Look Ma! No wheels!
Rebecca got a new big girl bike for Christmas, but it had no training wheels. She has been really anxious to ride it, so Art has been working with her after school teaching her how to ride her old, smaller bike with no training wheels. She is doing GREAT! After 3 days of practice, she can ride about 15 feet on her own. Check out the video below.
Boosterthon Fun Run
Rebecca's school had a big fund-raising event last month. She collected pledges from all her grandparents and my sister too for a dollar amount per lap that she ran on the event day. Each lap was 1/16 of a mile. This event raises big big money for the school. I haven't heard the final dollar count yet, but Rebecca's class alone raised over $55/lap- and all the kids ran over 20 laps. So her class alone, raised over $1000. There are 7 Kindergarten classes in her school, and they all ran together on the morning of the event.
The Boosterthon organization is a well organized fun machine. The event started with all the classes running through a tunnel while being cheered on by the parents and others who came to support the kids. It was a little chaotic, and a lot loud, and Rebecca wasn't with her class when they ran out on the field. As soon as Art and I realized this, I ran to find her, and she was back by the tunnel sobbing that she had gotten scared by the noise and the crowds, and had lost her class. We escorted her up to her class, and she was calmed down and excited to race soon enough. Here is her class (without her) running on the field.
Next, one of the guys from the Boosterthon group got on a high perch and got the kids all pumped by teaching them cheers, singing silly songs, and generally getting them really revved up and excited to do the fun run. All the kids got a tshirt with a picture of the course on their backs, with numbered spaces 1-35. Each time they completed a lap, a teacher or volunteer would mark it off on their shirt. At the end of the race, all the laps were counted up and the total was written in the middle.
They're off! Rebecca is on the far right side. The fun run portion lasted about 45 minutes. The had great fun music playing the whole time, and every five minutes or so, the announcer would create a silly way to run - like "pretend you're an airplane" or " Skip this lap" or "Play the drums" etc.
Go Becca go!
This is AWESOME! she said as ran by.
The Boosterthon organization is a well organized fun machine. The event started with all the classes running through a tunnel while being cheered on by the parents and others who came to support the kids. It was a little chaotic, and a lot loud, and Rebecca wasn't with her class when they ran out on the field. As soon as Art and I realized this, I ran to find her, and she was back by the tunnel sobbing that she had gotten scared by the noise and the crowds, and had lost her class. We escorted her up to her class, and she was calmed down and excited to race soon enough. Here is her class (without her) running on the field.
Next, one of the guys from the Boosterthon group got on a high perch and got the kids all pumped by teaching them cheers, singing silly songs, and generally getting them really revved up and excited to do the fun run. All the kids got a tshirt with a picture of the course on their backs, with numbered spaces 1-35. Each time they completed a lap, a teacher or volunteer would mark it off on their shirt. At the end of the race, all the laps were counted up and the total was written in the middle.
They're off! Rebecca is on the far right side. The fun run portion lasted about 45 minutes. The had great fun music playing the whole time, and every five minutes or so, the announcer would create a silly way to run - like "pretend you're an airplane" or " Skip this lap" or "Play the drums" etc.
Go Becca go!
This is AWESOME! she said as ran by.
It was a GREAT event. Every single kid enjoyed it and had a smile on their face the whole time. Rebecca completed 27 laps in all. We were very proud of her, and she had a great time. ( Although she was a puddle and a couch potato after school because she was so wiped out. )
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