Track and Field Day at Princess's Schoot

Man am I tired! It was Track and Field Day at the Princess's school. The entire event was very cute, and if you can look past the tragedy of Princess's flip flop washing down into the sewer after she got sprayed by the neighborhood fire engine, it was a pretty darn good day! The boys and I were actually at the school for Opening Ceremonies at 8:00AM, not a small feat by any means. They had the kids who take jazzercise after school do their thing. Then they had a boy and girl from each class get up on stage and walk through some exercises. They did a good job. I didn't really know how long the boys would last, but they made it all morning up until the Princess's lunch time. DadOf3 made it to the school to join us for lunch. That was a huge deal since he had not made it for lunch with Princess yet. She was thrilled! The boys thought it was pretty cool to have lunch at the school. Peanut butter and jelly all around! I am adding some pictures from the big track and field day. Princess ran, jumped, hoola hooped, ran a relay, played frisbee. She is worn out! So am I. We got home for naps around noon, and luckily the Prince and the Knight went right to sleep. I promised the Prince that we could go back to the school and see a fire engine if he took a good nap. The Prince was up at 2:00 ready to hold me to my word, so we headed back to the school to see if we could catch the water games part of the day. The school is next door to a fire station, so some of the firemen bring a fire engine over and spray the kids with the fire hose. The students get into their swim suits and just have a blast splashing around and screaming! We missed this by just seconds! Princess's class was heading back inside, and Princess was in tears because one of her princess flip flops had fallen off and was washed down the drain into the sewer. She wanted to go in after it, but luckily Teacher talked her out of it. She was still crying when we caught up with her back in her classroom. Poor kiddo. She was seriously heartbroken. Teacher had a great idea and I reminded Princess when we got home that another little princess named Cinderella had lost a shoe once upon a time. That made her smile but then she started crying again. She was happy that her brothers and I were there to pick her up and she did not have to ride the bus. We got home around 2:30, a whole half an hour before she normally gets home. Normally even if I do pick her up, we are not home before 3:00. Teacher was letting people leave with their parents early because it was Track and Field day. When we got home, the kids and I had a little ice cream to ease the pain of the lost flip flop. That at least calmed her down. As I type (4:50) Princess has fallen asleep on the couch. What a big day! Whew! TGIF! I for one am glad that it is Friday. I had no idea that this was going to be so big of a day for the Princess. Now I know! It was such a fun day. If all goes as planned, I will have all three kids at this school for two years and I will be able to watch them all run, jump, and play on Track and Field Day. It was really the perfect day for this, about 85 and sunny. There was talk of rain, but the clouds are just now starting to roll in. I guess they just move everything inside if it rains, but it worked out so much better to have everyone outside! TGIF!