My Jingle Elf

You might remember that Savannah ran her first official run last year at this time.  It was called the Jingle Elf run and was two miles through the town of West Chester.  The streets are lined with thousands of people waiting for the annual Christmas parade to begin.  They enthusiastically cheer on the runners. 

This year Lila Grace decided she was up for the task.  I couldn't believe it.  She was absolutely amazing.  There were only a few six year olds who ran and she came in ahead of all of them.  Her time was 23:00 minutes which puts her at an 11:30 mile.  That is FAST for a Kindergartener.  Who knew preemie lungs could perform so well?  We were a great pair, the littlest looking racer and the pregnant Mama.  There were tons of little kids putting their hands out for high fives and Lila made sure to zig-zag to get everyone of them.  She was overjoyed that the crowd was cheering for HER!

We stayed to watch the parade and Miss Lila fell asleep in my arms.  (Please excuse the bad cell phone pics)