JP's 1st Day of 3rd Grade (and his End of 2nd Grade Interview)

On Aug 18th JP officially became a 3rd grader.  I have to say its been a great summer and I wasn't sure I was even ready to get him back to school. He was excited though, so it made it really easy to start a new year.  This year, JP will again have a homeroom teacher (Ms. Trumbell) for literacy/writing and then switch to another teacher (Mr. Lewis) for math/science/social studies.  Next year if all goes as planned, he will then switch to Mr. Lewis for homeroom and still have Ms. Trumbell as well.  So far, we're about 2 weeks in and its going great.  We've had to adjust to having homework again.  Right now its taking him about 2 hours a night to get it done so we've had to start it shortly after he gets home from school.  No more taking off to the alley to play with friends on weeknights!

Our big 3rd Grader!

Official backpack on the front porch shot!

His yearly congratulations balloon & treat (this year the trio and I picked out cheesecake!)

Spencer joined us for dessert:

This just made me laugh.  Out of the blue JP said he would like a cell phone.  Spencer said he would like one too.  I said "Who would you guys even call if you had phones?"  Instantly, this is what happened!

And here's JP's End-of-2nd Grade Interview that I never posted back in May.  I was using Joe camera, which kept dying on us, so its a little choppy.  I also didn't realize until I watched it again that JP is rocking in the chair the whole time ~ I hope you don't get dizzy!

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JP's First Triathlon

Today our neighborhood held its 1st Annual Stapleton Kid's Triathlon.  When we found out about it a month or so ago we asked JP if he wanted to participate- he said YES!  There were 3 age groups & he was in the youngest group of kids, 6-8 yr olds.  They had to do a 25 meter swim, 1 mile bike, & 1/2 mile run.

It was a beautiful day for the event & JP did great!  In fact he did so great, that we didn't even see him finish.  I don't know if we were distracted by the trio or because he was wearing sunglasses & a new helmet, but we somehow missed him getting off his bike, transitioning to the run & crossing the finish line.  Joe & I are so so sad, we can't believe we didn't see him!  But we are so, so  proud of him for figuring how to drop his bike & start on the run!  He said when he saw the finish line he put it into high gear! 

Just as we were getting really worried that we never saw him come back from the bike portion, JP walked up to us & said "Hi!- what are you doing?"  Overall he was middle of the pack.  Out of 117 kids he placed 70th overall.  They wore timing chips just like a real race.  His swim was 1:15.5(84th), his bike 7:01.4 (64th) & his run 4:55 (23rd!).  He finished in 16:48 and is already excited to do it again next year!

Walking back from setting up his bike in the transition area!

No nerves here!

Decorating signs to pass the time.

The 6-8 year old group assembling.

 Getting ready to start!

 

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Getting on his shirt & running shoes:

Helmet on!

Walking his bike out to the start!

That was the last we saw of him until he came up to us after the race!

Wearing his medal!

JP & his fans!

 We tried to recreate his finish after! :)

 So proud of this kid!!