Cross Country

This little superstar has knocked our socks off with his determination for his first school cross-country competition. Since the beginning of Term 2, Oliver has been so motivated and driven. He's convinced the whole family to go for training runs in the evenings, and cracks us up with the techniques he and his mates have been swapping for best running form.

During the practice runs at school Ollie has consistently come in second of all the boys in Year 1, just behind his bestie, Alex. On the big day, Ollie gave it his all, but much to everyone's surprise a little boy who'd never been in the front group in the practice runs ran an amazing race and finished in front of Oliver.

I was devastated for Ollie and was really worried how he would take coming in third, especially when first and second get medals. When I walked over to give him his hug, our amazing little man had his arm around the second place finisher telling him what an awesome job he did. This mama's heart just swelled.

Just look at him in action.

But Ollie wasn't the only son who made his parents proud on cross-country day. Last year during the competition, Elliot had quite a bad asthma attack which really frightened him. Despite this (and with a few talks from Mom and Dad about not using asthma as an excuse to not try to do your best), Elliot gave it his all and finished in the top half of his year. So so proud!