Field Day

So, the next big event was field day at Emily and Abbi's school. It's a little different than when I was a kid where you signed up for events independently, competed and either won or lost. Now, you gotta protect their self esteem so there are no individual competitions. They compete as a class. And there is no declared winner or loser at the end. Go ahead, roll your eyes. I did.

Nevertheless, the kids love it. They look forward to it every year. And they have a blast.

Abbi is waiting for her turn at the balloon pop relay.

Amazingly enough, she popped it on the first sit.

Abbi in one of the many water relays

Abbi is concentrating hard on the rock wall.

The is a different kind of event where 2 kids get inside this thing and try to propel it forward by crawling.  There are also 2 other kids on the outside helping by pushing them. 

3rd grade field day was on a different day.  Their class had more teamwork type events.

On this event, they had to work together to move forward while on the planks.  It's harder than it looks. 

The balloon toss game.  It's a favorite among the kids.

I got several pictures of Emily with this face while catching the balloon.  It's her, catching a water balloon face.

And this is her happy dance. (which she's done since infancy)

Emily and 2 of her good friends, Lexi and Ally.