Physical Fitness Award

At the end of last year, Brody earned the national physical fitness award at school. I was very proud of him and he was so excited but it was at that assembly that he learned that he could have done better, he could have earned the Presidential Physical Fitness award. At that moment he made a personal goal to earn the "blue" one next year. Fast forward to this school year. Brody wakes up really early every day and, instead of watching TV, he practices for this fitness challenge. I cannot tell you the number of times that I have come out of my room in the morning and Brody is doing pushups, situps, or stretching, he is very self motivated. When the run portion was coming up he would wake me up early on Saturday morning to go running with him so he could be ready. The whole year I was just praying that he would be able to reach his goal. Well the assembly was today and when he earned the Presidential award I was so excited for him! This award taught him that if he works really hard he can reach any goal. He was one of only 5 first graders that got this award! I was one proud momma seeing that smile reach across his face.