5K-Wordy Katey and Tied-Up Seth

What a busy and exciting weekend!!

We kicked off the weekend with a note in Katey's book bag from the principal (dun-dun-duh!) letting us know that Katey won her classroom spelling bee and will be competing in the school-wide bee on Wednesday! Now we are helping her with a spelling list which includes words such as: rendezvous, bromeliad, umlaut, barukhzy, knavery and euphemism. Wow! And we'll be looking up the meaning of many of these words...since some of them I have never heard of.

The next big thing on our weekend list of fun was that Seth learned to tie his shoes! We have been working on this for a few months now. Okay, probably 5 months, at least. Thanks to Daddy, the hard work has paid off! Believe me when I say that there was crying, there was wailing and there might even have been gnashing of teeth. But, with the reward of ice cream dangling like a carrot in front of him, Seth finally conceded and picked up the shoe laces. Wahoo!!

Look at those perfect bunny ears and that proud grin!

And now, for the big weekend event: Katey ran a 5K!! She has been in a program through school called "Girls on the Run" since September. There were 15 girls in 3rd-5th grades and 3 coaches. The kids spent 2 hours a week getting to know each other, talking about dealing with social situations that might be difficult and running. Saturday morning was the culmination of 2 1/2 months of hard work and all the girls did a GREAT JOB!! All of the elementary and middle schools in our county participated and we heard there were about 630 girls running. The weather was a little less than ideal, being one of the coldest days we have had this year. It was about 45 degrees and damp, but thankfully, not raining like was predicted! Above: Katey's team at Rocky River Elementary School

The girls are off! This is a shot of about 2/3 of the crowd that was running Saturday morning

Katey said it was hard and she got tired, but she was so proud of herself - though not half as proud as we are of her!! She told Mike that she would like to keep running with him and do another 5K - this time running alongside Daddy!

Our proud 5K finisher showing off her medal!

Katey with her running partners, Adajah and Ms. Lawrence

What a GREAT weekend!