Field Day

Today was Field Day at Big Girl's school.

Why do Field Day in October, you ask? Well, they used to do it in May, towards the end of the year, but there are always so many other things to do at the end of the year that they decided to move it to October about 8 years ago, and have been doing it that way ever since. And the PE teachers love getting it out of the way early, then they don't have to think about for the rest of the year. It works out well for everything except one factor, which is the weather. In May you can pretty much count on it to be hot. It may rain, but it will most likely be hot. October is much less predictable. Today was cold. Sure, it warmed up around 2:00, when the clouds parted and let the sun shine, but Kindergarten did Field Day in the morning when it was COLD, especially for the kids who got drenched by the water balloons.

They have one station, a favorite every year, where the kids stand in the path of the catapulted water balloons. It was really quite interesting to watch how Big Girl conveniently stood to the side of the crowd of kids who would try to catch the balloons. She got a little wet on the bottom of her pant legs when a balloon landed on the ground pretty close to her. Other than that she stayed dry. She was dry enough to not need the change of clothes we brought just in case.

Little Girl was not so lucky. Well, it really wasn't luck or the lack thereof. Someone actually gave her a couple of water balloons to hold in the stroller with her because she was crying about something (go figure - eyes rolling). About 3 minutes later, she had popped them both in her lap. She was miserably cold and wet for the duration. Her lips were blue by the end of the morning.

We ate lunch with Big Girl and then came home. Little Girl changed clothes, then she and I both slept for a solid 2 hours. It was my job to make sure she napped, which she doesn't always do very well. So I had her lay down in my bed, on Hubby's side, and she and I both went right to sleep, no problem. I set the alarm so we'd wake up in time to go get Big Girl. It's a good system, especially when Little Girl cooperates at the beginning. There have been times when she has fought it until around 2:00, and then we have to get up at 2:30, and she's a bear for the rest of the day. Anyway, good nap today, for which I was VERY thankful!

Today was the first test of my "homeroom mom" skills. I delegated all the things that needed to be done: filling water balloons, and bringing a wagon with water bottles. It all worked out, and everyone did what they were asked to do! I felt kind of bad not having done any of that stuff myself, but I did have to delegate it all, and get everyone organized. That counts for something, right?

Big Girl doesn't get a regular school day until next Wednesday. Monday she has a dentist appointment, so she'll miss out on the middle of the day, then Tuesday is early release. I hope all those different days in a row don't throw her off her game. She's been doing quite well lately since she stopped obsessing about throwing up.

Last night I made the kitty ears for Big Girl's Hello Kitty birthday party. I still need to make and sew bows on them. We're having one little brother come to the party that I know of. I made him some ears too, I'll just leave the bow off. I made the ears out of white felt and hand stitched them onto headbands. I can't wait to see all the little kitties at the party. That will be so fun!

The song in my head right now is John Mayer's "Daughters."