1st Rankin Cancer Run!

Abigail and Molly participated in their first ever Rankin Cancer Run! With Daddy off to Chicago with Uncle J-Bone, Hiller and Steph for the Detroit/Chicago playoff game, I was on my own to get the girls ready to be a part of the Niagara Catholic Bee-Attitude Rankin Cancer Run Team! The girls were really pulling out all the stops to make it easy for me! A quick breakfast feeding, no major poop incidents and lots of smiles helped me get them out the door on time for the big event! Thank you so much to my friends Melissa and Sean for letting us have VIP parking so close to the event! What a life saver that was! As I entered the Lion Club park filled with thousands of people, my Valco Baby stroller and identical twins became my parting red sea as hundreds of people moved out of the way for the girls to find our team. (Having a huge double stroller has that effect!) Never has negotiating a huge crowd ever been so easy! Thankfully I was able to find Beth, Anna, Terri and other team members from the CEC. One of the greatest things about the Rankin Cancer Run, other than the obvious funding for an important cause that stays in our own community, is the overwhelming support from so many in Niagara. It is a wonderful feeling of community to see so many individuals raising money and walking or running together.

Abigail and Molly during the Rankin Cancer Run!

Getting ready for today's fun was not without it's challenges and curve balls. Potential stress creating events included: traffic, having to make formula, feed, change, dress and pack up the girls alone in a 45 minute time frame, finding the team in a crowd of 10,000, realizing once I was at the park that I had forgotten their hats, sunglasses and soothers in the car (total Rookie Mommy move here) and attempting go for a 5km in a huge crowd during nap time.

Definition of a Successful Event with the Turkettes:

VIP parking at a friend's house, no tears and no crying despite the forgotten soothers, a 50 min nap while walking even though it was sunny and we were in a huge crowd, no major poop incidents (see previous posts, LOL) and smiles for all who took a peek at the girls.

We ended the morning with a quick diaper change and lounging on Sean and Melissa's front lawn in the sun while we played with our toys! It was a great first Rankin Cancer Run for the Turkettes, looking forward to making this an annual event for the girls! We missed you Daddy!