the dew baby

Last Friday (August 15th), the boys and I went to Howell to meet up with my friend Jason and his family, and to run some of the fun Melon Runs. Sean rocked his mile with an official time of 11:46!

I sorta rocked my 5K with an official time of 37:20 (12:03 min/mile). Not awesome but not horrible either. I'll take it. 

And then there's Evan and his Tot Trot. It was just down the road and back, not even out of sight. I waited for him by the finish line.... there were a lot of children so it was hard to keep my eyes on him but I knew about where he was.... at one point, I saw him headed toward me.... and then I didn't see him. Where the heck was he? As I was looking for him, I noticed that Sparty was carrying a child and running. "Cute," I thought. "Sparty is carrying a kid. Awww...."

Then it hit me: It was MY kid Sparty was carrying. Ummmm.....

I worried for a minute that Evan was hurt or something, but when Sparty came and handed him off to me, I quickly realized he was fine. Apparently, Evan decided he was tired of running so he went up to Sparty and told Sparty he was tired of running. So Sparty -- the rock star he is -- scooped up my 35-pound preschool and ran with him the rest of the way to the finish line! Too cool!!!

I'm so thankful that the race photographer was there to capture it: