Kindergarten Jog-a-Thon

The jog-a-thon is one of the bigger fundraisers at Peabody. We are talking a six-figure money raiser! Leading up to the jog-a-thon there are assemblies, contests and constant reminders/pressure to raise like a zillion dollars. I know this because I am on the sports committee that puts it on ;) 

Samantha's class team name was the Red Ninjas and guess who designed their shirt logo?!  Her dad, of course ;)

Pre-jog-a-thon silliness with Mason. 

All the Red Ninjas 

And they were off! 

All the grades run for 40 minutes except K does only 30. 

Samantha just kept running and running.

Our jog-a-thon is no joke as the kids are all wearing timing chips that electronically tracked their laps each time they ran under the balloon tunnel. 

Samantha just kept running and running and running. I soon realized that she had a pretty good chance of winning.  

Finished!

Thatcher in front of some of the sign sponsors which as part of the sports committee was my job to help get. 

At the end of the day, Samantha learned that she ran 26 laps. The most in her kindergarten class. What she didn't know (and what I knew because I am on the committee and saw the results) is that she ran more laps than anyone in kindergarten, both boys and girls. 1st out of 100 kids. 

Some video of my little runner

An all-school assembly to present the awards. 

Video of her receiving her 1st place medal!

The sweetest part was that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place girls were all close friends and fellow soccer teamates from the Rainbow Sharks ;) 

Thank you to all of Samantha's friends and family for donating to the jog-a-thon! 

Random March Photos

Mommy/Daughter Selfie at Brophy's 

Family date at Municipal 

The Municipal dog got lucky that Samantha shared her ice cream (I promise she didn't eat off that spoon after)

Celebrating FOUR at preschool. 

Thatcher isn't the only one into LEGOs.

These two visiting Samantha at school.

Beach day

I'll support him no matter what he wants to be. 

Feeling lucky on St. Patrick's Day

He might not make it out of the car or off the couch, but for the most part, this kid is still hanging in there on naps. Lolly too.

Frogging Lollipop waiting for daddy to come home. 

Cloud 10 birthday party and FINALLY a place to go when the weather sucks in Santa Barbara.

Fallon turned 6 and had a Frozen party there. 

We also celebrated sweet Leila at her Frozen birthday party.

There were a few questions as to why Fallon's Elsa looked different from Leila's Elsa ;)

Auntie Holley gifted Samantha with some new hair.

Dinner party with friends at the Stone's house ending with smores, yum!

My wannabe Yogi

I suffered through the Muppet movie with the kids. I am not sure who is in charge of the volume control at the movies but all of us had to watch this with one finger stuck in our ear. 

Samantha got her shortest haircut to date. 

and a blowout! 

No more dead ends ;)

Peabody Moms' night in the Funk Zone.

Samantha working on her fitness. I asked her what this move was called and she said a "side up" and that she learned it from Despicable Me 2. Who knew?!

Friday Happy Hour fun with friends at Cafe del Sol.

And by fun I mean, we rode a surrey with all the kids to happy hour ;)

Weekend sushi date with the fam. 

Lollipop at Demetria Estate. 

We were there too ;)

VIP tour of their operation. 

Los Olivos Cafe for lunch. 

There's no way you can be in the valley and not stop at Enjoy Cupcakes.

Harry's with our sweet neighbor, Sherry.

Field trip to Trader Joe's. I actually learned a lot ;) 

The guy/girl inside the Chick-fil-a cow suit is a giant. 

Getting one of Pete's famous haircuts. Too bad we can't get Thatcher to agree to product in his hair to make his hairdo a cute do! He says only Pete can style it with wax….