School is so much fun! Seriously. So. Much. Freakin. Fun. First off, who knew Parx was such a runner? It's usually 50/50 on walks if he's complaining at the first corner because his legs hurt and he wants to either go home or get in the stroller. He's been running half a mile to a mile everyday at school this year in preps for the jogathon and just to get energy out of the all day kinders :).
The annual jogathon... the whole school ran/walked/jogged (whatever they wanted) for one hour. It was timed, there was fun music, a clown, the tiger mascot running around and gatorades for all the kids at the end. It's the biggest fund raiser all year for his school.. this year they raised over $13,000. Parx got some money from his grandparents and us and was put into a drawing and won a prize. In the next couple weeks he gets to have a pizza party with the principal and other kids at the bowling alley--the kid is stoked. He kept telling me prior to the big day that he had to eat healthy and exercise so he could do good at the jogathon.... I mean he REALLY was excited about this! The night before the big day Parx came home from school and didn't feel great. At 7pm I was running him into the walk-in clinic because he couldn't move his neck. At 8 he was diagnosed with strep... broke this mamas heart when he tried to hold back the tears thinking he couldn't go to school the next day...and he DID stay home from school but the doc gave him permission to go to the jogathon in the afternoon if he was feeling up to it. HE WAS, of course!! Anyway... prob too much info about a school activity but I am so dang proud of the kid. He ran 20 laps... 5 miles!!!! He just kept going and going and going and it was awesome to be there and watch him go.
I'll keep this one short :) The pumpkin patch... first fieldtrip as a kindergartener.
