Olympic Field Day 2016!

There are some days that you just don't forget.  Field Day is one of those for me.  Every year, we looked forward to this amazing, incredibly fun day.  Now our kids get to experience that, too!  The theme this year was the Olympics.  In addition to the usual carnival games, they also got to have a few races.  Jared and I signed up to work the 400 meter relay.  We love a good competition.

There were two heats in every class and then a final.  Lila ran the anchor leg for Team Green and had to come from behind--she won, though, crossing the finish line a couple steps in front of Charlotte.  Go Lila!

I didn't expect anything less from this little speed demon!

Her daddy thought she was pretty awesome, too.

Charlotte, Lauren and Lila.  All three absolutely loving their first Field Day!

After running the relay, they went over to the wheel barrow races.  Downhill was a bit of a struggle!

They switched and had better luck going uphill, though:)

After a few more games, they finally got to enjoy some blue snow cones--a big hit with all the kids.

We worked the afternoon part, too, so that we could see Jackson. 
 He ran the anchor leg for Team Blue...

and they won, too!  Katie, Lucy, Ben and Jackson--a force for sure.  They won by a landslide.

And then celebrated with snowcones!

By the end of the day we were all completely exhausted!  The smiles on our kids' faces made it totally worth it.  I'm glad it's only once a year, though!