Most Saturdays at the Petersen house are limited to a single activity or two. After all, it’s our big day to clean, and if we are lucky, we can sneak in a nap. (We are rarely that lucky.)

Today, however, started at 6:15 a.m. and was jam-packed. Full, but fabulous. Here are the highlights:

• A 5-mile run. Since running my Nashville half marathon, I had run just once, and only three miles. So this morning, I hit the Huntsville Greenway and was weary, thinking I would just do three miles again. Thankfully, I plugged past that third mile and it was mind over matter: I ran 5 miles and felt fantastic.
  

  Mormor has Norwegian language class with the girls.

• Mormor teaches Norwegian. Mormor (Norwegian for granny) bought the girls journals and proceeded to write Norwegian translations in them. She started with the basics: sun=sol, grass=gress, light=lys, you get the idea. Serina and Sophia ate it up and are hungry for more. Flinke jenter!
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  Great day for a dog fair.

  The HOTC Dog Fair. Put on by the Huntsville Obedience Training Club, the Dog Fair on Monte Sano attracted hundreds of dogs and their people. The girls had a blast and it was a great opportunity to see all of the charitable organizations committed to the well-being of canines.

• Southern Cord. I had a fabulous opportunity to once again present the lifesaving properties available through the adult stem cells found in cord blood. Twelve more Huntsville couples — expectant parents — now understand how important these undifferentiated cells are and what a difference they can make should their child, God forbid, suffer from one of the 85 diseases currently treatable with cord blood.
• Hotel Transylvania. Serina is 7 and Sophia is 5. They loved it!
  

  Face painting at Bridge Street.

• Bridge Street Town Center. The girls and I wrapped up the night with Mormor at BridgeStreet. We made a Gymboree stop and enjoyed Maggie Moo’s ice cream, but the girls’ highlight was face painting. My highlight? Stealing a few minutes to myself to visit Soma Intimates where I bought some new… intimates. Oh, the things I used to take for granted!

Hope you have many relaxing weekends ahead, but should you have a full Saturday, I hope it is absolutely fabulous!