Gavin's second bike race (Morgal Bismark course)...

So you see: Gavin's wearing the green aqua "jersey" in this picture, and Daddy is standing right in back of him as the kids get ready to ride one full loop of the real race course that Brent rode later in the day.

Brent said that it was hard to keep up with Gavin on the downhill section of this loop, as he ran behind him in flip flops.

Gavin got a major kick out of Daddy riding his little bike for a bit after the race was over. Can you see the little vanilla ice cream cup that all the racers got afterward? This was Gavin's main incentive to finish (not that he needed one, really), and everyone also got a red finisher's ribbon. I love that he doesn't know or care that everyone got the same thing, and that's OK at this age. I want to try to intentionally acknowledge and appreciate the great things about each age as my kids grow and develop.