This was my first mother-daughter race sans-stroller. It was just a 1km fun run or walk on the Stanley Park Seawall, so it seemed like the perfect one to do with my little one who had just started walking with help. I ended up holding her in my arms for most of the walk, holding her hands to walk around the cone to the cheer of the friendly volunteers at the turnaround point, and then letting her walk to the Easter Bunny at the finish line. It was a fun and cute event to be a part of for the both of us. There were many cute kids wearing the bunny ears that came with the race entry and a few adults in bunny costumes too. The warm up was bunny-themed and the Easter Bunny's enthusiasm was so contagious that my little one actually tried to do some of the moves and applauded parts of it. The volunteers were very friendly and supportive and there were great treats and more fun activities as part of the post-race expo, including and Easter Egg Hunt. I thought my baby would be too small to participate in those activies, but a volunteer discreetly placed a brightly-coloured plastic egg in the grassy area where my little one was crawling around and she got really excited when she found it! We then had to bring the egg to a stand to trade it for a gift. We ended our day by joining the 5k runners for their warm up and cheer for them as they went off. What a memorable day it was!