Runner in the Making?

Saturday morning, Kai and Alyssa participated in their first 'race'. They walked a 5K (3 miles). Kai was disappointed that Dean signed them up as walkers, not runners, but he ran anyway! He loved his first taste of running and says he wants to keep doing it. Dean says he'll run with him and is thinking of giving him runners gear for Christmas this year. FYI, Alyssa....probably not going to be a runner. She didn't love it. But she has informed me that her favorite things right now are Art, Choir and P.E. I know. P.E.? Yuck! Go figure.

Friday night we picked out our tree! It is the first real tree we've ever had at home. We picked a great one, too! We decorated it Sunday night. Then we had chocolate chip cookies and hot cocoa before bed. Yum!

Well, the big day is almost here! Tomorrow, we go to Kiawah! I will probably take the kids to see 'Happy Feet' at the IMAX theatre in Charleston while Dean turns in early(around 8pm). Saturday, he is running the marathon that he hopes will qualify him for Boston. We will all be out there cheering him on. (It's going to be so cold!) We'll see him at the halfway point and at the finish line. He's working on having updates, as he runs, on his blog Zero to Boston. So check him out to see how he's doing and if he makes it. Go Dean!