Cross Country

Aidan had his first Cross Country meet today.
Yeah, that's right.. in Kindergarten at St. Ed's, they do Cross Country-- or as Aidan more aptly describes it, "Running."

It's a good way for Aidan to run off a little extra energy twice a week after school.

It's also a good way for 1500 or so parents and volunteers from Catholic schools all over the region to get together and mill around on a big field for a few hours on a series of Sundays in the early Fall. It was SOOO much larger an event than any of us expected, I think we were all a little overwhelmed.

Unfortunately for Aidan, during the Kindergarten Boys run, some of that milling involved some volunteers from another school-- in their attempts to cheers on and encourage a few kids from another school-- knocking Aidan down. And that wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't fallen flat on his forehead. And even THAT wouldn't have been so bad if this all hadn't come during the part of the run pass through an asphalt parking lot..

So Aidan's got a HUGE knot on his head tonight and a skinned knee. We were worried at first that we might need to take him to the Emergency Room, but another parent at the meet who indicated she's a doctor checked him out and said there wasn't anything more serious than the big bruise. We've been keeping an eye on him to make sure he's okay tonight and he seems to be doing fine. He seems most upset that he didn't finish the race.. and he's already talking about practice tomorrow and wanting to finish the race at the next meet next Sunday.

(quick note if you're looking at the pictures: the St. Ed's kids are the ones in the bright Kelly Green jerseys)