Bryce's Victory

Bryce was invited to compete in his school's Fit-Day Competition. He had to qualify to compete by meeting a high standard and he did by completing the rope climb in under 8 seconds ~ no easy task. His school competed against 14 other schools, the best of the best 5th and 6th graders. He competed in several events: the chin ups, rope climb, word wise, etc. He won 4th place for the rope climb, but did not receive a medal because they only handed them out for the 1st-3rd place winners. He was crushed and asked me to take him home early. I did, and we talked about allowing the defeats we face make us stronger and work harder for future competitions.

Monday morning one of his class mates told him that he had received a medal for the word wise competition he did. He came home so happy and proud of himself.

I'm thrilled that my boy has the word-nerd gene!