Mustang Mile

Mister participated in his first Mustang Mile this past Friday.  His school, Meridian Elementary (which ironically was the name of my elementary school back in Michigan... and we were actually the Meridian Mustangs too) has their biggest fundraiser of the year in September.  Every student is encouraged to participate so the school can meet their fundraising goal which this year was $35,000. Not only do the kiddos raise money but they run in the "Mustang Mile" together as a school to celebrate their fundraising efforts, followed by a huge school carnival complete with bounce houses, carnival games, food, and even a jail where they can put their teachers or bail their teachers out for $5.00 (all money of course going to the school.)

Each student was asked to raise $100 but Blaine had a personal goal of $300 only to blow that out of the water with a total of $425!   We wanted him to call everyone and ask but that was a bit daunting for him so he asked if we could send a letter and then he would thank each person with a handwritten note.  We are so proud of him for making an effort and getting involved with his school even though there were a lot of unknowns and new things involved for him.  And well, there was a bit of motivation too... There are several prizes to be handed out to students that are top fundraisers.  The top prize is a VIP lunch with the principal and the second prize is a limo ride to lunch.  Then there were a number of other smaller prizes, like a LEGO clock, which he is really excited about :)  I'll update if we find out he was a top fundraiser.  Oh but his Kindergarten class was in 1st place all last week!  Go Mrs. Vogt's class!!!

Update: Well, it took me over a week to actually get to the rest of this post (and in fact I didn't post the first part!)  Anyway... Mrs. Vogt's class came in second place and they earned an Oreo party for their efforts.  The students raised over $40,000 which exceeded their expectations.  Thanks again to all who donated.  We haven't heard if Blaine won a LEGO clock yet but I'm sure that news is forthcoming.

Before

Before... looking for his name on the sign.

After!

We had our first snow!  It was in the high 70's all week and then a ginormous cold front came in and by Friday morning we had almost two inches of snow and it was COLD.  I don't think the temperature got above 39 all day long.  Blaine's field trip to the pumpkin farm was postponed until this coming Monday when it is supposed to be in the 70's again.  We have some crazy weather here.

The kids asked if that one day was it for winter... I'm afraid not!