The Bubble Run

This is kind of a throwback post, but it was something that I wanted to make sure I documented :)

Back on May 30th, Saturday morning came {way} early.  We got up at 6am to head out to Joliet, IL for the Chicagoland Bubble Run.

I saw an ad for this run a couple months back and thought it sounded really fun and something we could do as a family.  The run specifically said that kids are encouraged to come, so sign me up!  I thought Coby would be a great age, he is content in his stroller and I thought the music + bubbles would be really exciting for him.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but I figured there would be bubble all along the race.  I was wrong.  There were just mainly a few stations where they had really loud music + you ran through a bunch of bubble machines.  It didn't work out very well due to everyone slowing down + trying to get pictures, or other parents like Nate & I who were trying to get their child to stop screaming (I swear I thought he was gonna LOVE it!)

At the very beginning of the race you run into a cluster of bubbles, and then it kind of wears off and there's another bubble machine in another 1/2-3/4 mile.  I wayyyy underestimated how many bubbles there were + they ended up completely all over Coby, in his face + all over the stroller.  He screamed every single time we went through a bubble machine, and towards the end, we skipped the last few.  Side note: There were WAY too many people at the race.  They had us go in different groups, but there were still too many.

We were often just standing + waiting to go through the bubbles, and with kiddos screaming in their carseats, I wouldn't call it my favorite day ever.  It also rained, adding to the chaos + making the bubble-fearing babes a little more grumpy. Well, M Y babe was bubble-fearing.  Matt + Lauren's sweet boy, Kypton, proceeded to stick his finger in his cup holder {that had bubbles from the machine in it}, and lick the bubbles off his finger.  He is a little older than Jacoby and definitely enjoyed it more, but by the end was also D O N E.  We ended up finishing the race with the guys holding the babes on their shoulders, and us girls pushing empty strollers :)

One for the books ya'll, one for the books.

So a bubble run isn't my favorite BUT I love doing activities like this as a family.  I'm thinking a color run, or maybe even a turkey trot on Thanksgiving would be fun? As long as there aren't bubbles in his eyes, I think Coby will be down.

xox,

Naomi