100 years of Indy 500's, Riley's 1st

It's hard to imagine that the very first Indianapolis 500 was 100 years ago, expecially when you are 4 years old, and going to your very first Indianapolis 500.  Yesterday we took Riley to THE Race, his first, and hopefully not his last!  He Loved It!!  I was pleasantly surprised how well he did.  90 degrees, lots of walking, and lots of sitting in loud cramped bleachers.  But he did great!  Daddy had to carry him the majority of the way in and out of the track (which we expected), and we started hearing the "I wanna go home" around lap 80, but we upped the number of times to get up and walk around and let him play on the stairs (thank goodness we bought aisle seats) and he made it through the rest ofthe race fairly complaint-free!  Not bad for a 4 year old who naps for appx. 2 hours a day during that time frame!  And we couldn't have picked a better race to take him too!  With all the 100th anniversary hoopla, old race cars and history, but also what an exciting race!  3 of the 7 crashes right in front of us, seats to see the very first double wide restarts and a finish that will go down in history as "the one Hildebrand Lost!"  I'm so happy that we decided to do this, and I'm looking forward to taking him again on his birthday in 5 years, for his 9th, and the 100th running of the 500!  What a weekend!

Another post and more pictures to come of our entire trip in Indiana . . . Too much for right now!