We had Field day yesterday despite the weather. We had showers and sun breaks pretty much the whole time and a down pour towards the end. The bad weather kind of cast a shadow on our event just a bit but the kids didn't seem to mind much.
I drove the kids into school so that I could help with anything they needed but all was really quiet. We passed out our end of the year teacher gifts and then I headed to the gym. After signing in I was told I was a co-helper for the bubble table. I got our station set up and my partner arrived to chat. As we were getting to know each other and talking about how to run the bubbles someone came up and asked to split us up. They needed help with the pogo stick station. As my kids just did that in the talent show this was a perfect job for me. I quickly moved over to the blacktop just as the kinders came flooding out to play. I heard that several helpers did a no show. The coordinator was saying this was the first year she had so many no parents not come. Maybe the weather scared them off.
Within no time at all the pogo station was hopping. There were 5 pogo stick that were an older model. The springs were super tight but the kids made them work the best they could. It amazed me how difficult this was for about 90% of the school. All the little guys couldn't get it even started and needed help while the middle group could do about 2-3 jumps before loosing their balance. I did have a handful of pros, my kids being 2 of them. It was great fun to watch them all try. I think they gained a new respect for Meg and Andrew's talent show act.
I had a few try the no hands and one foot like they saw. I'd say about 2-3 could do each trick but usually not both. I of course had a few spills to the cement from several kids. Those kids just popped right back up saying they were fine. No one wanted to stop trying to master the pogo. I did have a few tears as well when the line got crazy. They were so eager to try that the line sometimes got wide instead of a straight line. I had a timer and did my best to keep order but there is always a few that get a bit wild.
I don't think anyone really noticed the rain. The fence would be lined with coats then empty and then loaded again as the sprinkles came and went. At the end once we were down to just 3-5 grades the sky opened up a bit and we had some hard rain. I got a bit soaked at this point and we still had a good 45 minutes of play. My station didn't let up a bit in the rain I had kids going crazy and wanting to get good.
Stayed for lunch with Megan. She had 30 minutes but it felt like only 15 minutes before it was time for me to leave for the day. I know she'd like for me to stick around but there wasn't anything left for me to help with. I had completed yet another successful field day. I know the kids had a blast and I was happy to have helped.
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