Special Olympics Track & Field!

On Tuesday, we went to participate in Special Olympics Track & Field! You can tell by the smile on La'Shawn's face below that we were very excited and ready to compete!

Ms. Malcom always has to sit with DeAsia on the bus! She gives Ms. Malcom hugs and "sugars" the entire way to the field! :-)

Lucy poses in Mrs. Stowe's hat! Too cute!

We were so happy to have Mrs. McDonald (Lucy's mother) and other members of Lucy's family meet us at the field!

Ms. Kelli and Mr. Russell also came back to help! Thank you both so much!

Ms. Malcom takes her group, Joyria and DeAsia, to their Track & Field events!

The girls (DeAsia, Joyria, and Lucy) getting ready for their 50-meter dash!

We saw Coach Wildman there!

We also saw Ms. Bell!

Lucy did a fabulous job on her 50-meter dash! As soon as the whistle blew, she took off running!

Lucy got First place in the 50-meter dash!

She also got a big hug from Mrs. Dew! Check out that GOLD medal!

DeAsia ran into a very special friend. Mr. Will was a great friend to DeAsia for the last few years. She still talks about him often and was very happy to see him!

The dogs from Happy Tails were at the Track & Field events! Joyria is such an animal lover! We basically had to pry her away from this dog so that she wouldn't miss her next event! She loved him!

Ms. Malcom and DeAsia also stopped to pet Bogi, the dog!

Aaron was in Ms. Higdon's group! Below, he gets his medal for running the 50-meter dash! Way to go Aaron!

Between events, the girls also had the chance to get their finger nails painted by some of the high school volunteers! That was fun!

La'Shawn was in Mr. Russell's group! They had a great time together. They even stopped to visit the petting zoo!

I love this picture! Priceless! La'Shawn didn't know what to think about the Chick-Fil-A cow!

Joyria did an excellent job on the softball throw! She threw the softball very far! Great job Joyria!

We had a great time at the Special Olympics Track & Field events! Thanks to all of the student volunteers from Eastside High School. Thanks so Ms. Kelli and Mr. Russell for coming, once again, to help us!

Thanks so Ms. McDonald and Lucy's family for coming to spend this day with us!