Today was Field Day at the kid's school today! I was fortunate enough to be a parent volunteer for both their time slots... it was SO MUCH FUN!!
Nathan's grade (Pre-K), Kindergarten, and 1st grade had field day first, followed by 2nd and 3rd graders; Katie's time-slot. (The 4th and 5th graders were last.) There were so many cool events! Back in my day Field Day consisted of running laps around the track, climbing a rope, and doing every and anything track-n-field related... not anymore apparently! Each child is paired with a buddy and they get to run around completing really fun tasks. When the task is finished they get a hole punch for the specific task they completed on a card that is safety-pinned to their backs. After so many hole punches they can get a bottled water and a popsicle!
Events included: Bean bag toss, Bubble gum bubble blowing, Ice melting, water balloon toss, Monkey bar races, Noodle sword fights, Parachute catch, Twister Hopscotch, Hula Hoop challenges, Body Bumpers, and MUCH more fun events! I'm jealous!
The first station I volunteered at was the Ice Melt. Each child got a single piece of ice and had to melt it as fast as they could using their hands! This was a perfect task to complete on such a warm and humid day! The second station I volunteered at was the Body Bumpers; kind of like bumper cars, but the children step into these huge inflatable inner tubes and then they bump into each other to try and knock the other down! Awesome!
Below are a couple pictures of Katie and Nathan having a blast!!
Nathan doing the Parachute Catch with an ice-pop in his mouth!
This is Katie doing the Body Bumpers with her buddy! She was laughing so hard and got knocked down shortly after this picture was taken! She loved it!
I gotta get me some of these for the house!!!
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