How to pass time at an Ironman when you are 2

Well, seeing that a day at an Ironman race is an entire day...and I do mean entire day, you have to find ways to occupy a toddler. You see, we got to the race site at around 5:30 a.m., and Barry didn't actually start the race until 7:00 a.m. Then, you proceed to spend 10 hours watching Barry transition from the swim to the bike to the run...all the while seeing him for tidbits at a time and being able to yell really quickly "go Barry!" Or in John's case, "Go Daddy go!" I absolutely love race day and have no problem standing on a street curb for hours, but that doesn't exactly work for a toddler...they get a little antsy and need to exert their energy somewhere they can run free. Thankfully, this race site had a wonderful park nearby, so we took some time out to have some toddler free time. Here's a few photos of the fun.


There was this big green curvy slide that John was very interested in. He was scared to go down it at first, but then a few other kids went down and he couldn't let them show him up. Here he is about to go down the slide for the first time, there is some definite worry in his eyes. :)


Yay mommy, I made it safely to the bottom! I'm not really sure he let himself have fun the first time...I think he needed to know that the end of the slide didn't send him into a foreign land or something. He went down several more times and loved it though.


This boy loves to swing! It was really cold outside, but that didn't stop him from wanting to swing and let the cool, and I do mean COOL, breeze in his face. :)


I just love this expression. He's just sitting there enjoying the swing.