Day 5.255: Cookie...time?

A year ago (give or take a day) I ran my first road race. Today I had the chance to see what a year of running has done for me - answer: I'm a lot faster over 3.1 miles!

I got home to story-time and when I wearily finished eating some chili, I was presented with this:

decorated for me by Exile #3 during a post-school play-date with one of Exile #4's friends.  Here are some more of their creations (long gone by the time I made it home!)