Race Day

am: 3 banana pancakes + a few bites of bagel
pm: cabbage soup, hard boiled egg
snack: 1/2 serving of almonds
dinner: mussels, 1 mozzarella stick, 3 zucchini sticks, pasta w. chicken & veg (obviously not a diet day)

There was a 5K and kids' run at the Lawrenceville School down the street from our house. Pat has been doing 5Ks recently so that he could run with the jogging stroller and the running time is not so long so that the kid in the stroller won't start complaining. We make sure that the stroller kid is equipped with drinks and snacks to keep happy for the duration of the run.

Both Terran and Sierra ran in the kids race. They were both in the under 3 year old catagory. Sisi went first for under 3 girls. Pat and Terran stayed with her at the start line. My feeling was that she won't even let go of Pat. But as all the other girls started running, Sisi to my surprise also ran towards me - 25 yards away, with a big smile on her face. She tripped and fell once but she picked herself right up and came crashing into my arms. She did really well and we were proud of her. She got a medal! I always attempt to let her try different things. At a fair the other day, she saw a pony so we stood in line so that she could actually ride the pony. In the end, she only touched the pony, said hi, but said no thanks to the ride. She did really well today!!!

Terran also did well. He has done this a few times before but had not gotten the point until this year. He was really psyched about "winning" his race from the time that he got up and he ran really fast towards me. He proudly wore his race T-shirt and medal all day long. Since he's been running (on the jogging stroller) with Pat now for 2 years, he also claims running to be his sport and always wants to "run really fast like dada."

I was suppose to run the 5K but I used my cabbage soup diet and lack of energy to excuse myself and got Pat to run in my place. Terran was also planning to be the stroller kid but he ran into his friend at the event and happily offered Sisi the spot. So while Pat and Sisi ran, Terran played with his friend, running back and forth all over the place, throwing grass and wood chips into the pond.

We had a good Mother's Day.