Each morning Quinn wakes up and asks, "Is today a school day?" On most mornings, he receives the dreaded answer, "yes" and proceeds to whine and complain about how he doesn't want to go. Thursday was a whole different story. He woke up with great enthusiasm, was dressed in his orange clothes by 6:30am and was anxious to get out the door. It is clear what Quinn is passionate about...sports day!
Quinn's morning was filled with egg-on-spoon races, potato sack hopping, running and putting the ball in the bucket and the 50m dash. The morning lived up to, and perhaps even exceeded his expectations, especially after feeling the thrill of victory when he won his running race. We have relived the moment over and over and he truly is a "super-speedy runner" (perhaps when we convince him to actually wear his shoes on the correct feet he will be even further ahead of the competition).
Morgan's turn for the sports action came in the afternoon. With the 6-9 year olds competing together, Morgan was among the youngest on the field but he certainly held his own. His fantastic balance served him well in both the egg-on-spoon and the spin-around-the-cricket-bat-and-then-run races and his long stride kept him in contention in his 60m dash. By far, his favourite event, though, was the water balloon toss where he and his buddy, Pete were able to keep their balloon from breaking for quite a considerable number of throws.
Jim and I were able to catch each and every moment (and document a fair amount of it on camera!). Just another perk of all of us spending our days at the same school.
