Mom is faster than a race car!

After all of the Halloween candy, it was time for a healthier kind of fun. We did lots of good healthy stuff this past weekend.  Early Saturday morning, we headed out to the Circuit of the Americas, the brand new, not-even-open-yet F1 Grand Prix track in Elroy. But we weren’t going to watch cars race, we were going for a 5K foot race! People raced on the track before its first F1 race, which will be Nov. 16-18.

Mitch - ready to run!

We were greeted by tons of traffic. We left twice as early as we needed to, but were still about 15 minutes late for the race. Lucky for us, they delayed the start of the race by 40 minutes because of the traffic jam, so we still made it in plenty of time.

The track was packed! Rumor has it 5,000 runners showed up – including me! After Mom ran her race with a friend, Dad and I ran the Kids’ Dash. It was about half a mile, and I ran the whole way. They even had a pace car for us to chase.  It was super fun, and I liked that Mom and Hazel cheered for me. We also liked all the fruit, cookies and other snacks after the race.

Mom in the middle of the F1 track

After an awesome post-race lunch at home, we went to a Harvest Festival at my school. We rode on a train, went to a petting zoo (Turner’s favorite, but not Hazel’s), went in a bounce house, did a cake walk, played games, made bead necklaces (which Hazel especially loved), and went inside a human-powered hamster ball. I climbed a rock climbing wall and was excited to see one of my teachers. We planned to do a few more things but we were interrupted by an unexpected rain storm, a funny end to a fun day.

The fun didn't stop there -- Sunday was a fun day too. Dad took Hazel and me out to run some errands in the morning so Mom could pick up after us at home. That may not sound all that cool, but we had a blast. When we got home, we told Mom the best part was Lowes, where we played in all the kitchens.

That afternoon was an afternoon of firsts. Mom and I went for a bike ride together for the first time, which was a blast. We rode to the park together and tried to do the trails, but realized I need to get my training wheels off before we can do that successfully. We had fun anyway.

Then Hazel had a friend over from school for the first time. She brought her Mom, Dad and five-year-old sister with her so we all had a blast. We played in our toy rooms, then headed out to the school playground to enjoy the perfect weather. It was a great afternoon!

For photos of all our recent adventures, including Halloween, click here.