Fun Run

Having never participated in a fun run, I wondered how they were going to get the younger kids to run from point A to point B -- suckers, candy? Nope, just magic words, "Ready, set, GO!" I remembered to bring the camera... but not the memory card. So luckily my friend Sarah grabbed some shots for me. I wish I would have brought my video camera to capture the sheer euphoria every time a new heat began and C worked his way into the line-up pile with the older kids so that he could burst out when he heard those words called.

Kirstin, the organizer, didn't treat them like a bunch of pansy little kid runners either. They worked hard and ran quite a ways for their popsicles and chocolate gold medals. There were even Pixie Sticks along the way to keep the energy level up. It seems our little girl takes after me -- the picture of the two of us running to the finish line shows how happy and excited she is to be finishing... because EVERYONE is cheering her to the end (they were waiting to start the next race).