Last Friday Andrew's school held a walk-a-
thon and had a small carnival afterwards as a fundraiser. He earned enough money to get an official walk-a-
thon yellow shirt. Days before the event he had his blue shorts picked out and debated over what water bottle to take.
He finally decided on the yellow one that has his name on it, but I couldn't find the strap that went with it, so he reluctantly used Claire's pink one as a substitute. This was only after much deliberation and searching for his yellow strap.
Unfortunately I was not able to be there as I had to go to the dreaded place called work. Natalie took the kids and my mom went as well to cheer him on - and he was thrilled.
We walked 19 laps and received several carnival tickets which he was very excited about. He later said that Friday was the best day ever at school. It is hard to believe that Kindergarten is almost over. He has had so much fun learning about different subjects.
Then we did an obstacle course in the backyard. They had to practice may different skills from climbing on the play structure to driving the toy jeep. The kids really liked this and wanted to do it multiple times. We also played several other games like target practice with water balloons and of course we had a pinata.
My mom made an X-men cake which is a large letter "X" and with Wolverine's hand and large claw going across the top. Andrew thought that this was very cool. 
Everyone busy eating cake. They all wanted more, but after the pile of candy they got from the pinata I thought that their mom's would be upset. 
Finally it was time for presents. He opened these nerf swords first which he loved. He had a really great party, but wished that more of the kids from his class had come. He says that he doesn't feel any older now that he is 6. We got him a new bike for his birthday without training wheels. We are still practicing riding it though. He only has 8 more days of Kindergarten which is so hard to believe.
