Jonna, Senior Editor

True to form yesterday, my two-and-a-half year old son was up shortly after the sun flooded his east-facing bedroom and was ready for action. Because I'm trying to walk more as part of FC's challenge, rather than loading him into the car to go buy bagels and newspapers, I thought, "Great! We'll walk." Well, we did…but milage wise, it didn't do very much to up my total. And in fact, it took us 55 minutes to walk 8 blocks round-trip. But even my step-count was woeful in comparison to the time spent, we had a lot of fun. Jackson kicked a rock, closely inspected some bright green crocus shoots bordering the sidewalk and gleefully chased a little garter snake that was slithering along in the grass. Note to self: If you want to cover any appreciable distance in under two hours, don't attempt to do so with a toddler. So-called "power walks" will need to be done solo or with him in the stroller for the time being.