Olympic celebrations

Saturday morning we were lucky enough to get to participate in our town's Olympic Torch relay.  B decided he was not really interested in running the leg with O, so Owen ran his 1/4 mile stretch alone. The participents ran down the river greenway and back to Pickett's Run park where they got to light a 'real' torch and have some snacks (which of course were my kids favorite part!)

Almost time to run!

Run Owen, run!!

Almost there!

Lighting the torch in the park!

Before Owen ran I told him to run fast and not goof around because other people were waiting for the torch.  I told him he didn't have to sprint the whole way, just don't goof around.  In Owen's head this translated to SPRINT AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!  The poor kiddo fell over after handing the torch off.  He did recover in time to run part of the final leg to the torch pit.

This event was part of a national movement called Let's move.  Bluffton is one of the cities that has been featured on the page!  How cool!

The boys and I also decided to do an Olympic medal count this year.  We made flags for the USA, Norway, and Ireland (I picked the other two countries for part of our heritage). Then we cut out circles to represent 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes.  Each day we check the medal count and add circles under our flags. 

Today we decided that we needed the Olympic rings above our flags so we colored paper plates to match the rings, cut out the centers of the plates, and arranged them above the flags!

I'm loving finding ways to get the boys more interested and involved in the Olympics!



IronKid Triathalon

Yes, this happened over a week ago.  Yes, I have been meaning to get this posted.  No, I just didn't find the time.  ;)

I am so proud of both of my boys.  They both tried their best and neither one stopped during the whole thing. They didn't place in the top three, and while they were upset they didn't get trophies, I was still so impressed they both finished. 

The race started with some swimming.  Brenner swam the width of the pool, while Owen had to swim the width of the pool twice.

After climbing out of the pool they had to race over to their bikes and put on socks, shoes, and their shirt with their race bib. They then biked just over a mile through town over to the 4-H park.

Once the got to the 4-H park they parked their bikes and took off running.  The route was just over 1/2 mile.  I got to run with Brenner for the biking and the running portion before circling back around to finish the run with Owen.  (I was one tired mama!)

All the participents recieved a medal for finishing. Their were over 100 kids that participated in the event this year! And we are already discussing training for next year's event! :)

After the race we interviewed with the paper (the boys had 2 articles covering their training and finish, including pictures!! They are famous!).  Then this exhausted mama took them home and made them play quietly so I could nap.  Did I mention I'd worked 3rd shift and come straight to their race?  Yeah, I'm just that awesome!  

Fencing

Another free Bluffton Parks class: Fencing!

Owen got to learn some of the basics of fencing last night.  He learned some of the basic moves and even got to put on the gear and use the sword!  It was an awesome experience, even if Brenner wasn't thrilled to be a spectator.  O loved it and says he wants to take more classes. 

Touch A Truck

There are some great advantages to living in this small town.  One of them is we have a fantastic parks department. (Click here to be jealous). They have tons of free activities throughout the year, but especially in the summer.  The tennis and swim camp the boys are going to right now is through our parks department.  But the one thing we have gone to ever since Owen was old enough to appreciate it (15 months!) is the Touch A Truck.  There are trucks, tractors, cars, sometimes even boats for the kids to touch climb on, climb in, and get information on. 

So even though I worked 3rd shift last night and only got a 2 1/2 hour nap after work, I pried myself out of bed at 10:30, attempted to make myself fit to be seen in public, and went and picked the boys up from my parents.  Because I am just that awesome of a mom. Yeah, who's lazy now??

Driving the firetruck

Look at this cool seat!

Vroom!

Farmer Brenner

Farmer Owen

And now this completely unlazy mom is dragging her exhausted butt to bed.  Because it's 8:30pm and I am just that awesome.