We spent the morning taking part in the annual Twin Cities Race for the Cure. This was our 3rd year participating, and we plan to keep on going as long as the weather is nice. We realized today that it's been cooler each year, so next year it will probably snow. We'll see. The minor miracle of the day was getting us all out of the house in time for the 9:00 start. We were a few minutes late by the time we parked and walked to the starting line, but there were still hundreds of people backed up so it didn't matter. Tom pushed Jacob in the stroller, and I had Mariella in the carrier. As usual, she went to sleep almost immediately, so I'm not sure if she got anything out of the walk. I had hoped she could look around for fun, but since it was about 45 degrees outside, I had her covered with a blanket. Jacob had great fun looking at the various vehicles and pointing them out to us. He saw a helicopter, a fire truck, and several police cars. Oh yes, and he also saw lots of orange cones. The highlight of his day may have been seeing a police motorcycle.
The annual picture of Tom pushing Jacob in the stroller
Jacob with his snacks (animal crackers kept him entertained in between police cars)
Robyn and Mariella (hard to get her in the shot, but she's there!)
The finish line
We did the family photo inside the mall this year, and found a lovely backdrop of payphones. It was either the phones or some escalators.
After spending over an hour in the stroller, we let Jacob stretch his legs before going home. His first stop was Legoland. Check out his crazy "I had on a stocking cap" hair!
I needed a full length shot of him, since this was the first year he's been able to wear his race shirt. He still swims in it (it's a 5-6), but he was very proud to wear a shirt just like ours.
Not surprisingly, he found a car made of Legos and drove it around in circles. Then he figured out how to take it apart and we played the always fun game of "Jacob takes it apart and Mommy gets to put it back together."
Me and my kids!
Jacob and his "cheese" face, fork in hand and ready for cake
Jacob (not putting that fork down), Mommy, and the cake. It was very good.
The annual picture of Tom pushing Jacob in the stroller
Jacob with his snacks (animal crackers kept him entertained in between police cars)
Robyn and Mariella (hard to get her in the shot, but she's there!)
The finish line
We did the family photo inside the mall this year, and found a lovely backdrop of payphones. It was either the phones or some escalators.
After spending over an hour in the stroller, we let Jacob stretch his legs before going home. His first stop was Legoland. Check out his crazy "I had on a stocking cap" hair!
I needed a full length shot of him, since this was the first year he's been able to wear his race shirt. He still swims in it (it's a 5-6), but he was very proud to wear a shirt just like ours.
Not surprisingly, he found a car made of Legos and drove it around in circles. Then he figured out how to take it apart and we played the always fun game of "Jacob takes it apart and Mommy gets to put it back together."
Me and my kids!
Jacob and his "cheese" face, fork in hand and ready for cake
Jacob (not putting that fork down), Mommy, and the cake. It was very good. 
What a beautiful baby you have under that cute blanket in the carrier! Way to go with getting to the walk and walking it - that takes a lot of planning!
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