girls sports

Kara has been participating a Go St. Louis since the fall. She had to read 26 books, do 26 good deeds, and run 26 miles. She has had a great time doing it, and it was interesting to find out what things she considers a "good deed". On saturday, all the kids who participated ran in a 1 mile race. Ben said they weren't timed, but all got medals. There were 5000 kids from all different schools. She is pretty proud. 

All the kids from her school that were there. She was excited to wear her t shirt and medal to school today. they did a group picture at the school, and also were supposed to talk to other students about their experience. It doesn't sound like she talked to anyone about it, though. 

I couldn't go to Kara's race, because Kiersten had her first soccer game at the same time. She was assigned to the black team, and was a little sad not to be on the purple team. Her name suggestion was "cool black kids", but they ended up going with the black dragons. My personal favorite was the kid who suggested they be called "the batmans".

She was one of the faster runners. there are two six year old boys on the team, that were both faster, but barely. 

A dancing picture of Evie, as she felt left out. She kept doing tricks, and begging me to take her picture. 

She's not so great at it yet, but I definitely see an athleticism in her, and she tries so hard, and really listens to the instructions, so I'm sure she'll just keep getting better. 

There are four boys and two girls on the team. Of course, the other girl on the team is now her best friend. It was kinda cute that they kept getting caught up in giggly conversations when they were supposed to be running drills. But when the coach would remind them what they were supposed to be doing, they got right back into it. 

And a few pictures from our first six flags trip of the year.