Indiana Special Olympics has locally been putting on a special event, called Young Athletes, for preschool aged children for a handful of years and Grant was lucky enough to participate for the second time this past Friday with his class.
He seems to love running, jumping, spinning, or anything that involves being physical so this was right up his alley! Check out his form kicking balls...just be a natural! Nana drove all the way from Columbus to watch which also made his day!
During the opening ceremony they have each preschool class march in a parade with their class banner in front of the stadium's home stands. There were so many parents and family/friends there cheering the kids on. I teared up (good thing I had on sunglasses!) thinking of how lucky all of the kids were to have such supportive circles of people around them.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about that morning because it was a good reminder for me of how important it is build up your child. I'd like to think I do a decent amount of that, but I never want to lose focus of that. One of my love languages (from the 5 Love Languages book by Gary Chapman - GREAT read!) is words of affirmation. Grant and Lilly must be picking up on it - every now and then I'll hear them tell each other "good job" even for the simplest of tasks. At least one part of my parenting skills appears to be paying off :) At the end of the day, what I want for my children, is to feel like those preschoolers during the parade...knowing without a doubt in their minds that they always, always have their very own cheering section standing behind them every step of the way.
Proud of you buddy!
