Sports Carnival!

We were lucky enough to move and start the boys in school right before the sports carnival. This is a big deal in the shire of Parkes! The top two boys and girls qualify to compete in Sydney against the other top kids from all the other shires in New South Wales. Cody was number three in all his races and events, he was so disappointed! If you noticed from other post there are a lot of things that makes us feel like we are living in the movie Harry Potter around here. Everything is called the ministry of something, and even at school they are split into houses. Now, I didn't ask how they got assigned the houses they were put in. Is it like the movie where they put a hat on the boys head? Anyways, the boys were put in the Bushman house when they moved in. And during the sports carnival they compete within their houses. The boys were able to wear their sports uniform this day and they even went so far as to let them wear shorts instead of the normal pants that they usually wear, because it's easier to race in shorts than pants!

 The boys painted their faces, but as you'll see farther down, the kids went all out to decorate themselves in their house colors!

 Cody got third place in the high jump. He blamed me for not going father because I gave him his bubble round butt that wouldn't let him get over the bar unlike the other boys who had flat butts! I told him not to worry, cause who really cares if you can jump the highest! It's better to have a cute round butt than a flat one any day!

 This was Luke running the 800 meter race. He came right about in the middle of the bunch of boys!

 Cody running the 800 meter, as you can see he barely beat the boy next to him! He came in fourth in this race.

 When your not racing or competing, you sit with your house and say chants and cheers for the kids competing. Cody really got into doing this and soon became the leader of the chants! I was surprised at how much the kids really got into cheering for their houses! They competed from 9:00 in the morning till 2:00 in the afternoon, and even after 6 hours of cheering for their friends they were just as loud or even louder in the afternoon! My kids learned great sportsmanship from these kids!

 Cody is wearing the gray hat in this picture. He was racing the 100 meter and he came in second!

 This is Luke in the 100 meter, he is in the back of the race here but.......

 He came in fourth at the end! Great job cute guy!

 Cody throwing the shot put. He just learned how to do this about five minutes before competing. He took third or fourth in this event!

 Cody was great at the high jump! His record was 340 and again came in third! The first place boy jumped 420. He didn't even have a chance though, the kids legs were longer than his whole body!

 I couldn't resist taking a picture of Cody with his new friends. The boy sitting next to Cody's name is Dobby. I told you we feel like we are living in the Harry Potter movie here!

The last race of the day was the relay. They took the top four runners of the day and they completed against each house.  Cody's ran the last leg of the race and their house took second! I was so proud of my boys that day! They have only been at this school for a week and still they were excited about competing and doing their best. They were definitely noticed by all the kids and teachers!