We Did It!

We did it!  Yeah!  Nos hicimos!

 

Thank you all who supported us at the 8^th annual Tour de Pink.  Brett was in Argentina at the time, so Uncle Justin stepped up and rode with us (thank God!).  The riders started at various times based on distance (100 milers went first, and so on).  Right away, Isabella pulled away from our pack.  Jacob tried to catch up and ended up riding with Justin about 10 minutes behind Bella.  Bella made friends with other riders and rode the entire time with them.  Julia and I had some difficulties early on.  Our ride went something like this:

.7m      Julia “I want to stop, my bike is too slow, this is not fun!”

            Mommy “We can’t stop now, let’s get to the pit stop, you can do it”

            Riders “on your left, on your left, love your hats”

 

 

2.3m    Julia crying “this is too hard”

  Mommy “Let’s find a constable and you can ride with him to the finish line to meet   grandma”

  Julia “stooooooooop, your embarrassing me”

  Riders “on your left, on your left, congratulations #16”

3.7m   Julia crying, starting to meltdown “I wish my bike had temperatures (gears) like Bella’s bike, I can’t do it!”

Mommy “that’s it, I’m stopping the next constable that passes by, you can wait with grandma”

Julia “no, I’m not stopping!”

Riders “on your left, on your left, what a pretty pink bike”

4m      Mommy “look there is a pump, let’s put air in your tires”

 

4m      Julia “that helped!  My bike is fast (with a huge smile)”

 

6m          Pit Stop- Juju fills up with Gatorade, muffins and fruit chews

7.4m    Julia “how much farther”

            Mommy “ we are so close, this is fun!”

            Riders “on your left, oooh what a pretty hat”

8m      Julia “how much farther, I’m tired”

            Riders “on your left, good job!”

9m      Julia “how much farther?”

            Riders “on your left”

10m    Julia “how much farther?”

            Riders “on your left, on your left”

11m    Julia “how much farther, it’s too hard”

            Riders “on your left, on your left”

12m    The music is blaring and we start to hear the cheering.  A young student runs alongside of Juju and cheers, lots of photos.  Julia is smiling ear to ear and gets her second wind.

8:47am            Bella finishes

8:57                Jacob & Justin finish

9:45ish             Mommy & Juju finish

We are done!  Aaaaaah, the joys of parenthood.  All in all, it was a blast!  Thank you Elena Walsh for letting me use your awesome bike!  Thank you Uncle Justin for riding with us!  Thank you Mom, Dad, Tina, Mia and Jessica for cheering us on!  And thank you to everyone who donated to team Waltz Warrior!  So far we have raised $4840.00.  We are $60 shy of our goal!  Donations accepted through October 16. Who’s in for next year?

   Be Well,