Marcus's First Race

We have had a really fun summer this year and have done a ton of activities.  One of the fun things that we did, the week-end of Marcus's birthday, is attend Minnetonka Summer Fest.  This is the Minnetonka town festival that occurs the last Saturday in June.  This is a ton of fun for kids because it includes lots of activities and the good part for parents is that a ton of it is FREE!

One of the Summer Fest activities is a kids run.  

It is for kids 2-7 (they run in 3 heats (2-3, 4-5, 6-7)).  The distances are different by age with Marcus's group running about 1/2 block and the oldest kids running a lot farther.

We thought this would be a super fun and cute thing for Marcus to do.  We got to the park in time for the run and tried hard to explain what to do.  We quickly noticed that everyone in Marcus's group had parents lining up with them.  So Luke and I both took a hand and when they said "go" we were off.  Lisa was also in this same group with Sophie.  Marcus did great- Well except for the small period where he said "carry mine" and Mommy carried him while running for a bit.  He did finish the race on his own two feet and so was excited to get the finisher medal!

I think this may be the start of a new family tradition.

Post Race Family Photo

It was really fun that Lisa and kids were in town so they also completed the race in their age groups.  Bryce was super fast and came in second place.  Carson ran the longest distance and even helped a girl who feel. 

It was pretty much impossible to get a good picture of the kids with their medals but here are a few attempts.

 It has been a few weeks and Marcus is still very excited and proud of his metal.  He likes to show it off and it we are not careful he tries to sneak it into his bedroom so he can sleep in it.  It almost makes me think I may need to make a metal holder of some kind.

This was an awesome day and I had so much fun watching Marcus run his first race and I couldn't have been much prouder of him!