Saturday Nico participated in the St Al's Capitol Classic Children's Race. For ages 6-12. I picked up the race packet on Thursday with all the instructions on where to drop him off and where to get him after the race was over. The race was from the Train Depot all the way down to the Capitol building.
It is 1.4 miles.
Driving to the race dropoff
We had to drop him off between 9am and 9:15, but the car line was so long going up Capitol Blvd that it would have been about 9:30 before we got him there, so Nico and I got out of the car and we walked up the hill to the Train Depot. Guy picked me up and then we drove down to Capitol Park and found a place to park. We had some time to wander briefly around the downtown market before the race started at 10am. The girls ran first. Watching that big group of kids running down from the Train Depot on the hill was so cool, all their green shirts and all the clapping and yelling. Zoomed in you can't quite catch the detail but you can see the green mob.
The boys were released about 15 minutes later. I went out to cheer him on from the sidelines while Guy waited at the finish line for him. I saw him and clapped and yelled and only was able to snap a picture after he had already passed me.
They had smoothies available for free for all the racers, (plus frozen yogurt and Blimpie sandwiches!) but the line for the smoothies was long and we had already before decided we would walk down to Jamba Juice to get him a smoothie, so that's what we did instead.
Nico's time was 14:33
Nico didn't feel well the rest of the day, he seemed very subdued, even when we drove out to find a bike for him. We found a bike at the Boise Bicycle Project for $20 and they even adjusted the brakes on it for him to make it easier for him. They also gave him free bike LEDs. On the 1st Thursday (or 2nd?) of every month, kids can bring their bikes in if they are broken and they will teach the kids how to fix their own bikes for free.
Nico said he had a sore throat, so I gave him all the stuff to help him feel better. The next day he had a low grade fever but felt fine, saying his sore throat was gone. He had a bit of phlegm but it resolved quickly. Which is good, because he was invited over to the Grandparents Salisbury's house with cousins for a few nights of sleepover! Nico asked me the other day when we were going to have more kids because he wants someone to play with in the clubhouse. I'm so glad he has cousins that he gets to hang out with, and Evelyn who is right next door! I dropped him off on Monday after lunch, and Guy picked him up Wednesday after work.
Playing bird bingo with the cousins
Thank you Grandma and Papa!
The only cousins not there were Leah and Karli.
Wednesday night when he came home he asked: "When do I get to go back to Grandma and Papa's house?"
He'll be staying there a few more nights this summer.
On Monday night, Guy and I picked up Chipotle and an Izze Pop for dinner and watched Guardians of the Galaxy on Amazon, with the intention of going to see the 2nd in the series in the theaters on Tuesday night. But we didn't plan ahead, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 was sold out on Tuesday! So we came home and watched shows at home. Jeff offered to let us use their new couch downstairs to watch shows on the big screen, so we did that. Super fun!! It was like having our own living room!
And then that's it! On to next week!
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