Michelle told me about the walk Mckayla and her girlfriends were doing today, so I signed Logan up too.  The run was for a charity; they had 5K and 10K runs, and also this 1K family run.  Yesterday, we started telling Logan about the race that he and Mckayla would be doing and he seemed excited about it.  We got to Vasona Park in good timing this morning; the Kaos came shortly after.  Logan did not mind letting me put on the race bib for him, and he seemed to be proud wearing it, even allowing me to take a few smiley pictures of him.  Mckayla and her girlfriends were even more excited; they were lined up toward the front of the starting line.  By then, Logan got a bit shy, and preferred to be further back within the crowd.  Connor was in stroller being pushed by Stuart.  Once the race started, Logan got excited.  He held my hands the entire race; Logan enjoyed directing our pace, running fast sometimes and alternating with walking slow.  As I have a long stride, Logan basically was walking fast almost the entire way.  He did tell me twice that he wanted to be held as he was tired, but he did not complain when I denied him.  Toward the end, Stuart was able to pass through the crowd with the stroller, and caught up with us.  So we all ran together the last stretch of the race.  With more people cheering by the finish line, Logan was happy to continue running the remaining of the race.  I think we finished in 11 minutes.  As soon as we were done, Logan told me that we should do this again.

    We all went to play at the playground for a long while.  Both Logan and Connor really enjoyed themselves there.  At one point, Logan, Connor and Marcus were taking turns climbing up the structure and going down the slide.  Michelle, Stuart and I had to position ourselves in different areas to spot them; we finally had to call off their drills to move them onto another area.  We took a quick snack there, then said goodbye to Mckayla’s friends.  The Kaos and us went for a quick lunch before heading home.  We all were tired after this morning outing.  Connor took an almost 3 hours nap while Logan surprisingly woke up after only 45 minutes. 

    Even though the run was only 1K, I was happy to have the exercise as we had an incredible dinner at the Kaos the previous night.  Ted and Michelle had prepared some delicious ribs and grilled vegetables, and I made the chocolate mousse cake again.  The kids had a great time playing at the Kaos, and we all ate so much that I was still full this morning when I woke up.