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dylan’s swag
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We began the morning with Dylan’s 8am 1K run at the second annual Toys for Tots Run. This is the longest run Dylan’s participated in–he was the youngest and the last to come in (but there were only 4 kids in the 6 and under group!), but he went the whole distance! Poor fella got distracted by an exuberant onlooker who cheered him on early in the run. He fell down and scraped his hands and we had to take some time to calm down. He was still crying when I asked him if he wanted to continue running and he said, “yes” (!) so off we went — him crying still, but jogging nonetheless!

Then he got tired, so we stopped to examine the slugs on the walkway…we talked about the river next to us, and we talked about this and that. At long last, we made it to the turnaround. By this time, he was really uninterested in running, so we chatted with the volunteer at the turnaround who told us hail nearly the size of golf balls were falling in Boulder Creek the night before (when there was a big storm)!

Cameron at the finish waiting for Dylan
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Finally, we made it to the finish where Tom and Cameron were waiting for us. Everyone was cheering him on and calling his name as he approached. It was very sweet!

Cameron was happy to see Dylan (as she often is), but as you can see, she was also very engrossed in her little carseat bugs….

tree farm day
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After getting a post-run steamed soy milk, we went to two tree farms with Taliana et al. The first was a new one we’d heard about — they had a tire swing, a big wooden swing, a hammock and some fun-sounding kiddie activities, but the trees were small, so we left and continued on to Crest Ranch, our favorite place from years past, where we found beautiful trees immediately!

It was raining when we arrived at Crest Ranch, so I didn’t bring my camera along for the tree hunt, but amazingly, the rain stopped for the entire duration of our shopping! The kids were adorable. They helped each other haul one of the tree carts around and they held hands and just had a merry old time walking through the trees together! I was sad I didn’t have my camera, but I took some photos once we got back to our cars where we had hot apple cider and hot chocolate waiting for us.

After dropping off trees to our respective homes and doing some dinner prep, we reconvened at HAT’s house for a celebratory latke dinner with a small Chanukah gift exchange…post to come!