First Place Trophy!

Sunday afternoon, we loaded up the van and went downtown to the Proctor Classic. It is the annual bicycle road race and since Andy's mountain bike race was canceled due to weather, we decided to enter the kids into the "kids race."

They section off the kids in age groups, so Max rode with the 4 year olds and Maggie rode with the 5 & 6 year olds.


The road was closed off to regular traffic, the announcer speakers where loud, there were guys and gals walking around with their smooth legs and fancy-cost-more-than-my-first-car-bicycles. The atmosphere was great. The kids were excited!


Max's group went first. I felt kinda bad, cause Max and one other little girl were the only kids in the group without training wheels. So I think he had a little advantage. But hey, he's still only 4 and he's been riding a bike without training wheels for a long time. He won! First place! He won his very first trophy! I don't think he has let it out of his sight for more than a few hours.

Maggie had quite a few more kids in her group. She kind of got in the back of the pack at the start and I think that she could have caught up if they would have made two laps around the track. But she was a great sport and got a ribbon for her efforts.


They both had a great time and are ready to enter more races. I really think they just like the snacks and goodie bags they get when they enter the race.

Sharing some much needed popcorn after all their hard work.

While we watch the pros do their thing! WOW...they are so fast!

Exciting times....praying that their love for their bikes doesn't go to this extreme! Otherwise I'll need all of you to be praying for their safety.