A Pierce School tradition shortly after school resumes is FitFest. This is a fun afternoon gathering promoting physical fitness by having fun with friends, neighbors and teachers. A passport is purchased allowing students to go through 10 stations. Each station is a bit different. This year they ranged from yoga to parkour to field hockey to potato sack races. In addition to the 10 stations, there is a 1 mile run that kicks off the afternoon. This year Micah wanted to join Izzy and I running. We spent the week before "training" which was definitely helpful. That day was a mad rush to get back from church in time to change and get to the starting line. Given that the course was blocked by police, John dropped us off ~ 5 blocks away. We then jogged there only to find the race had already started. We were encouraged by everyone along the route to go ahead and run regardless which was uplifting. Despite starting blocks behind, we were able to catch up with the back of the pack and did not finish last! I was so proud of Micah and Izzy for sticking with the run!
Micah taking his turn at putting.
Izzy on the zip line.
A great yoga pose.
At the end passports are turned in for medals. Izzy and Micah completed 7 of the 10 stations. Victoria didn't want to do any. She wanted to wear her cheerleading outfit and cheer us on running followed by hanging out with her friends. As the passports cost $5 each, I informed her she had to do 5 stations or she owed John $1 for each she didn't do up to 5. After two, she was completely fine with paying John back $3 and didn't complain at home when instructed to do so. Yet another example of my strong willed daughter.
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