Saturday morning saw us up early to do Jake's mini-walk at school. I had put my name down to help butter rolls for the hotdogs afterwards, which meant I had to be there by 7:45! My parents joined us for a bit of moral support.
In the build up to the walk, Jake was counting down the days - he was just so excited. So, after buttering something like 200 rolls, the kids were all called to their classrooms, given their tags to mark the number of laps they'd done and we set off on our big adventure. Jacques' mom and dad were waiting outside for us as a surprise, so Jake had 5 adults walking with him. For those of you who know Edgemead, we had to walk around the block where the Primary School is, three times. Next year, when Jake's in the older group, we'll have to do 5 laps. Each lap is one kilometer, which is pretty far when your legs are only little. After each lap, the kids were given a bunny lick, which seemed to last most of the next round and stopped them from complaining too much.
Jake did really well and it was only after the second lap that he started to moan that his legs were sore. He enjoyed having his family with him for support and he loved passing 'The Hortons' home, where they were standing on the pavement cheering us on our way with each lap. We are so lucky to have so many people around us who care so much.
Running off to his classroom before the walk...
Sucking on a frozen bunny lick...
The walk is done, time to relax with a huge frozen bunny lick...
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