Category Archives: Girls on the Run and Operation Beautiful

Girls on the Run Fall 5K 2011

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It may have been chilly outside, but we ROCKED the New Balance Girls on the Run 5K.  All of the girls had an absolute blast.  A culmination of a season of fun and laughter, self-confidence boosting lessons, and a little bit of running, too. I’m not sure what the BEST part of the morning was…

GOTR End of Season Gifts

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Our shopping trip was a success!  The end of season gifts for Girls on the Run were really stressing me out.  I always want to give the girls something special and sweet… but I was running out of time (end of season is this Thursday!).  Last year, I did personalized photo albums from Snapfish, which…

Go Girls!

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How do you convince fifteen 8 – 10 year old girls to run a Practice 5K?  You make it a PARTY!   Today’s Girls on the Run lesson revolved around the Practice 5K.  The real community race is on December 3, but it’s good for the girls to see that they can run the entire…

Happy Faces

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Do you know what happens when you hand fifteen elementary school girls eight stickers each?  120 hearts and happy faces end up all over the Husband.  I think one ended up inside his ear.   Today’s Girls on the Run’s lesson revolved around positive visualization.  We discussed how you can choose to be positive instead…