Fun with Friends and Fairies

After a weekend of visiting with our families in Michigan, we met up with some old college friends and their kids in Ann Arbor.  We were participating in our first Volkssporting event -- the 5K Fairywalk.  Five grown ups and six kids, on a mission to find the tiny fairy doors hidden throughout the city. 

The fairy doors were cool, but what was cooler for the boys was that they made some new friends.  Alex and Cameron walked together the entire time, chatting away about Legos.  No one complained about sore feet, no one whined that they couldn't go on, no one begged for snacks, no one even complained about the brief rain shower -- they were too busy comparing notes on the merits of Lego Aquaraider as compared to Lego Atlantis.

Matthew also found a companion in Jameson.  Matthew rode in the stroller for perhaps 1K and spent the rest of the time running, jumping and laughing with his funny new pal.

This meant that we grown-ups, between screaming "STOP!" and patching up various injuries, had time to catch up on what we've all been up to and how old we've gotten.

At one point, we herded all the children down an alley to take a group photo with the graffiti, which was really cool until Cameron said, "What does this say?, 'For a good ffff . . .' " and I shouted, "NOOOOO!  Don't read that!" to Cameron's shock.  I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've ever told him NOT to read something.

The walk was amazing and we are already planning to make it up to Ann Arbor for next year's event.  The best part though?  When the walk was done and we got in the car for the looooong drive home, Matthew was asleep in one block.