The Rox Blog

onsdag, august 03, 2005

National Night Out

I have to admit that when I signed up to woman the bean bag toss at Skyline's National Night Out celebration I was... shall we say, less than excited? It was a hot day and Wendy and I spent most of it either getting ready for or facilitating photo club, so I was already tired by 4:30. But I went out there, and as we set up I got more and more excited. All the teens that I see regularly were out there, setting up tables and chairs and the booths for the games. the DJ started playing music so everyone was is a good mood, we were bouncing around getting things ready.

As soon as the bean bag toss was set up, the kids were all over it- even before we had the prizes! All the kids from the youth program that I see all the time were outside playing and there were so many people, just everywhere!

It was neat to see the parents, teens and the kids all together having a good time. And it was nice to be recognized by all the kids, made me feel special. I was cheering for all the kids at the bean bag toss and whenever any kid would get all four of the bean bags in the holes, they would make it into the special club of people who made all four tosses. One of the kids, I told him he had the arm, and that I could see it. He would smile real big and then concentrate really hard to make the next shot. A couple other kids I told them they were naturals and that they should go to the championships. Some other kids I told them they were the masters of the bean bag toss. A couple of the kids asked if they could help out, if they could "work here" so I had a couple of the younger boys that I work with (7 year olds) helping out- and soon one of them was cheering for people just like me- "awesome! good shot! nice job!" and then his older brother was up so I said "okay show us your stuff!" and when he made only one or two throws, his little brother said, "that's your stuff?" Oh was it ever funny.

Then one of the kids I see all the time came over with a lightning bolt tattoo on his forehead and told me he was Harry Potter and I made Wendy take a picture with him waving his pencil as a wand because I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

I can't believe my last day of program is tomorrow!!!