Showing posts with label Field Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Field Day. Show all posts

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Field Day 2018

Henry's last field day at West U Elementary was the Friday before Thanksgiving break.  He and his classmates were Brady's Bandits, and they almost stole the tug-of-war championship this year.



Hurdling may be Henry's favorite field day event.




He also participated in the sack race,


belly ball,


the whole-class hula hoop pass,


and the 50-yard dash.


Field Day 2018 was so much fun -- 


with perfect weather, the kids had a blast!

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Lately: April

I don't know where April has gone, but it has flown by! Here are some highlights from the past couple of weeks:  

We had snakes pay a visit to our April pack meeting. Always a hit with the boys!


Gene and his brother went to the Opera Gala together.  


We all went to the Kinkaid Field Day carnival last week. 


The virtual reality booth was very popular!


Afterwards, we invited ourselves over to Nana and Pop's rather than fight horrendous rush-hour traffic to get back to West U. Will showed Pop some coding he'd been working on.


Boys' night dinner (while I went to book club) = sliders for all! These are in the style of the original hamburger sandwich, which has an origin story right here in Texas! 


Last Sunday, we spent the morning hiking at the Houston Arboretum. It was a lovely, cool day and we hiked around 3 miles.


We saw a heron


and picked some blackberries


and stopped to smell the flowers.



It was a really lovely day to get outside.


We have to enjoy the nice weather while we can because summer (and its heat) is just around the corner.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Lately: November

November has been full of outings and adventures and projects galore. Here's a peek at what we've been up to so far this month:

The Annual St. John's-Kinkaid game is held at Rice Stadium each year, and we were all so excited to attend!


Falcon Feast beforehand



Cheering on the Kinkaid Falcons to victory!


The morning after the football game, I had planned an outing to Sheldon Lake State Park with Henry's Cub Scout den. After a late night, morning came way too soon, but Henry and I headed out to learn about pond ecology with his den.


It was a warmish day, but we always enjoy being outside in nature. 


Gene had a lot of travel this month, including travel over a weekend, so the boys and I made kept busy with outings. We visited the farmers market and watched a paella cooking demonstration.


Check out the size of the pan!!


The Houston Arboretum is always a favorite spot.




We also went to hear author Katherine Paterson (of The Bridge to Terabithia) talk about her newest book, My Brigadista Year.



More books!  Nana and Pop joined us at Kinkaid's book fair and family feast.


We came home with a stack of new books.


We have also spent the past three weekends working on projects! Fourth grade at West U is project-heavy and for some reason, they are all clustered together, which means we spent way too much time doing projects, like the salt map of Texas.
 


Henry has been studying Magellan for a reading project and had to research phosphorus for science.



Field Day was last Friday at Henry's school. His class was the Minions! Here's a close up of Henry's photo from the class banner.


They all had cute Minion hats to wear.



Henry was in the hurdles,


baton relay,


and 50-yard dash.


Despite a few injuries, it was a fun field day for Henry!

And finally, I'll leave you with a photo of Ruby and one of her stolen tennis balls. We find them on the street outside the tennis courts and figure they're fair game out there!


 I hope your November has been full of fun fall outings!

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Field Day 2016

Field Day was last week! This year, third and fifth grade field days were at the same time, so Gene and I popped between the two classes to catch as much of the action as we could.

Here's Henry cheering on his class, McClintock's Medalists! 


Henry competed in four events: the obstacle course relay, 2 person sack race, crossover, and over and under.


#1


Will competed in three events: the obstacle course relay, baton relay and over and under.





Check out the amazing sign one of the mom's made for his class:


As always, field day was a blast!