This is our 4th year to participate in the Homeschool Olympics at a nearby park. Jonathan seems to be losing interest as he gets older because it's really not as much fun when you never win. :( But he does enjoy the races that he chooses to participate in, and he's very realistic about the competition.
Jayla is still not convinced that she is not very fast. She is definitely more athletic, but she is small and doesn't race very often, so it is a challenge for her as well. No doubt Jacob and Jack will have the same difficulties. They all love to run, but they are just not fast!
Jonathan had signed up for three races but decided to only do one: the 50-yard hurdles! I don't think either of them got last place this year, but it seemed that 2nd to last was the goal. :) Here is Jonathan, 3rd from the left:
Jayla competed in 5 different things this year (the maximum). Here she is in the 50-yard dash, she is on the far left:
And the sack race....I was GOOD at this when I was a kid! I think Jayla was 4th from the left, almost in the middle.
Third from the right, here she is in the Kangaroo race/hop:
She could have lasted longer in the jump rope marathon if she hadn't started with hot peppers!!! The PE teacher usually uses those as a tie breaker!
This one is everyone's favorite. We made our own hula hoops, and she was allowed to use our own for the hula hoop marathon! She was so excited because she prefers the larger, heavier hoops. (This girl is going to always have killer abs!) She is very good at hula hooping and she knows it! So I am trying to teach her the difference between being confident and being prideful and showing off! Mostly she is just excited about hula hooping. I'm glad she enjoys it so much. It shows in this video. She gave me a thumbs-up at about 10 seconds. Hehe! The marathon was going on and on (last year it went for just 20 seconds or so), so the PE teacher decided to give all three girls 1st place! Yea!!! So it looks like Jayla will have some good competition every year! (Last year she technically wasn't old enough and competed with the kids in the grade ahead of her, but she still won!) Anyway, enjoy the almost two minutes of these girls hooping! :)
If you'd like to learn how to make your own professional style hula hoops, check out my eHow article for directions! You can use them for exercise, hoop tricks or hoop dancing! Fun stuff!
I'll try to post some still shots of that day tomorrow. The races didn't take very long, but we were there at the park for over 6 hours! We were exhausted, but it was a fun day!
I'll try to post some still shots of that day tomorrow. The races didn't take very long, but we were there at the park for over 6 hours! We were exhausted, but it was a fun day!
Congrats on the hula hooping. I am proud of her for working so hard at it. I can tell that she practices a lot!
ReplyDeleteAbout running she should not let it stop her if she is small and therefore a little slow. I have a friend, Tegan, who ran track in high school and had the same problem. She still ran anyway and when other people slowed down because of a upward slope she would push herself to go faster than them. She won quite a few races simply because she was more determined than other people and she would train for hours on end. That is what I tell Natalie. She is not the very fastest but she loves to run.
Isn't Jayla in gymnastics? That seems like something that would suit her better.
SO awesome! Annicka used to be able to hula hoop forever too ... not so much anymore! All so fun, what a great thing to be able to participate in!
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