Two out of three girls ran in a race recently. Can you guess which girl was the holdout??? Oh yeah, I bet you can! Lovey & Honey enjoy running this kids' race and were all psyched up. At one point Sweetie was going to do it but as the date got closer she thought better of it and cheered from the sidelines instead. Mr Bojangles was all for it though and trotted right along behind his cousins.
Honey placed third and was so amazed with her achievement that she was overheard saying "I
can't BELIEVE I came in THIRD!" at least 100 times, each time with the same breathless wonder. She's pretty speedy when she wants to be. I think she should do some training runs with Murray to get ready for next year. This will be the last year she can do the mini race. Next year she'll be too old and will only have the 1k as an option. She can probably run almost that now but I wouldn't want to throw her in there unprepared so we'll see.
Lovey came in 5th and was content with that but didn't feel the need to remind us about it all day long ;) Mr. Bojangles came in shortly after she did and really liked his medal!
Murray finished in the top 10 and was pretty much on track for the time he expected. I believe he placed in his age group too but didn't feel like sticking around the 3 hours for the meal and awards.
I've been needing a grandparents shot for the girls' baby books for a long time now, finally I just decided to park 'em & shoot 'em. There are perks to being behind the camera! ;))))
Andrew & Mandy were the first to arrive to the family session so I lined them up and got some shots while everyone else headed over.
Ahhh the clay! the girls play in this stuff every day, dig it up out of the sand to mold it, shape it and apparently, wear it!
Once in the middle of a raging snowstorm (no school, yay!), Stacey brought over her very new and very cool ghetto blaster. It wasn't just any ol' sound machine. It was PINK. It came with matching pink cassette tapes and I believe it was even a dual cassette deck, very latest & greatest feature. She was THAT cool! Luckily she was our friend and we had a blast with that thing. We recorded ourselves broadcasting on our own radio station "SKS Radio" and I remember rolling around laughing hysterically after somebody did the weather and said "it's -40°C and....... we're freezing our BUNS OFF!!!!!!!!!!!". This was very racy talk to be heard on a radio station back then and it set us off into an incurable fit of giggles. It might not seem funny to you but it was probably 2am and there may have been a load of chocolate or some other hyperactive ingredient involved. :)
Honey placed third and was so amazed with her achievement that she was overheard saying "I can't BELIEVE I came in THIRD!" at least 100 times, each time with the same breathless wonder. She's pretty speedy when she wants to be. I think she should do some training runs with Murray to get ready for next year. This will be the last year she can do the mini race. Next year she'll be too old and will only have the 1k as an option. She can probably run almost that now but I wouldn't want to throw her in there unprepared so we'll see.
Lovey came in 5th and was content with that but didn't feel the need to remind us about it all day long ;) Mr. Bojangles came in shortly after she did and really liked his medal!
Everyone was at the cottage this weekend to celebrate my FIL's birthday. He thought this was a pretty good gift in itself and the bonus was that we got to enjoy it too (don't worry, he got real presents and cake too! we're all good kids!)