Step Up For Down Syndrome

Molly's family & friends who walked for her

We're ready mom!



Our family



Happy Birthday Maggie & Molly!



Maggie enjoying her birthday cake

The girls monkeying around at Como Zoo



The last weekend in September, we took part in the Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk at the Como Park in St. Paul. The walk has become a much anticipated tradition in our family! We walk for my friend Tracy and her little girl Molly who has Down Syndrome. It is such an honor for me to participate in this walk. I have loved watching Molly grow up and watch the special relationship my friend Tracy has with her Miss Molly. This year, it just so happened, that the walk landed on Molly and her twin sister Maggie's birthday. So, after the walk, we enjoyed birthday cake and got to celebrate these two little sweethearts' birthdays!

Before the walk, the girls enjoyed getting their faces painted and jumping on giant inflatables. Then, during the walk, the girls do surprisingly well even though Chloe asked me about 10 times "How much further mom?" After the walk and birthday festivities we took all the kids to the Como Zoo! What an awesome day!