Kickball Game!

One of the big fundraisers for Carter's school is their annual Walkathon. It's a pretty fun fundraiser too. The kids raise money for several weeks and at the end they do a walk. The walk is next Friday. We like to support this one since it's encouraging physical education at school. Plus, all the money raised goes directly to the school. The teachers get money to purchase supplies and items for their classrooms. In exchange for their fundraising efforts, the teachers give the kids incentives. The individual classes classes have prizes, but the school does big prizes for community building at $5K increments. So far, the principal climbed on the roof to do the morning pledge (which the kids think is hilarious). They got a free no homework pass. They've earned a movie and popcorn party in their classrooms, a day where the teachers switch classes...and this kickball game!

All the classes watched, but three kids from each class got to play. Carter was pretty excited his name was chosen from a random draw to play for his class.

Here he is in line to kick...

Watching closely...he's next!

KICK!

First base...(took a little coaching to get him there, he wasn't sure where to run at first)

Getting a little guidance on when to run for 2nd...

Scoring a point for the students! (That's Ms Mirt the principal telling him where to run to!)

Pretty happy with himself! (admittedly, a lot of kids didn't make it all the way around...or even to 1st. So, pretty good for a little guy!)

Now it was their turn to play in the outfield. Carter spent quite a bit of his time out there waving to his fans. Yes, he did. I am not kidding about that. He did run after a few balls though ;)

It was a fun game to watch and a perfect sunny afternoon to be outside.
The kids were excited to win 24-23 over the teachers. It was a fair win too - the teachers were trying hard!

They have a few more rewards coming up. They are hoping to make it to the big reward of MS Mirt going in the dunk tank. All the kids in the school get a chance to try and dunk her!