Jingle Bell Race

On Sunday morning the kids and I participated in the arthritis Jingle Bell Race. It was so much fun! Last year I signed up to do it (not sure what I was thinking nine months pregnant) but I was put on bed rest so was unable to do it. This year however, I was able to make it. It is a 5K run for me and a tot trot run for the kids. I organized a group for the Fit Mommas that I belong to. We had 7 of us in our group. Luckily I had a couple of the other girls to run with and they kept me running the whole time! I was very impressed with myself as I have not run that far in a long time! I'm not sure my finish time yet, but I think it was around 30 minutes. After my run was the kids run. They were both so excited and showed me how fast they were going to run! Well before the run Fred Bird made a surprise visit for the kids. But Andrew wasn't liking it and was scared. So at the race, Fred Bird was the one to tell the kids GO and Adriana took off as fast as she could, but Andrew stayed at the start line scared because of Fred Bird so Daddy had to take him on the run. They had fun and both won a medal and stuffed animal along with a few other items. We had a lot of fun and I think this will become a regular event for us. Next year I'm trying to talk Adriana into doing the mile run with me since the tot trot was such a short race. She said she would so we will have to see.

Here is a picture of all the mommas that ran together. I tried to get a picture of the kids running and wouldn't you know it, my camera decided then to die :( So no pictures of the kids this year.