Go, Brody, Go.

This morning, Brody had his annual Learning is Child's Play 1mile/5k/10k race for his school! 

*Flashback to Last Year* 
It was his very first race and I was so excited, but him not so much. I invited my parents, my aunt and uncle and cousin to join us. We were all decked out in our race shirts and we were ready. We waited at the start line for them to yell go and then we were off. Well, as fabulous as that sounds it wasn't :) Brody started cry right out of the gate. He DID NOT want to race, he didn't want to run with his friends, he did not want a medal, he wanted no part of this "FUNrun". Long story short we all switched off carrying him and he cried the entire time! 
Not the best day we ever had. 

So, this year I was a little worried. I waited till the last minute to register him, because I didn't know if we would be able to make it. When I woke up, I looked outside and it was blowing wind and 45 degrees. I didn't want to take Mia in it, so I decided to drop her off at my grandparents. Actually Donnie dropped her off before his surgery (details in other post). It was just me and Brody and he was beyond excited to get to his race. He was the exact opposite as last year, so it made me really glad I decide to register him! I figured I'd go about a half hour early so I could get his shirt and packet. When we got there, I was surprised by all the people that were already there. Little did I know the race started at 8AM not 9AM, it was now 8:35am. Seriously?! How am I such a space cadet?? I was wondering why everyone was looking at me weird when I come strolling in 30 minutes late! Needless to say, Brody and me were still able to run it and he still received his medal. I felt so bad for him because he had to do it alone, without all his friends, which I think is the best part about it. He was just fine though, he had a great time and was so excited. A total 180 from last year. Leave it to me. Sorry, Brody, that you have a mom that obviously doesn't pay attention very much :) If we are being honest, I felt like a loser. Everyone was leaving and we are like cruisin' in. Anyway, I guess all that matters is that we had fun, and we did. Brody is still talking about it. I love that he says "Mom, everyone got a medal, so that means everyone won" It was all about having fun!