Golden Shoe time

The boys look forward to the golden shoe competition every year. They train in PE class in the weeks prior to the race.  E even trained a little bit at home. 

The kids all run a mile.  They are given a number as they cross the finish line.  All of the numbers are added up by class and the class who has the lowest number is the winner.  The winning class gets to brag and keep the golden shoe in their classroom. 

Excited about running

He won't look at me.

E comes in 7 with a time of 6:50

Jay comes in 11 with a time of 7:11

Neither of their classes won, but it was a fun run.

Kindergartners also participate in the race but they don't run as far and their is no golden shoe awarded.  Nevertheless, Tee was very excited. 

So happy.

He was the 4th student to cross the finish line.

Tee ran hard the entire way.  He shocked both his Dad and I.  At home he bragged to his brothers that he was the first in his class that finished.  What a fun morning.

Halloween 2012

Although Hurricane Sandy caused 2 days off of school, we were fortunate that Halloween was a go.  You know Halloween is really important.

The older boys purchased scary hooded costumes and Tee was able to "shop" in our bin.  His choices were a blue power ranger, a red power ranger or a puffed up spiderman.  He decided he would wear the two power ranger costumes(we had a few parties to attend).

We went to a friend's house for dinner on Wednesday.  The kids were all very excited.   



A picture of the group!

 

I managed to NOT get a good picture of my kids at all.

Most of the kids in the picture above went house to house together.  Just call me Sally social planner.  I tried hard to make sure everyone was happy.  The group started out with 8 kids and 3 adults (my husband being one of them).  At one point the group ended up with 2 adults and only 7 kids.  Then at the end is was only my husband with 5 kids.  Tee and his friend did a great job keeping up with the older boys.  



After the first couple of houses, the masks on E and Jay came off.  Unbelievable to me.  So I told the boys from now on, no more expensive costumes.  They will need to be a little more creative and definitely no more masks.

Tee ended up tuckering out about 1 hour.  He came and hung out with the ladies.  The older boys kept going.  They got a lot of candy.  In fact, we just went through today and sorted.  They kept some and we are donating the rest.  I have a friend who will take the candy to a homeless shelter.