Today was an amazing day 💜 it began terribly frustrating, with the rain messing just about everything up. The 9:00 kick off was postponed until 10:30, then 11:00, and then noon. At that point, they did begin activities, but there was no order or schedule whatsoever. It was a mess. A soaking wet, cold, overwhelming mess.
But the kids 👏 did 👏 so 👏 well!!!! 🥳
Brady, Wavy, and my mom stationed at the high school track to take in all the running events, and the ran around the elementary school like a chicken with my head cut off, trying to find the kids who were throwing balls or jumping into pits. It was madness, I won’t lie, but we were at almost every event! I know I missed Dekkers high jump, and I was at Sollys ball throw but I didn’t see his throw 😆 though he assured me “No mom, you knew, and you saw it!” So 🤷♀️ that counts, hahaha!
Dekkers main event was the 800m. He doesn’t care for running but he pushed through and passed a handful of kids right at the end.
He doesn’t know what he placed but it was a very impressive run, I’m told 💜 he doesn’t care for the other events at all but he was a good sport!
Wavy wanted him to be done just as much as he did 😆
Laela crushed her sprints. She ran her dash faster than anyone else in her heat, and she went on to win first in the final.
She was SO stoked!! In that last run, she was holding down the ribbons she had already pinned to her shirt 😆 she also kicked butt in the 400m, and placed second.
Rowan turned it up in running and jumping! I’m not confident whether he got first or second in his sprint, but it was CLOSE. He also got second in his 400m, and jumped farther than anyone else in his group for standing broad jump! The boy with the springs, they said.
Solomon only had a couple of events, but he was INVESTED in a way I never expected! He gave her beans on running long jump and his sprints. For usually pushing back against much physical activity, he had good drive and he seemed really happy!
At the end of the day, everyone was happy and satisfied.
Solly was happy to have been outside all day and has no idea what he placed for any event.
Rowan was thrilled to have placed well in multiple events.
Laela was very proud of her running, and was so excited to have won first in her final heat.
Dekker was happy his friend bought him an ice cream sandwich 😆because priorities.
In spite of the rain, it was a great day. Thank you, sweet Cher, for all your help getting things prepared so we could get out the door tooooooooo
The lake 😎 We cannot wait!!