Ahh yes, as parents you try and do the right thing and expose your children to all kinds of adventures. You drag them to a 3 hour coupon class and then at 10:30pm think it will be a fun idea to go to watch the ironman finishers come in and cheer them on!
This weekend our hometown was host to an Ironman triathlon. I think it is amazing what those athletes do and the time they take to train for it is crazy. In the past few years I have done 7 sprint triathlons, which is a short distance tri, 750 meter swim, 15 mile bike and a 5k. These guys that do the Ironman do a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run. ALL IN ONE DAY! They have to finish at midnight!
Back to torturing my kids…. so we went over to catch the last finishers coming in and cheer them on. We were at the FINISH line of an Ironman, the music was LOUD, the fans were pumped, and the adults were having a blast!
The children however:
Fell asleep sitting OR LAYING on the sidewalk! It was a sad, pathetic site.
So much for exposing your children to “different experiences” I think next time we will try for middle of the day!
Cindy O'Brien says
That is too funny, Tiffany. I “tortured” my kids as well. Our mantra was: Youve gotta give them something to talk to Oprah about when they are grown!!!
Cindy O'Brien says
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yeny says
hahaha thanks for sharing about the kids now i dont feel so bad i guess we all go through that…
Kim says
That’s so funny, she is too cute!
riah says
Ha ha! So funny…
Miri says
this was so funny… to us at least!! I have 5 kids and we have gone to youth bootcamps and basicly the little ones always ended up on the ground sleeping. It’s good for them I think, when they grow older they r going to have many stories to share!!
michelle says
Yes, I love it!!!