Color Me Rad

Today was the day, the day of the race I didn't train for and so I made sure the kids came with me so I would have an excuse to walk part of the way. Joke was on me. No one cared. This was the most laid back, enjoyable run and perfect for the kids.
First of all, I totally slept in. What sucked the most about that was that I was my friends ride. Oops. Thankfully the race is so easy going that no one even care who ran when or if you ran it more then once. We just sort of wandered when we got there until we found ourselves at the start line running with the second heat of the day. What a relief it was that I hadn't caused us all to miss the race.
There were 6 of us in total; my friend and I and then we each brought our oldest 2 children to run with us. We all started out together but quickly the two boys separated themselves from the group and ran on ahead. Sydney and I stuck together and she is quite the runner. I was so impressed with her. We had caught up to the boys but when they saw us they quickly ran ahead and disappeared into the crowd. The next time we saw the two of them we snuck around them through the crowds of people and off we went. She hardly walked at all, even up the ginormous ski hill, Sydney was a powerhouse!

We all met up near to the finish line and everyone had as much fun as I did. The kids loved it, it didn't seem like there was any hard core runners that were getting annoyed with the walkers or the younger families. Everyone just seemed happy to be there.

We were all finished by 10am but I felt pretty accomplished having run a very hilly 5km, gotten covered in colour bombs and socialized! Brayden popped my little bubble while we walking back to the van when Brayd asked "What fun thing are we going to do today mom?"

Morning Versus Night

Sometimes I look out the window and I can't believe we live where we live. Today was amazing, I woke up to rainbows and ended the day with the most beautiful sunset. Doesn't get better then this.

My Joy School Graduate

How cute is this group of kids. These are Madisons Joy School class mates and tonight we celebrated their gradation from the Joy School Preschool program. What a great year it was for Maddy, she really loved Joy School and the new friends she made because of it. The moms of these kids are amazing and I was so fortunate to meet each of them and get to know their little preschoolers. I'm excited for summer and for my baby to move on but it's a bitter sweet sort of feeling. I can't believe Madison will be kindergarten this coming September. Crazy.