Over the last few weeks, several of our children have had “Sports Day” at school. In the United States, this would be the equivalent of a field day at school.
Leading up to sports day, the kids usually come home requesting two things: first, money to buy a t-shirt. The classes or grade levels form teams and they get very creative and a little silly with their names and mascots. The mascot for Eliseo’s class was Mike Wazowski from Monster’s Inc. Jeremiah donned a blue shirt and hat with Blue from Blue’s Clues on it. Brenda’s shirt resembled the logo from Dollar City, and such was their team name.
Second, the Love & Hope kids come asking for spectators, wanting to make sure that someone will be there to watch. Of course, we are happy to oblige (and take a lot of photos).
The schools do a great job of keeping everyone, students and parents, involved and excited. The kids compete against other classes and grade levels in events like relay and sack races, soccer games and long jump. Microphones, announcers and costumes keep everything loud and colorful. There are plenty of food concessions to buy too.
Antonio and Chamba had a fun time at their sports day too, both coming home with gold chocolate medals around their necks.
The last few Saturday mornings have been a blast for the Love & Hope kids, as well as for the adults who got to be spectators! We are grateful to our supporters and sponsors who provide the funds necessary to send our children to schools that host great events like sports day.