Field Day

We had a field day today!  Daddy surprised Madison by showing up this morning, where things started early enough - at 8:00, the youngest kids were out the door and already having fun.  Take a look at that photo above:  Madison knocked the cups down with her first throw!

There were lots of activities outside, and all the kids were having a blast.  One of Daddy's favorites was always the parachute - it looked fun here too.  Kids bounced the balls around, and of course they made the tent where they lifted the parachute upwards and then brought it down quickly, sitting down on the inside.

There were large inflatables there too, something Madison is somewhat of an expert on.  Just look at those dirty socks!  But it wasn't just dirt - there was a lot of wet too:

This was a game called "Duck, duck, splash!"  You can see here that Madison was "it," and she had just squeezed a lot of water on that poor girl in pink - who is now chasing her around.  All the kids got pretty wet on that one.  Here's a game below that Madison enjoyed, scooting around with her basketball and getting ready for a dunk.

But there was time to actually dribble a basketball too, as shown below.  Check out her form here in this photo.  It's like she's ready to make a fast break!

It was a fun morning for all the kids, and adults too!  Only one more week left of kindergarten, and today was a great day to celebrate.  The last week of school is always one of the most fun, and today was certainly a highlight.  Check out this one last photo, one of Madison going across the monkey bars - she certainly had herself an athletic day!

Later on today, Daddy went to the airport.  He went alone, considering that a lot of the trip could have been a big hassle.  Traffic was miserable, but it wasn't so much of a hassle as a get-to-the-airport-and-wait.  Daddy got there early enough so there wasn't any stress - and Nana and Ye-Ye's plane arrived just on time.  They had a great vacation in Ireland, but were excited to be home again.

Madison stayed up, so when Daddy got home, she was still awake... so she could then go to bed. Actually, we all pretty much went to bed.  Exhausting day - but a great one!