Take Sevan

Today was Leilani's school's "Fun Run" fundraiser. I didn't think she'd want to participate because she's so young, I figured she wouldn't really want or understand it. Apparently that does not matter at all once her teacher sent her home with her Fun Run t-shirt. She was so ready to run around the track she kept running around in circles saying, "See Mom, this is how I run,...(then she runs a few steps) ....like that.." Super cute! So next time I know better, I will automatically assume she'll participate regardless of her age. Since I am pregnant and can't run run, I decided to ask my mom to walk with her instead while i take pictures so I wore some boots and called it good. Well... after seeing Lani getting nervous I decided that I walk as fast as she runs anyways and I'll just walk on her other side. Before the event started Lani looked like this ....

 Cute.Ready. AMPTED. Looking like shes going to conquer the track....

Once the whistle blew... and the entire AM/PM Montessori class began to run she was going....but then after that lil head start each older grade followed behind,she began to feel distraught..... now looking like this....

 She let my mom pick her up while she cried dramatically for her dad. Since he was not able to make it she came to me saying...."No No I just want my Daddy, I don't want to run..." 

So I began carrying her for awhile and got her some water from the closest drink stop which I ended up having to drink since I carried her so far. She was tired from "walking"so she rested on the next bench she saw. 

I was glad for the break. I was thinking she would soon get too upset to go on....but I was wrong again. We ended up walking around the Edgar Brown Stadium track field 5 laps. Well let me rephrase that. I ended up carrying her most of the time around the track. 

The only time I got her to walk was when she needed to get her lil paper marked across the finish line for the number of laps she "ran." lol 

Anyways this was our exciting morning for the Fun Run!