Walk-a-thon

 So Bry's school had a walk-a-thon today and he asked me if I would come and walk with him and his friends. I really enjoy walking and this is a great opportunity to spend a little time with him at school. So I made arrangements with work and I made sure I was there to hang with him. The weather was great and everyone enjoyed themselves walking, telling jokes, skipping and teasing each other.

Here is Bry and some of his school friends!

 (Brandon, Bryce, Carter, and Bry)

A bunch of silly heads!!

 

 This is Bry's best bud in school.

Bry and Brandon

 

Then after the walk-a-thon the PTA provided popsicles to all of the children!

 

Just as the children were finishing up their popsicles, about 5 minutes before school was to get out, a police officer came walking up and said they needed to lock down the school. There was an incident going on and they needed everyone to be safe. So we had to gather in the classroom, shut off the lights and try and lay the kids low (keep them quite. if that could be done. we are talking about 3rd graders that had been walking around the school for the past 45 minutes and they knew it was time for school to be over and it was Friday and everyone was so over being locked in the school but what do you do!!) Anyway, we did what they said. Bry's teacher did an amazing job keeping the kids calm, under control, and entertained. She put a movie on her smart board and then fed them a healthy snack. Luckily we were only locked in the school for about 15 minutes. So this was the first time I had experienced a true lock down. (we practice this with our pre-school students all the time and I never want to go through that with my students ever but it was a very interesting experience I have to say) Anyway, not to sure yet what the deal was other than that there was a shooting that happened one block away from the school.