All About Field Day

Brandt is sitting next to me on the couch while I blog.  He is going to tell you all about field day which happened the day before school got out.

First, field day was postponed several times during the day.  We had rain the night before and the field was wet.  So rather than starting at nine, field day didn't start until after lunch.  But by then it was sunny and warm and drier on the field and the children had a great time.  The four first grade classes were divided into four teams and then rotated between four fun activities.  Brandt began at the Frisbee toss.  He and his classmates were competing against the other classes to see how many points they could get by tossing the Frisbees into hoola hoops on the ground--one point for the closest hoop, two for the middle hoop, and three for the furthest hoop away.

Abby, Lisa, Brandt, and Kyle--classmates

Lisa behind Brandt and Marissa in front

Brandt checking out Kyle's throw

This is the Ms. Medaris contingent at the Frisbee toss.

Conner Powell, Abby Davis, Kyle Ruffell, Marissa Heaton, Brandt Barrus, and Lisa Harouni

After the Frisbee toss, it was on to Soccer Time!  There were no real boundaries on the field, and no real sense of positions, so everyone ran or stood around, depending on their inclinations.  Brandt chased the ball, got a kick or two in, chatted with other friends, and was on the winning team which scored two goals to none.  Yeah go team!

The division into teams

The Ones (as opposed to the Twos)

At the ready

In the mix

He got his foot on this one

Parachute time!  After running around, the kids got to play with the parachute.  They lifted and ran through, they all got under, they played sharks and minnows, and first grade first grade second grade (duck duck goose). Brandt did get chosen, but he ran faster around the circle than Liam, so Brandt didn't have to be It. 

Those are Brandt's fingers.  He was eaten by a shark 

(or pulled under the parachute to become a shark himself.)

There he is running back to his place. 

He beat Liam.

 The last activity was relay races.  They did both a sack race and a three-legged race.  The kids were pretty funny jumping and running.  All of the gunny sacks had had the bottoms broken through, so everyone's feet stuck out and allowed them to run.  However, most did a fine job of jumping.  Quite a few of the teams fell over while doing the three-legged race, including Brandt and his partner Dallin.  But only in the first race.  In the second race, they got it all figured out and were actually pretty fast.

This is Ms. Medaris, Brandt's teacher, demonstrating to the kids how to jump in their sacks.

Getting ready

Hopping bunny.

Brandt said it was a "bunny sack race."

Look at that bunny hopping!

Dallin and Brandt listening to instruction, tied at the ankles, and ready to run

Brandt says, "We were ahead of everybody and then we fell, both of us."

All in all, I would say field day was a success.  Brandt says "Hooray! Today is field day!"  When all was said and done and everyone had had a drink, they also got popsicles.  A sweet end to a sweet activity.  Here's to field day!

Just as a personal note, I was the only mom there to watch.  Is that weird?  Is that helicopter parenting?  My friend Heidi said I don't have to go to everything, and perhaps I don't.  But then I wouldn't have cute pictures of Brandt at play with his classmates.