First Day of School

First day of first grade!

Blake started first grade!  Thursday, August 19th was his first day and it went very well.  I dropped him off in the morning and got to meet his teacher, Mrs. Holloway.  She seems very nice and Blake seems to really like her.  There was a bit of anxiety this year because Blake is now going to a different school, Clegern Elementary, instead of Oklahoma Christian Academy where he had been the last two years.  We loved OCA, but decided that now was the year to start public school since I will soon be home as a full-time Mama.  Luckily, Clegern is what's known as a lottery school, which means that it has fewer students.  This made us feel a lot more comfortable about the switch (and lucky to have been picked in the lottery!)  Blake is adjusting great and has already decided that first grade is too easy.  We'll see about that!  

And the winner is...

Josh and Blake after the big win

We have a champion in our midst!  Yes, our very own Josh came out victorious in the Hillapalooza Triathlon on Sunday August 15th.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the great sport of Triathlon (and come on, aren't we all?) there are quite a few different distances that can be considered a true triathlon. Without going into all the different kinds (I'll save that for another post) I'll just tell you about this particular one.  In the Hillapalooza Tri, there were two different distances being raced- the olympic distance and the sprint distance.  The olympic distance racers started first and raced a total of 1500 meters in the water, 40 kilometers on the bike and 10 kilometers on the run.  The next distance was the sprint distance, which Josh competed in and won.  This distance consists of a 400 meter swim, 11 mile bike and two mile run.  Although Josh has done as much as a half Ironman tri distance (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run) the sprint is one of the distances I personally think he excels at.  In other words, he's FAST!  

Although I knew Josh had a very good chance of winning this race, I was still amazed and surprised when I looked up to see Josh riding in as the very first biker off the course.  I looked at Blake and said, "That's Dad!" and we both took off to see him transition from the bike to the run.  If there was a world record for pregnant woman sprinting, I'm sure I set a new one at that moment.  Blake and I were so excited!  I knew that the next person behind Josh wouldn't be able to catch him on the run.  Like I said before, he's fast!  In fact, Josh came in first by such a margin that he still beat the pack even after he accidentally ran an extra quarter mile further than rest, due to some miscommunication from race officials.  We were so proud to see him cross the finish line in first place! So congrats to Josh, who's hard work paid off in a big way.

If you'd like to read more, here's an article about the win.