but what I did to help my ears not hear so much filth was I started yelling out my own phrases to block there's out. "Rats!", "Whoops-a-daisy!", "Are you ready for this?!" I also sang a little :), maybe next time they see us playing they'll decide to go somewhere else :), but if not, and if their cursing continues then they can just enjoy a little wholesome entertainment from our court.When we got home Scott and the kids did some work out in the yard while I baked Elisabeth's cakes for her birthday party next week. I'll be making my first princess castle cake! It's a lot of work but what cake isn't? This one is going to be big so the baking part was more work than normal birthday cakes, though not quite as much work as you'd put into a wedding cake...but close. Now they're stacked, wrapped and sitting in the freezer so come Friday I'll just need to pull them out and frost and decorate them. I'll post pictures of the final product once it's all finished.
