Christmas?...Birthday?...or 1/2 Mile Fun Run!

November 15th the boys got to run in St. Francis's 1/2 mile Fun Run. Isaac has been wanting to do a race, and I finally found one. They were both SOOOOO excited. We were having a daily countdown and regular training sessions. Isaac would run home from the bus stop every day as fast as he could without stopping and I took them running a few times also. The morning of the big day FINALLY came and it was FREEZING! My camping nightmare all over again! :) The wind was howling and all of the poor kids were practically convulsing they were shivering so bad. I, of course, didn't think it would be that cold, so no heavy jackets on my kids!

Taylin, Isaac, and Carter waiting for the excitement to begin!

Isaac refused to wear his coat while he ran. I thought it was silly, but once he gets an idea in his head, it is very hard to get it out. He acted pretty tough, though. He wasn't about to let on that he was cold!

Here the big man is ready for take off. We had been trying to drill it into his head to start slow and steady, even if the other kids took off fast, assuring him that they would eventually poop out while he still had some steam.

Here he is crossing the finish line. He ran his little heart out and was so proud to have beat that other little boy. We were glad he had that small victory, because he wasn't exactly in first place. He was quick to let us know our advice was wrong. "They started out really fast, Mom, but they never pooped out!"

Carter wasn't too proud to let us know that he was cold. He was so miserable standing at the starting line.

Thank goodness Dad came to the rescue until the race started!

Carter decided he wanted Eric to run the race with him and here they are coming in.

Our advice worked a little better for Carter. He was definitely one of the smallest in his age group, and was second to last the first leg of the race. But he kept at it and slowly passed one crying or walking kid after another. We were proud of how well both our boys did!

Every kid who raced got a medal. You would have thought it was a million bucks!

After the race we celebrated with some hot chocolate and then took them to El Chico that night to use their gift certificates they got in their race packets. It was a really great day and lots of fun!

(And yes, we cut Isaac's hair that very afternoon after seeing these pictures!)