Field day concert exhaustion

Today was day one of elementary school field day, the day when parents sit and scream and get far too involved in races involving orange cones, playground balls and hula hoops. It is a day when the kids sit on beach towels and try to lure their grown ups out of their soccer chairs while they all bake in the sun. G turned out to be quite skilled in the sack race and tried her absolute best in the tug o' war. It was fun to watch all these kids she has grown up with competing and cheering each other on in fairly friendly competition. I got the obligatory teacher-student picture at field day today:



We love Mrs. S and she has been so good to our girl this year. They had a great day, came in second and no one was seriously hurt. G was a good sport and was so kind to others. I couldn't have been more proud.

This evening, we went to S's band concert. She had had a bad day with mean girls and needed to end the day on a high note. It never ceases to amaze me how much the students improve in their playing from year to year. Takes me back to my sixth grade concert when we played the theme song to "Dallas"....way after it had jumped the shark. The 7th graders had a great concert and I was really proud of them. S and her friend played a duet of "Heart and Soul" for the concert. The boy tried so hard to be still and be on his best behavior. When a boy is forced to get still, this happens:



We were awfully proud of them both. After the concert, we got a smile of relief:


Good things happened for all and it was a good day. My heart is full.
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