Sam was that happy even though when his red balloon took flight.
There were opening ceremonies including a race announcer who seemed to have no experience with kids. Talk about your own credentials for announcing races, since young kids are always impressed by such things. Be very wordy. He was trying to herd the kids around the too short stage. Come on up here kiddies...but no parents. Yup, we love the idea of leaving our young kids in a sea of children surrounded by a huge mob of adults, especially the three and four year olds.
A few token warm up jumps and toe touches and they line up at the starting line.
With the toot of an air horn, the race began with great excitement. Sam was running with his two buddies and the mother of one of his friends. Sam pulled way ahead and disappeared into the crowd of runners. I went to the finish line to see if I could get a picture of Sam's big finish. The first kids came flying to the finish line. Then lots of other kids finished. The first of his buddies, with his mom, showed up but still no Sam. She told me Sam had taken off ahead of her. More kids finished. I figured I must have missed him in the crowd. I finally found him with Ben...they'd finished the race together but way later than his friend.
Apparently there had been a few glitches in the whole process. Sam got ahead of his friends but they hadn't seen him when they passed him again. Ben saw Sam standing forlorn on the course about halfway through and ran the rest of the way with him. His third buddy fell down somewhere on the course and was carried off for a bit of TLC and a band aid.
Sam told me he'd "run out of smoke" and had to stop and catch his breath.
Sam enjoyed some post race refreshments.
And then headed down to the water for some post-race entertainment.
Then we were off to his next activity of the day, his t-ball game. Sam wore his "gold" metal.
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