Our family's 1st turkey trot!

Konnor stretching (his cute little teacher right in front of him to the left)
I caught Sanjog and Quinn on camera, but Konnor was far too quick to snap a shot
At the end, their thing in PE is to do the chicken dance. It was adorable! Good shot of Konnor shaking his little booty!
The cheering fan club - trying to stay warm (the gym doors were open!)

Kindergartner's Macy's Day Parade

Tuesday evening, sitting alone at my house, watching the evening news, I hear "every one out of twelve years we have rain in Phoenix on Thanksgiving. This is going to be that ONE!" Great - Konnor was soooo excited for his 1st turkey trot at school the next day. Sure enough, I wake up at 6, it's cloudy and dreary - in fact, so cloudy the clouds were sagging below the mountains across the street. BUT, it wasn't raining YET. 7:00 rolls around and it's downpouring - literally, raining full force. You see, for those of you who don't live here, this is foreign to us. It's rare to have rain here outside of July-August - but it's not something we usually have to worry about when planning outdoor events. Especially considering we were still in the upper 80's two days ago.

Well, today, of course, was an exception to that rule. Every school in Ahwatukee had turkey trots planned for kids and families, so of course, let it rain, right?! Fortunately, Estrella pulled it off indoors. The kids had to run for 4 minutes - the PE coaches taught them that this is a "pace, not race" event, however, Konnor doesn't listen to those kind of rules. He raced it, and I'm not bragging, but he not only won the race, but he even lapped some! They just ran through the hallways - it was chaotic - but cute. He was certain to have his running gear on today so he could go "the fastest!" Go figure.

In any case, it was a fun day for Konnor. His favorite part was ditching school at 10am already! What a luckyboy:) Taking after his Mommy.

We look forward to Estrella's 11th Annual Turkey Trot next year - with NO rain!

In the last picture, the Kindergartner's did a really cute Macy's Day Seasons parade on Tuesday morning. The kids were to dress up as something that had to do with a particular season. Konnor signed up to be a Summer Surfer. However, he insisted the day of (and even days before) that no one else was going to be actually "dressing" up. I failed at convincing him that "YES, kids were going to be ALL dressed up!" He was worried about having to change into his regular clothes to continue on with school that day. Rather than arguing with him, I let him be. There's no changing his mind sometimes. I did just convince him to be a hiker. So he wore his hiking shorts, a t-shirt, tennis shoes (which of course are his every day clothes anyway) and I brought along a water bottle for him to carry (which he refused). Once we got to school he realized "Oh crap, my Mom really was right!" He was quite disappointed, and sad. Although I was really sad for him (even though technically he was dressed as a hiker, but no one could tell) it was a lesson well learned. Mommy's and Daddy's aren't always wrong. As you can see from the photo, most of the kids went all out. It was super cute.

He was over the disappointment as soon as it started, the kids got to march through the library and halls and the older school kids clapped and cheered like a real parade and he looked as though he was having a good time. Unfortunately, I got an earful from him later that day saying I didn't tell him he "was supposed to dress up."

Kids are funny.

Happy Thanksgiving! For kids I am extremely thankful for!!