Go! St. Louis and Six Flags

The girls ran in the Go St. Louis race on Saturday. They were excited that it was such a nice day.

We got there just as their school was about to walk over for the race.

They had a mile to run. Kiersten was around 8 1/2 minutes, and Kara was closer to about 13 minutes. She said she was cramping up.

One of the teachers that was right along the sideline told me she was impressed with Kiersten. She ran with a 4th grade girl, and kept right up with her, no problem.

Kara was happy with her time. Her last mile at school was in the 15 minute range, so at least she improved. We will have to practice more so she can build up her endurance. She would like to take karate lessons, so maybe that will help as well.

After the race we had to hurry to Ben's football game. He was  a little late, but got to play most of the game. Of course, instead of watching him play, the girls wanted to run around and play tag in this big field.

It has really started to feel like spring. We did our best to play "red rover" with just the 4 of us. When Ben's game was over, the girls wanted to call red rover to him. He came running full speed, and though the girls wanted to hold strong, I let go, and pulled them out of the way. Didn't want to risk any broken arms, dislocated elbows, or anything. It's kind of terrifying to see him running straight for you like that...

After the football game, Kiersten had some girl scout stuff to do, and then we decided to go to Six Flags for opening day. It was not nearly as crowded as I expected it would be.

The girls had a great time. We were only there for a couple of hours, so they didn't get to do that many rides, but we have the entire summer ahead.

Happy, silly girls! They were pretty tired by the time we got home.