The Results Are In

It was a dark, cold and stormy morning. Okay, maybe not quite all that, but it was cool and a few sprinkles did fall. After Scott unleaded the car he took the girls out to set up cones for the bike course.

The kids raced around the track all morning! Mollie ended up doing 75 laps this year. Allie did 25, several of them with a helper walking along to encourage her along. Lots of biking and lots of snacks along the way.
Part of the fun was a grasshopper. At one point all the kids were gathering around this grasshopper while Steve (Katie & Colin's dad, and friend), tried to catch it in a cup. He would get close and the grasshopper would jump and the kids would squeal in delight and surprise. I think this grasshopper knew what it was doing, leading the kids all over the place for several minutes. It finally got tired of the game (after getting caught once) and jumped over the fence. Back to riding!

Trike-A-Thon Rides Again!

A year and a half ago Mollie saw a short "documentary" about kids riding tricycles to raise funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It started a good discussion about how some kids get sick and need special care from special hospitals. It brought up how our friend Michelle needed a bone marrow transplant to get her blood well again. Mollie became very excited about raising money to help sick kids, so together we came up with Kids Helping Kids.

Kids Helping Kids coordinated a trike-a-thon and we all had a good, long morning riding laps around a parking lot. We had so much fun that we decided to do it again! This time Allie is able to participate more on her own and understands better why we are doing this.

So if you are a local friend reading this, please consider joining us. It is this Sat., June 13th 9am-12noon. It's not too late! I can get you a sponsor sheet easily.

If you are a family memeber, be ready for little voices on the other end asking if you would like to sponsor them. Mollie is on trainig wheels and Allie just got the hang on a tricycle, so I don't think it won't be as many laps as last time.

Thanks!

Taken Nov '07

We finally got the girls together for a photo. They wore their hair a little different, but the similarities still show through...