Look at these runners!  Every Wednesday morning for the last couple months I have taken Jake, Drew, & Reece to school early to be part of the Manchester Park Run Club.  This is the 2nd year the school has done this.  The kids simply check in and start running!  It’s not an easy track – quite hilly for little legs!  At the end of the run season, the school team participates in the Jared Coones Pumpkin Run which is a local 5K that raises funds for local organizations that provide support for cancer care and research, including The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Children’s Mercy Hospital.  Last year we ran/walked on Jake’s 10th birthday….here we are (it was cold!).

 

The boys did awesome!  They were talking like they were going to beat their times but we decided not to participate this year since we had a feeling we would be up late celebrating Jake’s Bday.  It was a good decision because we were up very late!!

I have to throw this picture in because I love it!  After we participated in the run, we decided to grab some birthday breakfast along with the other 3,000+participants!  Needless to say, we had quite a long wait outside of First Watch….we snapped this cute picture of Reece.  It’s safe to say she likes breakfast more than sitting in a stroller for a 3 mile walk.

Great job J,D&R!!  I’m so proud of you for sticking with your commitment to be fit and run before school!