Field Day at ACCA

During the last week of school, ACCA hosted their Greek Olympics field day.  It was so much fun!  Since this is a smaller school, all the classes were divided into different color teams, so kids from each grade were on each team.  Lily was a little nervous about being on a team with "kids from big kid grades," but she did great.  Here are a few pictures from the day.

Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Worrell starting out the opening ceremonies.

 All the kids started with a warm up lap around the parking lot.  Lily ran with Ashlyn Kelly who was so sweet to her.  Ashlyn is finishing up 3rd grade, and she took Lily under her wing.  When I walked in, they were holding hands, and Ashlyn was making Lily smile and totally relaxing her.  Lily told me later that Ashlyn made her "not nervous" anymore.  I sent Ashlyn's mom an email later on telling her how much I appreciate her efforts.

 Lily and Ashlyn after their run.

 Coach Meilstrup led the kids through warm-up stretches.  Here's Lily and her team doing jumping jacks.

 One of the events was a three-legged race.  Here's Lily and Taylor doing their best; they did really well!

 We didn't get to take pictures many pictures because Ryan and I were both in charge of events.  Ryan showed everyone the discus throw (how far can you toss a frisbee) while I did the javelin throw (who can throw a pool noodle the farthest).  Other events included an egg toss, long jump, water pitcher relay, hole in one and shot put.  The kids had a blast!

Towards the end, each team had to get a hula hoop around their circle.  It looked pretty tricky but like lots of fun!

 Tug of war!

 Lily with her best friend Jill during the day.  These girls always have fun together.

 Lily showing off her Olympic certificate.  She loved field day!