St. Patrick's day is a much celebrated holiday in Connecticut. We began the weekend by attending the annual St. Patrick's day parade in downtown Hartford. It was a great parade. They threw tons of candy and beads for the kids. We learned that Luke is as competitive as his Dad as he fought with even the biggest kids for the candy. Luke also loves people dressed up as different characters. It doesn't matter who the character is, Luke is thrilled to see them. Needless to say, with Leprechauns and local sports team mascots galore, Luke was in heaven. Callie and Luke also had their first real experience with bag pipes and loved them. Callie couldn't quite figure out why all the men were wearing skirts though.
Luke was convinced that this woman who was across the street from us at the parade was Santa Claus. She provided entertainment during the lulls in the action (she didn't know she was entertaining us). The video below is a taste of why we enjoyed her so much.
Jason ran in the O'Hartford 5K on Sunday; his first race. (Race Results) The race course was two loops around and through downtown Hartford. He finished 249th out of 1150 racers with a time of 24:43 (that is a pace of 7:58 per mile). Although he beat almost 900 other runners, Jason, as you can imagine, is very disappointed that he was out run by 248 other runners.
Jason ran in the O'Hartford 5K on Sunday; his first race. (Race Results) The race course was two loops around and through downtown Hartford. He finished 249th out of 1150 racers with a time of 24:43 (that is a pace of 7:58 per mile). Although he beat almost 900 other runners, Jason, as you can imagine, is very disappointed that he was out run by 248 other runners.
2 comments:
Thanks for the blog! Its great to see your family grow. Jason - good job on the race. Now you have a challenge for next time. We are spending our Easter in Raymond looking after my dad.
Take care... Robert
Thanks for taking time to post this
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