Back in March, we signed up John, Daddy and I to run in the Color Run in August.  Well Saturday was the big day.  Since Gillian was not running, we asked Aunt Missy and Uncle T to take her overnight on Friday.  Gillian had her own little adventure with Aunt Missy on Saturday! 

 

We told John all about the race, and he had lots of questions.  “Are there medals? Are there going to be a lot of people there? What kinds of colors?”  Saturday morning around 5 am he woke up and came into our room.  “I had a bad dream.  Can I sleep with you?”  How can you say no to that?  He climbed into our bed.  He snuggled for a little bit, but after awhile all he did was poke Daddy or I and kick us or talk to us.  I think he was just excited about the race.  We got up and got John dressed.  When we put on his shirt, it was longer than his shorts (we had to get an adult XS for him).  Daddy and I looked at the shirt and Daddy said “We could cut it.”  I said “I was thinking about pinning it up.”  John says “We could tuck it in.”  Smarty pants.  We opted for John’s plan and tucked in his shirt. 

 

In the car, he kept asking Daddy “Are we there yet?” “I think we are going to be late.” We finally pulled into the lot and saw Aunt Betty and her friend Ali. We pinned on our numbers and headed to the starting line. John was not happy about taking pictures before the race. He was very anxious to start. 

The Color Run isn’t timed and has a rolling start.  After waiting our turn, we were finally at the starting line.  Once they told us to go, John went running.  We weren’t expecting him to go so fast, but we were right behind him.  He ran for awhile and then slowed down.  We ended up walking until the first color station.  The first color was pink.  John put on his shades and went thru.

 

 

He had the biggest grin when he was done.  He loved it.  We ran and walked thru the rest of the colors: Blue, Yellow and finally Orange.  John had a blast getting colorful, but wasn’t so happy about how long the race was.  When I asked him if he would do it again next year, he said “No.  It was tooo long!”  I’m sure we can convince him to do it again.