Dad-Child Olympics

Friday was the Dad-Child Olympics at Ava's school. There were several different games set up for the Dads and children to play. The first was bouncing a ball around some playground obstacles. Ava was sure to tell me that the balls were brand new for the Olympics and not the old balls that they usually played with.


The next event was a sack race. Dad barely fit in the sack and it was actually pretty hard for Dad to hop in it. But Ava fit just fine and her feet were small so she quickly figured out that she could "run" in the sack. She was fast and ran down the field and back. The other parents thought that this was pretty cute and laughed. Some of the other children copied Ava's technique.



The third event was tricycle riding. Fortunately this was only for the children. Again Ava told me that these were the good tricycles that they only used for the Circus and the Olympics. The other tricycles were older and were kept in room 17 and that they had to go get them out when the wanted to play with them. Dad is amazed at all of the details that she knows and remembers.


The last event was balancing the buckets and walking on a crooked tape line. We each got one bucket of sand and one of water. Dad also had to put a pillow on his head. Then we walked down the crooked lines and back.

Dad and Ava had a fun time. Dad was so proud of what a big girl Ava is and how hard she tried in the games. By the end Ava was thirsty and wanted a snack!