Turkey Trot and Barf

This past Saturday was the annual Turkey Trot hosted by the elementary schools in the Snoqualmie Valley.  Last year was our first year participating and both kids did the 1k.  This year, Zane decided he was too good for just doing the 1k and asked to also do the 5k.  I told him that I wouldn't be able to do it with him as I'd need to watch Landon, but he didn't care (who needs mom anyway)!  He didn't know anyone else running it (but ended up meeting up with some buds a mile into the run) - that didn't stop him, nothing did!  He was all over it!  He did decide that next year, he'd opt out of the 1k though as he thinks he exhausted too much energy during that!  His 5k time was around 35 mins - not bad especially since he was goofing off 1/2 way through it with his friends!  I love his passion!

Did I mention it was pouring down rain the entire morning?!!

First off was the 1k...

Time for the 5k... 

And he's off...

Finishing with his friend J.D.

  

Ben, J.D. and Zane

At 9:00 am while Landon was running the 1k - I never would've said that 5 hours later he'd have the stomach flu...

We were headed to a birthday party in Kent when he started giving me the signs that he wasn't feeling well.  I know this kid all to well and he gives very tell tale signs when he is getting sick and especially sick with the stomach flu.  We stopped at the party and I left the kids in the car while I ran in the gift real fast and then quickly headed back home...I was praying that he would not barf in the car; thankfully he didn't.

I got him set up on the couch with all of the necessities...a towel to lay on and a bowl close by.  He missed; ugh.  When he was done, he said "I didn't even know that was coming", poor buddy!

He ended up falling asleep in this position...I put him to bed about 6:30 p.m.

To be continued...

Some Go Gray...I Go Blue.

Not as much attention as the ice bucket challenge for ALS (which, by the way I think is a GREAT thing to raise money for), but for November...Diabetes Awareness Month someone started the Blue Streak Challenge.  You can temporarily or semi-permanently color part of your hair blue to show your support and raise awareness.

I didn't have to think twice about doing it for Zane and for all of the other kids and adults out there that need just a little bit of awareness raised for the disease that takes control of their life.  I chose to go the semi-permanent route.  As soon as November is done, I'll be getting my hair did back to normal, but I'm happy to spend a month blue for Zane!

Most people that I run into think I did it for the Seahawks...I love my Hawks, but really...dye my hair for them?  I don't think so!  That's ok though, it opens the door for conversation about Diabetes and that's raising awareness...the whole point, duh!

American Ninja Warrior - Birthday Party

Zane asked for an American Ninja Warrior birthday party, so that's what he got!  Thankfully we live very close to a great parkour gym that is also owned and operated by an American Ninja Warrior native - Adam Truesdell!  Who better to show you how to do parkour than by an American Ninja Warrior himself!!

This party was so much fun for all of the kids!  It didn't matter their athletic ability, they all were able to participate in every part of the course and were helped along if needed to make sure all completed with smiles on their faces!

Adam showing them how it's done!

Everyone left with smiles on their faces - hope that means they all had a good time!

Landon

This kid cracks me up!  Every single day he makes me smile and laugh out loud!  I am not sure what I'd do without him in my life...it would be a very dull and boring life I think!

Halloween Monsoon

O.M.G - I cannot remember in life when it has ever rained this hard on Halloween as it did this year. I remember many Halloweens as a kid where it rained or where it was really cold and we'd have to bundle up under and sometimes over our costumes - but never like this year.

It was so wet and so cold, but the boys stuck with it for about 2 hours - it was amazing!  I did not have my thinking cap on though and totally didn't even think about putting rain boots on Landon or a waterproof jacket on Zane (not that he would've obliged anyway, but still I could've tried), but I'm happy to report both survived!  To make them feel better, I didn't have waterproof shoes on either, so my feet too were soaked :)  Misery loves company!

I present to you: Rebel from Paw Patrol and a Sounders player (with stitches - that was a very important detail that had to be added last minute)!

Eight is Great!

Happiest of Birthdays to my first born!  You are one heck of a kid and I am so lucky to be your mom buddy.  You are so kind and generous, you love to laugh and have a good time and even at 8, you're still a mama's boy and I love it :)

Zane's plan for his birthday was to run a 5k - weirdo.  So, I found one in Seattle and he and I signed up for it.  When I woke up this morning it was POURING and SO windy.  I try not to be a wuss, but man oh man, I had no desire to go out and run in that business.  I was also afraid of tree branching falling/breaking off and hitting us on the course!  Maybe that was my "logical" made up excuse, but it made me feel less guilty about not going.  I asked Zane what he wanted to do and he agreed not to go run.  We decided to make the best of the day and do other fun stuff instead.

He was very excited to wake up to 8 balloons in his room!

Onto opening presents:

He was begging for Red Robin for lunch, so of course we made that happen:

Our service was terrible, so our meal ended up being free AND when they brought out his sundae to sing to him - they also brought out a tower of donuts for the rest of us!  Winning :)

After lunch, we headed over to Arena Sports to do some bouncing...they boys had the whole place to themselves for most of the time there - very cool.  Four bouncies for 2 boys - another win for this birthday boy!

After bouncing, we headed over to XXX for a ginormous Root Beer Float - Zane devoured the entire thing himself and didn't even get a stomach ache...I may have by just watching him though ;)  It was fun trying to guess the amount of carbs in this thing...he ended up with a perfect blood sugar a few hours later; another win for the birthday boy (and for me)!  Landon enjoyed a "kids cone"!

It was so nice having Zane's birthday fall on a weekend this year - we were able to celebrate him the whole day before the craziness of Halloween took over!  It's so hard to separate his birthday from Halloween when school takes up most of the day!  It was a real treat this year!

Words cannot describe my love for this boy.

Maple Bar, Flu Shots & Trick-or-Treating

Landon didn't have school today due to a teacher conference (seriously, still trying to figure out why that's necessary for a 4 year old in preschool, but whatevs).

Anyway - after conferences, I took him to a delicious bakery in North Bend called George's and he decided on a ginormous maple bar - his favorite!

I brought Landon into work with me for the day afterwards and he and I got our flu shots - no pictures, but trust me - it happened!  

We headed home to pick Zane up from school and change into their costumes because it was time to trick-or-treat at my work and for Zane to get his flu shot...he was lucky enough to get a photo of him doing it ;)

Now it was time to trick-or-treat the clinic!