Our little Carter has got some speed behind those short little legs of his. Although he is quite a bit smaller than most of his fellow Kindergarteners he proved he can outrun and outlast them. On Saturday they had a 1 mile race at the Zoo for all of the K-8th graders in the school district. Carter was sooo excited for it. Perhaps it is because he has watched from the sidelines or sat in the jogging stroller for his fair share of races. He was pumped to finally have his race.Quite a few of the kindergarteners had a parent running with them so Jared asked Carter if he wanted him to run with him... um NO! He was so cute when he finished, we were giving him praises and telling him how great he did--I asked him if he walked at all. His response, "I RAN the whole way, I didn't even jog!" He also commented, "I beat a lot of the big kids too Mom!"
Well we stuck around for the awards ceremony. To be honest I didn't think there was a chance that Carter placed, he's one of the smaller kids in his class but it was fun to sit and listen to the middle schools percussion band play. We were all surprised, and so excited, when they announced that Carter got 2nd place for the kindergarteners and called him up to get his trophy... all of us except Gage. The poor boy immediately burst into tears, "Now Carter has TWO trophies and I don't have ANY!!"
It was a lot of fun even if we did get rained on! (I thought for sure they would cancel the race due to the rain, but Jared assured me that they don't cancel runs for a little bit of rain!) Since his soccer game was canceled we were able to enjoy a rainy morning together at the zoo.
Mom giving Carter a good luck hug before the big race!
Carter at the starting line with Thomas, one of the kids from his class.
The finish (okay so it was staged, I missed it the first time so we did a reenactment.)
High Fives all around!! Great job Carter, you really are a super star!
While I'd like to say we were making a fashion statement with the striped leggings, really Carter just refused to wear sweatpants because "they are too long and I'll step on them." It was a pretty nasty day so pj pants under the shorts it was! Maybe he'll wear them again next time for good luck!
9 comments:
WAY TO GO CARTER!!! SO PROUD OF YOU, YOU DID AWESOME!! It looks like you finally got to ride the train at the zoo, how was it? I love you buddy! (Oh Nicole, Carter's outfit is amazing by the way! I love it! I'm still waiting for the picture of Gage at Costco...)
Yay Carter!!! That is awesome! Is that kid next to him really in his class, he looks twice the size of him. Don't you remember Carter making everyone race him at a family reunion. Everyone was getting tired and he kept going and going. I'm glad to hear that not only is he going to be a baseball star but a track star too. Except they are during the same season. oh well. Oh and as always, love the outfit.
Oh and I love the birthday/mother's day pic. That cake looks tasty. And Carter's gag gift was priceless.
That's awesome!! Tell Carter I think he's the bomb. I love the picture of the two of you at the beginning of the race. How cute you are!!
Seriously could the top picture of Carter be any more YOU? Love it! Tell him great job!!!!
I was just catching up on all you posts - you are quite the busy woman! Love Carter's leggings by the way. I really couldn't tell your boys apart very well, they are very handsome indeed. Good luck with your upcoming move!
ROCK ON Carter!!!
Sounds like a fun day. Way to go Carter!!!!
Awesome job Carter! That is so neat!
Go Carter go! He takes after his mom :)
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