Boosterthon

Running seems to be an ongoing theme for our family this year.  Every morning, I've been waking up at 5:45 to run before the boys leave for school.  Scott's been running a little, too.  Now, Elijah's joined the Running Club which meets every morning during morning work time, at 7:20.  The kids walk or run around the track, they get marks on their hand for each lap they do and they can earn prizes.  They try to make it fun by playing popular music and having a festive environment.  And, before Running Club, the running theme started for Elijah with the Boosterthon.  This year, as a fundraiser, the school held a Boosterthon.  As with all fundraisers, I was a little skeptical.  But, this turned out to be fabulous.  Elijah got pledges for each lap he ran, and they estimated that the kids would run between 25 and 35 laps.  Keira, Dendi and I came out the morning of the Boosterthon to cheer on Elijah.  As I said, I was impressed.  They made it so fun for the kids.  They played fun music, had themes for the different laps to keep the kids motivated and even made warming up silly.  Elijah ran almost the whole time and ran all 35 laps.  Awesome.