Aashika's first Competition
The posters read "BABY TRIATHLON" inviting kids below 24 months categorized in two different categories 12months to 18 months and 18 months to 24 months. We were interested in Aashika taking part in that. So we enrolled for the competition with her latest photo. (see attached photo - get set go pose only)
We had a month's time and the advertisement read that the kids have to by pass small hurdles and reach their destination. We started Aashi's practice for running and thought her to cross small hurdles like box, sticks etc. Then we went to buy a shoes for her so that she is convenient with it while running.
We were keen on her performing well and so my in-law would daily make her run over in our lawn practising her to her best. We were quite confident about aashi but only factor was if the race involved unknown hurdles then how she will handle on the spot. We cudnt guess how the competition would be. We waited for the day to come. Meanwhile we were called and told that aashi's participation in the race is confirmed.
We packed everything for us and Aashi to go where the competition was held. It was a mall and we thot it would happen in open space. Not to our imagination, it was on the Second floor where they arranged runways for 4 kids with different colors and kids were already crowding that place.
When we went to that place, the first set of kids were already in the race and we were curious to know what the competition would all boil down to. The compere announced that 3 different races would be given.
1. Crawling to the destination
2. Enter through tunnel, pick up the ball and hit over the blocks and run to the destination
3. push the walker pick the birds and throw them in the bucket.
Only one person can help out/direct the infants to perform the tasks given to them.
There were many mothers and we were a little disappointed on knowing the different races.
We expected something more bigger and it was very cool.
Then we asked Aashi to crawl. But being the toddler, she refused to crawl. Then looking at other kids she crawled and was first to finish the race.
In the second one, we thought she would never go into the tunnel, but I made her crawl through the tunnel and my in-law from other end of the tunnel call her off to wade through the tunnel.
In the third, she finished her walker and started picking birds and when asked to throw it in her bucket, she refused to do so and then she finally put them all in one time.
Aashika's name topped on the board for coming first in crawling, second in Tunneling.
It was a team effort to make Aashi participate in the competition and when she won, my husband, my inlaw and me were very happy as if we lifted a gold medal.
