The kids made another video this year to help get donations for Peabody's jog-a-thon. I should say I made a video. ;)
We received a little help from Jenny Schatzle of the Jenny Schatzle Program.
Video: 2017 Fallon Jog-A-Thon Video
Todd pulled an all-nighter doing signs for the school. I learned later that the P.E. teacher saved the signs that Todd did last year. Well that would have been nice to know. So now we have two years worth of signs which means less sign-making in the future except for whatever new trend is happening that doesn't already have a sign. This year it was the "Hatchimal" and Amazon's "Alexa".
This year's theme was Pokemon at the kick-off assembly.
Our P.E. teacher and Principal did a hilarious Pokemon Go skit for the kids.
Shea Shea and Sam Sam excited to run!
Thatcher was up first!
Thatcher ran and ran and ran but as we were nearing the 20 minute mark, which was only half-way, I was desperately trying to get his attention to pace himself and drink some water.
BTW, it was a beautiful, HOT day and as you can see, the event was moved to our school field instead of Mackenzie Park across the street where it has been since we started at Peabody. We ended up having to postpone the jog-a-thon several times due to the rain and Mackenzie Park was flooded. It actually turned out to be way nicer to have it at our school with our nice green grass. What drought?! ;)
Thatcher and Mateo seemed to be in the lead the entire time.
40 minutes of running complete.
Next up, Sam!
Samantha and Char were fired up, both had a chance at the first place spot since Ashley, the girl who bumped Sam out of first place after kindergarten in both first and second grade, moved to another school.
Jenny and I take a picture of these two each years. It's getting more painful for them as they get older.
In kindergarten they were more than willing!
Like last year, Samantha immediately panicked because she got a side ache right out of the gate
Despite the pain she was in, she didn't stop.
I have never been so relieved for that clock to hit 40 minutes! She looked miserable the whole time.
Video: Thatcher and Samantha running
It took a while, but Samantha's flushed face finally settled and she was a happy girl by the end of the day.
Both kids received their lap counts from the time chips at the end of the day.
In 40 minutes, Samantha ran 37 laps (4.4 miles) and Thatcher ran 34 laps (4.1 miles). What the kids didn't know is where they placed. They would have to wait until the awards assembly which wasn't going to be for another month.
The Jog-A-Thon assembly was already set up to turn the school into a carnival/dance party event since the school had surpassed their goal of $100,000 raising $110,000!!!! There were bounce houses, a disco ball and strobe lights in the auditorium, dunk tanks, a DJ, dodge ball competitions and on and on.
The yellow circles on Todd's sign were to be colored red at the assembly should the school have met their goal.
Ta-da!
Prizes were handed out to the kids who raised the most money, those who had the most pledges and then the top runners get a chance at a price via a drawing.
One of the best prizes is the "Winds of Fortune" which is like a game show where you have to collect all the money flying in the cage in a certain time frame.
Now on to the more important things...
Samantha has won back her first place title! (Thanks Ashley for changing schools, we do miss you though!)
And....First place for Thatcher! He actually tied for first with a kid named Steve. Which now all the journal writing at school he does usually has a sentence that says, "I am faster than Steve." You are still two for two Thatcher with 1st place. Maybe Steve will change schools? ;)
Video: Awards Assembly
More importantly than the running, congrats you two on raising almost $500 for your school!
