Turtle races!!!

Charli has had quite an eventful few days. We took her to Arlington to see the horses and then we took her to her first turtle races. They have an annual turtle race at Twin Lakes where you can purchase inflatable turtles and they race them in the lake with a little help of hoses. The first 40 to come in win prizes and the grand prize is $500!!! Charli's turtles placed 17th and a close to first finish with 4th place!!! Charli won a free drum lesson and Sox tickets, plus parking!!!! Way to go turtles!

Hey Mom, you said Uncle Eric was coming to the track!

I'm ready for the races!

Oh yeah, my turtle is really fast!!

Those are all the turtles coming down the chute patrolled by the kayaking turtle police!

So much anticiaption for the race, she was asleep for the results!!

Daddy and sleeping Charli waiting patiently to be called...

Charli's turtle winning 17th place winning her the free drum lesson

Charli's turtle winning 4th place!!!! Winning her Sox tix and parking!! Can you feel her excitement!!

The music was great and so was the crowd. We had a really nice time, can't wait for next year!! Either can Charli!! See you next year turtles, hopefully we can beat that 4th place finish!