1st Grade Picnic: FUN!

Lucy's sweet teacher organized several group games throughout the day.  I'm telling you, she is amazing.  I cannot fathom where she gets the energy to engage with 53 kids all day every day.  I would croak!

We started with dodgeball

Callie was such a great abla (big sister) to the kids.

Callie trying to figure out who she was going to pelt next!

These kids lost.

Then the moms started getting into it.

They may look innocent, but they were competitive!

This is when I had to put the camera down and show them how it's done!!  Any chance to take out my frustrations in a socially acceptable manner is great with me!  

The moms and the kids jumped rope throughout the day.

Here's my Callie girl doing the jumpity-jump!

My favorite was the sack race.

It was fraught with trials and triumphs!

Waiting for the starting whistle.

This is pure hustle!

Then it was the girls' turn.

They were every bit as competitive as the boys!

But, far more dramatic!
Many a tear was shed by the ones who lost!

The finale!

Look at their faces!

Derviş won!!

The mommas couldn't sit on the sidelines for long!

They were really going for it!

Callie jumped in for round two!

They knocked our sweet little teacher out to the way!  HA!

Tug-O-War!

First the whole group competed.

Then we had competitions between some smaller groups.

The little girl in the back cracked me up.
She was giving it her all.

Egg Race

Practicing the perfect hold.

Lining up for the race.

Lucy's egg fell off the spoon one step before she crossed the finish line.
She was brokenhearted!

When we finally got home around 7 p.m. I was worn slap out!  Even though I had reminded Noah several times to remember his keys, he forgot them!  So he sat on the bench in the building courtyard and did his homework.  The girls and I went straight to the bathroom, threw every bit of our clothes- shoes included- into the washing machine, and took showers.  After I got myself cleaned up, I was cleaning and putting our picnic things away when the dern kids started asking for dinner!

For Pete's sake!  Why do they have to eat all the time?!?!

I made them some quick quesadillas.  Then I announced that I was done for the day (Justin is out of town).  I told them to clean up after themselves and put themselves to bed at the appropriate times.

Momma is clockin' out folks!