Our Own Field Day

With school ending so abruptly this year, the kids missed their fun last day of school festivities.  I asked another lady in our ward who also has kids at Rocky Heights if she wanted to do field day with us.  We each planned some activities for the kiddos.

They started off by each picking a partner and then having to run across the field with a ball in between them, not letting the ball drop.  Adam and Naomi just held the ball so they made it back first.  It was fun watching the teamwork, or lack thereof.

I planned an obstacle course.  They had to do all kinds of weird things.  Like hop and blow bubbles.

And run over to build a robot out of blocks. We timed the kids.

It kind of took awhile for each kid so we had them start to go at the same time.

Eventually the babies wanted to just play with the bubbles.

Another game was trying to get as many beads out of the ice water as possible in 45 seconds.  Each bead represented one piece of candy.  I think this was a favorite.

So I saw this one online.  The kids had to sit up without spilling the water on their foreheads.  It was hilarious to watch.

Will versus all the kids in a tug of war competition.  I don't know who won; the rope started breaking.

The kids learned to play towel volleyball.  It took a little effort to figure the swing and release method, but it was fun.

Then we ended with Otter Pops.  I think the kids had fun.  I'm glad we had some friends to do field day with us.

Dr. Seuss Dinner

This dinner was so fun.  I liked the decorations and the food and costumes.  I read lots of Dr. Seuss books to the kids throughout the week to get us in the mood. Apparently, we had a lot more Dr. Seuss things than I thought.

We were watching three extra kids for a couple of days.  They enjoyed doing the festivities with us.  The kids all made Cat in the Hat decorations.

Lots of fun were had with these hats.

I cut out some pictures from a Dr. Seuss preschool book I found.  Then I taped the small ones onto blocks and the large ones onto the wall.  We looked super Dr. Seuss-ified.

Most of us were either Thing 1 or a Star Bellied Sneetch.

Hannah was not so interested in picture taking. Let's play guess the book which inspired these dishes.

Cat in the Hat parfaits!

Green Eggs and Ham!  These were more loved than I thought they would be.

Hop on Pop! Popcorn.

Butter Battle Book! I was pretty proud of this creation.

ABC's Book! We just had to drink pink ink like the Yink!

The Lorax! I made these cute cupcakes with the colorful trees that the Lorax is trying to protect. The cotton candy was a huge hit.

Anyway, with three extra kids and so much food and decorations there was no space for the kids to sit.  So they got a sheet on the living room floor.  Will and I and the two two year olds stayed at the table.

It was such a fun meal.  I think I liked it as much as the kids.