Walk-a-thon

Sadie's school does a walk-a-thon to raise money each year. They ask that each kid raise at least $20 and then promise they won't ask us for any money the rest of the year. Last year they asked for $15 and they really didn't do any more fundraisers.

Last year we just wrote out a check, but this year Sadie's teacher talked to them about asking family and friends if they would donate, so Sadie came home determined to do it. She typed out a text to all her aunts, uncles and grandparents. She was elated when people said they would donate. She carefully wrote it all down on her donation envelope.

I volunteered to come help mark the kid's cards as they ran laps. I  figured Sadie would do about 15 laps in her allotted 45 minutes, which was 2 1/2 miles. Instead she hustled her skinny little buns around the field 21 times for a grand total of 3 1/2 miles. I couldn't believe it, especially since none of her friends were running like that. It was mainly her and a few other boys who were jogging most of the time. 

 Camille wandered and caused trouble, no surprise.

Sadie happily ate her pink popsicle and hung out with some of her classmates when it was over. The boy on her right, Harry, is one of her good friends. He came over to play at our house and he can't pronounce his "R" sounds, just like Sadie, so some of their discussions were very entertaining. Once they were trying to talk about cars, but couldn't figure out what each other was saying. Harry finally said, "like vwoom vwoom caw" and Sadie understood.