Snow Time!!

Not mentioning the countless icicles, 2 story snowbanks, and 7ft of snow in the yard, we have been having lots of fun in the snow these past weeks. Yesterday, the Hickey's came over at 11:30am to come play with us in the snow. When they got here, we played in the snow for about an hour and a half and went inside around 1:15pm. We played in our rooms, with the legos, and also had some lunch. Around 2:30pm, Mom made some cookies and hot chocolate for us. Then we went in the snow for another 2-2 1/2 hours. Mom made a "luge" track for us that we played in. It goes really fast! The Hickey's left at 5pm and we had an hour of TV afterwards. It was a great afternoon!

Race with Mom

Yesterday morning, Mom and I went out to run the Super Sunday 5 Miler. We got there just before 9:00 AM and picked up our race packets. We went to the parking garage and stood against a railing and we did some stretches before the race. At 9:50 AM, Mom and I went out to do some warm-ups. We didn't have a lot of time, so we just ran down the street and back. At 9:57 AM, we went to the start line and the race started at 10:00 AM. The race passed by very quickly. We finished with a time of 40:24. The first mile was about 9 minutes because of the crowd. The second mile was about 8 minutes. The last three miles were under 8 minutes per mile. I felt very good when I was finished. Mom told me that there was a beer party at the end of the race. Instead of that, we went to a bakery called Tatte and I had lunch. I had hot chocolate with foam on top. It tasted really good. Around 12:15 PM, we went back to where the race was to listen to the awards. The winning time was 24:35!!! They didn't call any age groups, but there was a tent with trophies for the age group winners. I was in third place for the 18 and under age group. The first and second place runners for 18 and under were 14 and 18. When we got home, we had a meringue cloud that we got from Tatte. It was really good.