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Color Run 2013

The powder rangers

We did the Color Run in 2013, it was the first one in Port Elizabeth and we had a blast, okay mostly a blast but I went with people who wanted to run, I wanted to walk, a color walk is much more my speed 🙂

Will the color ruin clothes or running shoes?
The color does mostly wash out after the event.  As with anything dirty, the sooner you wash it the better. We suggest wearing items that you wouldn’t mind getting colorful.  If you would like to preserve the color in your running shirt, spray it with vinegar and iron it.  If you wash your shirt….the color will eventually come out.  For FULL color cleaning ideas and tips, check THIS LINK out!

Do the kilometer “Color Zones” affect runner vision? Or breathing?
The color powder used at The Color Run event is all certified non-toxic and free of any heavy metals. Our bright colors are cornstarch and FD&C dyes. Our fabulous shine powder is more like make-up and is completely safe and even more precisely thrown on the lower half of your body. As with any substance, you want to keep it out of your eyes and our “certified” color throwers make sure to aim low as you pass by.  Some Color Runners opt to wear glasses or goggles for their eyes and use a bandana or dust mask for their mouths.

So we are going to take Aidan and are…

– Putting him in a stroller because 5km is no joke for a 2-year-old (or his unfit mom)
– Putting him in goggles/glasses, because even though the powder is non toxic, eina is eina
– Dressing  him warmly like my friend suggested, she went with her tots last year and said kids complained of cold
– Covering his mouth and nose in a bandana at the colour stations, he can wear a cansa wrap like a scarf and I can pull it up when need be, that’s what I did last time, also any excuse to support cansa
– Take water!
– Take wipes, this kid is not a fan of being dirty…. of messing, yes, of being dirty, no

This is all I can think of please comment with any other suggestions 🙂

Let’s start this week we right…ten things I’m grateful for….

1. Supportive husband who is fine with me pressing restart on my career

2. Healthy son who beat all the odds going from can’t breath to beyond active

3. Awesome friends who I can rely on and who can rely on me

4. Tight family who is always there for one another

5. Aidan’s cousins who give him the companionship siblings can’t (he is a only for my health reasons)

6. Internet that actually works, yeah for new service provider

7. Plan Bs which can be turned to when things don’t go who go your way

8. Parents who go 110% and leave you feeling very blessed

9. Chai tea which makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside

10. God for always having my back

This picture was taken when I was pregnant with Logan, I was a whole other person then… tomorrow he should be 3 years old but instead it’s the day before he died.
I can’t believe I survived that. I found myself thinking as I held my newborn nephew yesterday what if this was his one and only day(grieving moms can be a little morbid) how could anyone survive that! All that love shoved into a little person than ripped away.
I did it though?!? Goodness knows how I survived but in a way I did. Although I still get nightmares and bad days I’m better for loving Logan. I find myself way more empathetic and sympathetic.
People’s insensitive comments make me more careful of what I say. Knowing hurt makes me want to heal and I appreciate the good in life because I know too well that things can change in the blink of an eye.

Thank you for choosing me to be your mom little man even though it was for such a short period of time.

I’m proud to announce little Caleb is here! My first non cousin and non married into nephew.
I was a nervous wreck until my dad sent me a message with the words “we can hear him cry” Sheesh you could almost hear me cry…
I never got to hear my sons’ first cries so to me it meant everything was ok and I could finally breath….
So blessed to have this new addition to the family

To the parents enjoy him…they grow wayyy too fast