Friday, March 27, 2009

The Trike-A-Thon.

Yesterday was the St. Jude's Trike-A-Thon at Griffin's preschool.

Though it was originally planned as an outside event, it had to be held indoors to due to the rain.


Parents marked off areas in the meeting hall to represent bike parking, a starting line, a stop sign, a cross walk and a construction zone. The children had learned about the different areas during class time at school. Griffin's bicycle is on the right side, the first yellow one with the bright blue helmet.


Griffin is rounding the corner ... watch out for Ms. Linda!


Though we took his bicycle to school ... he decided to take this very cool three-wheeler for a spin.


Oh noooooooo ... watch out for the stop light. Honestly ... he was better at going in reverse than going forward. {smile}


The children had a great time raising funds for St. Jude Children's Hospital, learning bicyle safety and having "fun time" on a regular school day. Of course one of the highlights of the day was earning their "driver's license" and goodie bag and receiving it from Ms. Jennifer.


Aren't these just the cutest driver's licenses? Thank you CY for making them.

As soon as the Paper Piecing event ends on Ebay on Saturday (you can
click here for more info on that) ... I will be posting a total of how much our amazing friends and family members helped us to raise.

Thank you very much for helping to make this a great event for Griffin, his preschool and St. Jude Children's Hospital.

5 comments:

Bonnie said...

That is soooooooo AWESOME!!! I love the pictures....he had such a good time. And I love the driver's license...that's a keepsake. I share with Mr. Bill who thought the traffic lesson along with the trike a thon was a fantastic idea. This was a wonderful learning experience all the way around.

Cecile said...

That is so awesome!!! He is going to a great school to participate in such a great cause and what a great lesson he and the other kids have learned:)Great!!!!I know I said that word to many times but it is what it is:)

Judi said...

I am glad it was a success!!

Mary Lou said...

What a neat way to teach kids safety! Looks like Griffin had lots of fun. And he's an awesome driver too!!

Anonymous said...

I love the drivers license, that'll look really cute with a few of the pictures you took on a scrapbook layout!
Way to go G!!
Glad you raised money, Mitchell isn't doing so hot.