You may not know...

that Lil is a runner. (Unless you have been reading my blog for a while and remember this post.) She is currently training for a half marathon. Anyway, before and after her runs she stretches, as all runners should. This post is to document one of those stretching sessions. Not really because Lil wanted her stretching documented (I believe she wasn't excited at the prospect), but because of her stretching companions.
Yes, Lil is turning my girls into runners. They love to stretch with her. They love to "read" her running magazines (although they get very concerned that all the runners have cold legs/arms/bellies, due to the lack of clothing covering those parts). They regularly tell me that they need to go run fast.
As you can see, they are getting quite good at the stretches.
This last pic is, perhaps, my favorite.
A story to go along with it: one day while I was making dinner I turned around to see the girls lying on the kitchen floor, much like you see them in the picture above. I had no idea what they were doing, so I asked. Cora looked up and said, "Stretching." Okay, I went on about my business. A few minutes later the girls were wanting me to let them out the front door so they could go running. Then it all made sense to me. When I told Lil the story she knew exactly what they were doing.

By the way, happy birthday, Lil!