a milestone

This morning was the Walkathon at Rachel's school.  They do a Walkathon as a fundraiser each year and parents are invited to come walk with their children, so Rebecca and I went to join her this morning.  They walk around a path at a park behind their school, and then on the second time around they go to different stations.  One of the stations today was a hula hoop station.  Rachel's always wanted to be able to hula hoop and gets really frustrated that she can't do it. 

But today, after a few tries, she finally got it!  You should've seen the look on her face when she realized that she was actually keeping it going.  She looked at me with wide eyes and exclaimed, "Mommy!  I'm doing it!" 

She did it several more times after that.....so thrilled with herself! (With her friend, Taylor, looking on, counting for her--they took turns)

 

 

Waiting for the directions with Taylor

Here are some other pictures from the morning.

Jumping over the cones

Jumping Rope

Rebecca watching her sister jump rope (I love these pictures but didn't like the colors or the stroller in the background, which is why I made it black and white)

 

 

Doing the "Cha Cha Slide" when the Walkathon was done