“Focus up.”
I say this to the girls at least once a day when I need them to channel their energy into eating, getting dressed, or some other task that they can’t seem to be bothered with at that exact moment.
But this week, I find that I’m the one who needs to do a little focusing up. I can’t figure out what my problem is. Normally, I am a pretty organized person. I have my task lists, I organize my errands to minimize my “running around,” and my house looks – for the most part – inviting and clean.
But for the past few days I have been incredibly scatterbrained. I can’t even put together a task list that makes sense. I move stuff from one room to another and then back again. I’ve found two different birthday cards that should have been sent out last week. And I started to write out a check to pay our taxes, went to answer the phone and by the time I came back I had already forgotten what I was doing.
Grrr. It is frustrating. And Em came home today and was so excited about collecting her jog-a-thon winnings and I remembered that I never even posted to let you all know how she did!
MOM! You didn’t even blog about how amazing your little runner did?
Uh…nope. Let’s discuss now, shall we? Here she was before the race…
Flash! During the race…
And after…
I roped all of our visitors into “volunteering” for the PTA as well. I was marking the runners as they did their laps. Meesh was taking photos (Thanks, M!), Lexer was on the water station…
And the three little ones were on cheerleading duty…
So how did she do, you ask?
Well, when we were fundraising we were told that the track was 1/8th of a mile. So she and I thought that she might try to run 10 laps – so that would be over a mile! And they had 20 minutes to run. I figured that was pretty do-able.
And the girl is good. She got pledges from both Nana AND Papa, Nena AND Bill and then she hit me up, and also got a separate pledge from Daddy. And also sweet talked both Daddy and Uncle Jeff each into $5 a lap.
You see where this is going, right?
Yeah. She ran 20 laps! She made some c-a-s-h for her school. But it is all for a good cause. The fearsome foursome…
Good work, girls. And I’m so glad one of us is able to focus up and overachieve around here lately.
Go Em!!!
I’m not sure if I should be more amazed at the money she raised or the fact that she can run 2 miles in 20 minutes before she hits first grade — sheesh!
That’s awesome! Great job, Em. I love the first shot – her expression is priceless.
I think you focus and my focus are hanging out at some coffee shop together somewhere in Kansas or something because mine is no where to be found lately either.
Em! ran 20 laps. I am so impressed by that. Good job!
excellent job Em! very excellent job!!
(and by the way, my focus is totally lacking lately too. wonder what is up?!?)
Good gosh Em! You are quite the little runner, and quite the little salesperson! I am seriously impressed. 20 laps?! Wow. Yet another way in which you’re following in your mama’s awesome footsteps.
Oh and Carrie, I’m totally with you on the lacking focus thing…
WOW! That is awesome! Great job Emma, love the AG shirt and running pants~
How special that her familia was there to cheer her on!
That is seriously impressive. Way to go Em. I see she takes after her momma.
We all get a little scattered brained from time to time. Of course it was even worst when I was pregnant!!!
Haha! I remember sponsoring a friend’s daughter $2.00 a book in a readathon. She read over 20 chapter books!!!!! Way to go Em and proud Mama.