Richie's first 5K!
Richie and I ran a 5K together today! Yep, he is only 3 but he has wanted to do one for a long time now. This wasn't the perfect race for kids (like I thought it would be), but it was the activity I had found for the weekend so we were going to try.
I had to post each and every one of these pictures because they truly tell the story of our day. First one, check out Richie's outfit. He refused to wear a coat (even though it was only 40 degrees). He wanted only his hat and his long sleeve t-shirt under an orange t-shirt. When he was getting in the car he saw his reflection and said, "Oh boy, I do look like a racer". Then he had a melt down and actually got really nervous to cross the starting line. We had to have a little pep talk. Once we finally got started he was off. He ran for at least 1 full mile without stopping! We talked, ran, skipped and jumped past at least 30 people. We did have to walk for the last bit, but as you can see, we picked it up and ran across the finish line. The crowd cheered when they saw this little kid in the race with a number. He was a hit and had done amazing. The last picture actually truly explains it all.....the post-race bagel. The one real reason Richie has wanted to run a race! Boy did he earn it.
I had to post each and every one of these pictures because they truly tell the story of our day. First one, check out Richie's outfit. He refused to wear a coat (even though it was only 40 degrees). He wanted only his hat and his long sleeve t-shirt under an orange t-shirt. When he was getting in the car he saw his reflection and said, "Oh boy, I do look like a racer". Then he had a melt down and actually got really nervous to cross the starting line. We had to have a little pep talk. Once we finally got started he was off. He ran for at least 1 full mile without stopping! We talked, ran, skipped and jumped past at least 30 people. We did have to walk for the last bit, but as you can see, we picked it up and ran across the finish line. The crowd cheered when they saw this little kid in the race with a number. He was a hit and had done amazing. The last picture actually truly explains it all.....the post-race bagel. The one real reason Richie has wanted to run a race! Boy did he earn it.
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