Hope Isn't Canceled Fun Run

My mom signed us up for this race. In our race packets we all got new masks which were really nice and for every race entry they purchased a meal for a worker on the frontline. You can still register through September 30th if you are interested, just visit their website here. Elise was really excited to run the fun run but Carter wasn't quite as excited. We talked about where to do it and Carter wanted to run to Sonic and get special drinks after our run. Sonic is almost exactly a mile from our house with sidewalks almost the entire way so that was perfect! Since I have the app we get half-priced drinks at any time of day. We decided to do it right before lunch so Ty could stop by and pick us up on his way home for lunch. We decided to do it the day we did (August 4th) because we had a cold snap and it was in the 70's. Since it was so cool Tesla got to run with us too which was wonderful!

We all took off together and Elise was pacing herself off Carter. Then he started walking and she took off on her own. I was impressed she was consistently running around 9:00 pace the whole time. I asked her to walk for a bit so Carter could catch up. Once he caught up, she took off again and averaged 8:15 pace until I had her stop to wait for him before crossing the street. She sat waiting on him and yawned, it was so cute and I cracked up when I realized I got a picture of it. We ended up making it to Sonic in 9:57. The distance was 0.9 miles so it was 10:56 pace, not bad considering we walked a few times!

After this I decided Carter needed some real shoes to run in. I ordered him some shoes from Kohl's with some Kohl's cash I had. Hopefully he will enjoy the next fun run a bit more if he isn't wearing crocs. He insists running in crocs is fine, but I can't imagine it feels good! We are running our Virtual Aquarium Run Fun Run tomorrow morning so I figured I'd better get a post up about this one first!

Finished with our run and waiting for our drink order.

Enjoying their drinks!

Summer Reading Program

We love doing the summer reading program at the library each year. Both kids have done it since they were babies and it's so special to get their medals each year. This year the program was a little different but we were so glad they went ahead and put it together for everyone! Instead of visiting the library 4 times and reading 8 books to get a medal, you just read 8 books to receive a medal. They used an online reading log website for you to track your books and when you completed the program you could go to the library and pick up your medal in their curbside pickup. 

Posing with their medals.

Normally you can continue on to 25 books read to earn a prize and a book of coupons. They didn't do that this year so I decided to do our own thing. There was a library bingo page in our summer reading program packets (I do the adult one each year). They had a bingo page for preschool and younger as well as one for elementary-aged kids. I told the kids if they read 8 more books and got a blackout on their bingo page they would win a prize. Carter's bingo page was reading different kinds of books while Elise's was mostly literacy-related activities. I ordered some Lego guys to use as presents for them and decided that would be their prize. Then at the last minute I decided I wanted to give them coupons too so I made up some coupons of my own. They were a huge hit. Carter loved them so much he would wake up each morning and plan out which coupons he wanted to use that day. He has asked for another reading challenge so he can earn more coupons.

Showing off his black out and his prize bag.

Super excited about his coupons!

Showing off her black out and her prize bag.

Cutting open her Lego person.

Read about some of our past summer reading experiences: 2016, 2017. We've done the summer reading program every year since Carter was a baby but I haven't always written a post about it.

Wordless Wednesday

Happy 40th Anniversary to these 2!

Elise's swimsuit and swim shoes matched so well!

Playing in the water at the Little Blue Area at Grand Lake State Park.

Tesla hoping for part of Elise's corndog.

Carter pointing to Ty fishing.

Elise reading for her dentist appointment.

Carter wearing the mask that was in his goody bag from the dentist.

Making their Patronus Necklaces from the library.

We found out last week that Katie is a Winter White Russian Dwarf Hamster when her fur suddenly started turning white.

She's almost entirely white now, it only took about a week!

Elise wanted a picture with Lil Cutie since I took so many pictures of Katie.

Ready to run the Hope Isn't Canceled Virtual Fun Run!

Elise was killing it and kept getting too far ahead of Carter, so I'd have to have her walk or stop to wait on him. Here she was sitting and yawning as she waited on him, haha!

Carter had the idea to run to Sonic to get special drinks at the end of our run. I wore the face mask we got in our race packets to get our drink order, it fits so nicely! Ty picked us up on his way home for his lunch break.

We lucked out that it was cool enough for Tesla to come along, plus it was just a mile! The nice lady who worked at Sonic gave us a water for Tes for free!

Everyone enjoying their drinks.

This boy sends so much time reading!

Going for a short walk at Riverside.

The kids wanted to play in the sand down by the water.

Uncie J stopped by and got to see our new bubble machine in action.

Of course Carter had to read to Uncie J while he was here!