Sunday, February 15, 2009

A Serious Case of the Runs!


Hands down, Nathan’s favorite thing in the whole wide world is running! And he’s GREAT at it! Oh how I wish I could find a track and field league for this aged child, but no luck. So to honor his passion, we threw him a Track and Field 6 year old birthday party. Although his birthday is in November, things got pushed back, so almost three months later…here it is. I think it was worth the wait (and he agrees…thankfully)!

We asked his buddies to tie up their running shoes, put on some sports pants, and get ready for a serious case of the runs. We met at Greenfield Junior High’s track field, running many events for these world class athletes to have a speedy great time.


We began with sprints, finding each boy’s best score once they broke through the blue taped finish line then we held races in like-timed heats.













Next, we taught the boys how to shot put then long jump.
It was off to the hurdles (homemade by daddy) then around the track for a two team relay.












We ended in the stands to sing Nathan his birthday song, snacking on healthy treats, cake, and sports drinks. We had a fantastic time and honored that so many of his great buddies came to celebrate the wonderfulness of Nathan Gerald Kempiak!



2 comments:

Debbie Bower said...

Harrison had SO MUCH fun! Thank you for inviting him... it looks like they all had a blast! (wow... I guess I should have thought that word through a bit more!)

The Mrs. said...

such a cool party.. Kaydon loved it. I will have to get some copys of the pics.