July 4th, 2007
Tortoise and Hare Kids Dash

Emma ran her first race on the 4th. She had a blast!! From the teeshirt the children received to the race number, the kids were treated like runners! They even got power bars and bananas after the race!! :)

Emma had to run the 4 and under boy group since she was too busy playing with rabbits when t he 4 and under girls ran. As the boys (and Emma) lined up), Emma held on to her friend Jack's hand. They look so cute together. Unfortunately, we didn't catch that moment on film, but hopefully, Jack's mommy did! As the race started Emma took off, but left Jack behind, who was a little freaked out at the mob of people running around him and decided he would be happier with his daddy. Emma didn't mind the mob and ran the race with a big proud smile on her face. Her mama, papa and grandma looked much the same!!

We decided to hang after the run to watch the parade. The kids had a great time racing around again for candy and bouncy balls thrown from parade walkers.