It's A Windy View: Field Day

When I was a kid, Field Day was a BIG deal! We secured our three-legged race partners weeks in advance. We spent the first half of every recess practicing our timing by tying our shoe laces together - the second half was spent trying to get the knots out of our laces before we had to go back inside for class. We practiced the shoe kick in our back yards on the weekends. We were competitive and we tried.

This was the very first year that my Brown Eyed Girl got to experience Field Day. Over dinner the night before, I took a walk down memory lane and told my Brown Eyed Girl all about the Field Days I used to have as a little girl.

I told her about the free through contests, scooter obstacle course relays, water balloon tosses and relay races. I explained what a three-legged race was and told her how we used to practice for it and the shoe kick for weeks in advance. I told her we used to get ribbons for first, second or third pace and we all tried to win the class award by winning the class tug-of-war event at the end of our Field Day.

I volunteered this year for her Field Day.

It was not quite what I had expected - or remembered.

There were no ribbons. There really were only two real relay races. It was mostly just a day of fun games and activities outside.

The kids had 10 stations to go though for Field Day. Their first station was the Ski Walk.

My Brown Eyed Girl got a little frustrated with the first station. I told her the Ski Walk was the closest thing she had to a three-legged race and she had to just take a deep breath and try to work with her partner. The way back was a little more coordinated.

They had a bean bag toss. My Brown Eyed Girl paired up with her best little buddy and they did great.

My Brown Eyed Girl made three baskets with her bean bags.

They had a scooter relay where they had to scoot down to the end, grab a piece of chalk and draw a picture before scooting back.

We definitely did not have jumping bounce houses on our Field Day as an activity station.

I don't know as though we played with the parachute on Filed Day either... But I am sure I would have loved it.

Half way through the day she finally rotated to a great station. It was a stick horse relay where the kids had to wear a sombrero while racing down on their stick horse.

The kids loved the relay.

The closest team activity they did was called Bumps and Bowls. One team was Team Bumps and one team was Team Bowls. They had to try and turn over the bumps/bowls as quick as they culd and when the timer went off every one went back to their side lines and they counted if there were more bumps or bowls.