Field Day - Emily

Last week, Emily participated in her first ever Field Day which, coincidentally, was also the first field day that I've been able to attend as a parent although Lee has always been there. The day started a bit slowly with the obstacle course (painful, see video below) but soon picked up as the kids went through each of the other events.  I must say, I have always viewed Elizabeth as our "athlete" and Emily as our dancer.  It appears, however, that Emily has the fire in her belly, and just might end up being our athlete after all; definitely our sprinter!!  Not that Field Day was a competition or about me.....

The three legged race. 

The sack race. 

The potato push - Emily blew away the rest of the class in this one.  It's all about the technique. 

Egg race (good things the eggs were wooden, otherwise the field would have been a disaster). 

Bean bag run. 

Ring toss.

The first event of the day was the obstacle course and it was a bit painful to watch.

The sack race was pretty funny.

The dash was my favorite event.  Right before it, I went over to Emily and told her to try her best to win.  She flew up the hill in first place and tagged Lee's hand; unfortunately, she got jammed up in the turn around and lost a lot of time, so ended up finishing a close second.  This was probably the most competitive that we've ever seen Emily and it was great!!