Mini Runners

Today was a pretty momentous occasion. Ethan and Lucy ran their first races! One of the local running clubs hosts a few series of races, including the "fall series" ( you may remember Mike running these back when Ethan was just a baby). During the fall series they also have a kids series that races at the same location, just a shorter distance. 
 I mentioned the races to Ethan and he was completely on board. He spent a few days training with his dad and then spoiled with new running shoes by his papa. And then it was race day!

Lucy only agreed to participate when she learned that her friend Aubrey would be running too

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Official running pose

Waiting for their fans (aka Grandma, Papa and Auntie)

 Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of Lucy's race. She preformed exactly as I had predicted, super excited till they said go and then freaked out. BUT she ran with her daddy and finished!!

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 Then it was the 4-5 year old's turn

Starting line, he's in there somewhere

Couldn't ask for a better view

Almost at the finish!!

And, of course, snacks for the finishers

This was, technically, the third race of the series, even though it was our first. The fourth and final is in 2 weeks, each race is a little bit longer than the last to build their endurance. We are all very much hoping to participate in that one. We couldn't be prouder of the kiddos, especially Ethan, he was committed to the training and didn't give up when racing. Who knows, maybe he takes after papa even more than we thought...