In the last couple weeks both kids have had their "Sports Day" at school. Alayna's was first.
(that's her waving)
Her sports day was comprised of her grade level and the grade level above her, and they were competing as classes. They started out with a warm-up jog around the field.
Then came the highlight of the event - the running race. They ran by class and were separated by gender. This way each class would have a "fastest boy" and "fastest girl". Check out my girl leading the pack!
She lost her hat and you could see her look back and think about stopping, but then just kept on running. The other girls were left to eat her dust!
The rest of the events were done for fun and without winners and losers. They did a Smiley Face Race where they had to run to the paper and draw a smiley face and then run back and the next person would go. Here is Alayna drawing her face.
At the end of the events they awarded the Fastest Girls and Boys of each class a certificate. Here is Alayna after getting her certificate from the Headmaster Mr Alcot.
My little speed demon!
Me: Alayna, Who won the girls race?
Alayna: I WON!!!
The next week was Calvin's Sports Day and theirs was comprised of Years 1 - 3 and was divided by "Houses" (basically 4 colored teams). Calvin is in the blue "House", and races were still divided by gender. Here is Calvin running his race and that is his friend Sami next to him.
Unfortunately they did not come in first or second, but they had a good time. One of the races was an "egg race" that they used small balls for instead of eggs and Calvin
thought he came in second, but had actually come in third. The first and second place finishers received stickers, and Calvin was very upset that he didn't get his sticker. He truly believed he had been done an injustice. The Agony of Defeat!
He did eventually recover,
and went on to perform well at some of the other events like basketball.
The best news was that the Blue team WON the day so he got to hold the trophy in the end.
They both really enjoyed their sports days and we were so proud of them both.
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