Racing, Rhyming and a Rocking Good Time

See the alliteration in that title--yup, that's how I roll with the cool kids :)

(video of Rhett's favorite song "popcorn popping", Kade at the carnival, Luke's poetry contest, racing Rhett jumping, and the boys rapping popcorn popping :)

So my friend Chelsea and I decided that since we were running (or rather--jogging) 2-3 miles a few times a week anyway,  that we should try and do a 5K (3.1 miles).  So we did last Saturday the 12th, and it was AWESOME!     A#1 it was such a beautiful morning, and the trees were all gorgeous and colorful, and we set a goal that was totally attainable so no stress.. But the funny part was once we got there, there were lot's of real runners.  Aka, lots of skinny legs and spandex, determined looks--not moms who occasionally run :)  Ha ha--everyone was running around the block and warming up their muscles (and their bodies...it was like 44 degrees so a bit nippy.)  So I know I'm not fast, but I just didn't want to be last...and we started to worry about that.  We may or may not have started picking out people that maybe we could stay in front of (sounds horrible I know but it made us feel better--we saw one lady with a double stroller and thought--her for sure--turns out she left the kids with a friend and was one of the fastest there--that'll teach me!)Here's the GREATEST part of the whole race though,        I ENJOYED MYSELF!  We had our music all set, our cheering section was there and we did better then we ever had before. We always practiced with our kids in the strollers and without them it was way easier!  We shaved off 4 minutes on race day. Good times, good times.

 (fixing my ipod)

My prego/'is she pregnant or just gaining weight' belly and our pretty pretty shirts.

Everyone in Lukes class had the choice to be in a poetry day or not.  He wanted to do the same poem Kade did when he was in kindergarten.             "I'm building a Rocket."                  Nailed it!  It was pretty long but this kids memory is a steel trap!  He rocked it and I loved watching him.  (it's in the video below :)

The 5 kids who participated.

We went to the county fair the 2nd week of November.  Kade's quite the dare devil!  He surprises me. I sooooooo wish I didn't get sick just watching rides--they look so fun.  It's not for me though.  We have the video of what this ride did.  It made me have flashbacks from when I was younger at the carnival in my home town.  It was before I knew that not everyone got that nasty horrible sick feeling, and just wanted to be brave.  I was on the same type ride and I remember trying soooo hard to smile but just hating every single second of it.  Then lying when I got off about how great it was.  Ahhh, silly Cari.  

I'm not sure if Kade enjoys it, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't get sick. So that's nice.

He for REAL is always wearing these boots.  This was him before Kade and Luke went to school one day. Pretty pretty pretty.

So i know there are some flaws--but how pretty is a little parsley and some cranberries? This is from our "Practice Thanksgiving" yum.....