Fun Run Fish

Well, we managed to miss all the Fun Runs this summer.  All except the final one!  The kids both ran great.  Smunchie was so proud of her trophy.  She kept telling her brother, "It's so lucky that we BOTH got trophies!"

No one tell her that everyone got one.  Please.

Smunchie running

Getting her trophy

Lil G running 

Posing with their trophies

Final Fun Run

 Tonight was the last Fun Run of the season.  This has been a great event for Lil G throughout the entire summer.  He has loved running each week and we loved that he was able to learn that you don't always have to win to be a winner! (cheesy, I know).  Tonight, Lil G chose to run with the "Fours" group, so that he could run with his friend, A. 

Tonight was extra special because, being the final run of the season, each of the kids got a trophy to take home!  Lil G was so proud of his prize and promptly put it up on his bookshelf as soon as he got home. 

Good friends are part of what makes these events so wonderful.  After the run, Lil G enjoyed some time goofing off with N and A.

This was Smunchie at the Fun Run. I don't know how she fell asleep like this but she did!  She was in the wrap but wanted to be down in the stroller....and then passed out.  Silly girl.

Kids Run for Fun

 This year, we decided to have Lil G do the "Lake Run Kids Run for Fun" event.  It occurs weekly throughout the summer;  however, Lil G always went to bed too early to participate!  We thought it would be good to let him run with kids, in an event that is not a race, since as of late, he has been having trouble accepting when he does not "win".

Hanging out by the fence, waiting for his race to start. 

With his friend, BL, in their matching shirts, with their race numbers displayed proudly on their backs.

 Time to race! Daddy ran with Lil G, though he repeatedly asked to run alone.  Mama was a little concerned about him running all around a track by himself! 

Everyone who runs the race gets a ribbon for participating.  Lil G did great!  He started at the back of the pack and by the end of his lap, he was near the front!  I was so proud of him, though, b/c he didn't mention that he "won" at all!

Proudly admiring his ribbon.  Such a sweetie!