We had such a great day yesterday. We celebrated the end of the year with our fellow homeschoolers by having an old-fashioned field day. Do you remember having those when you were a kid? You would run through an obstacle course, participate in creative relay races. It was just a fun day for the non-athletes as well as for the athletes.
What made this day even better was the setting for the Field Day. We gathered at the beach at Sask Landing. For an Ontario girl, the Sask Landing beach can indeed be called a beach without any sarcastic snickering. There is sand (lots of it) and there is water, so a beach we will call it. Sask Landing is a very beautiful place. You look out over the water and you see the rolling hills. Even Rocky noticed its beauty yesterday.
We started our time together with the three-legged race, the wheel barrow race, the egg-on-a-spoon relay, the egg toss, tug of war and a water balloon toss. Moms and kids were all intermingled throughout the races. It was great fun.
We, then, all shared in a picnic lunch and then the kids went down to the beach for the sandcastle contest. It was interesting to see the kids in their self-appointed groups working vigorously on their sandcastles. They were all quite beautiful and creative. I was impressed. I was also impressed with their stick-to-it-iveness in building the castles. They stayed at this for about 45 min. It was fun to see each of them working within their groups to make the best sandcastle of all.
At the end we had a water balloon fight and then a play on the playground equipment while the moms visited. I always like visiting with this group of moms. We always seem to have the same families that participate in these events. While it would be nice to be able to reach out to other families, it has been encouraging to build strong friendships with these women as we see them often. I think, as a group, we compliment each other. When we are doing a group activitiy, some of us have leadership skills, while others of us are quite comfortable in being behind the scenes. Our strengths mesh together to make the events a success.
On the way back home, I asked the kids what was their best part of their day. They unanimously said that the whole day was the best part. I guess that means that our first Field Day ever was a resounding success.