Water Day 2008

Today was Water Day for Colby and his kindergarten class. For the first time this year, I was able to chaperone an activity for his class and I really enjoyed it. The day started with a walk from the school to a small park where the parents had set up slip-n-slides, water slides, sprinklers, small wading pools with lots of bubbles and some other water activities. The kids had a blast and were so cute to watch running around. After a couple of hours of playing in the water, they had a picnic lunch and lots of watermelon. Then it was time for more shaving cream than 100 of the hairest men you know could use in a lifetime. The kids had so much fun with the shaving cream and I wish I would have had my video camera to video some of them. The pictures do not do them justice. We made shaving cream mowhawks on some of the boys and the girls ran around giving "shaving cream hugs". A handful of shaving cream became a "shaving cream bomb" and some boys would draw a bullseye on their stomach for someone (me) to try and get one of those bombs to hit the bullseye. The kids weren't allowed to have the cans of shaving cream themselves so it was the "adults" having to dole out the shaving cream and I really couldn't tell you who was having more fun! After the fire department had to come hose them down we rinsed them off, they played on the playground for a little while and then they walked back to school just in time to change clothes and go home.
Despite the blazing ungodly smothering brutal heat I had a great day with the kids and I am so glad I got to go. Colby said it was the best day of kindergarten and it was better because I came and I was the "coolest mom there". Just trying to figure out how many years until I become the "uncoolest mom in the whole world"...Oh well, I will just savor it for now and continue to delude myself that my child will never think that about me...I'll pause while you seasoned parents laugh at that one.
Tomorrow is his last full day of school and I don't know who is more excited at this point. I am relishing the thought of sleeping a little later and having no rigid schedule in the evenings. For the past week or so, we have been alot more relaxed about bedtimes and it has been so nice not to feel that stress in the evenings. We have been playing outside longer and I think we all just feel better when we don't have to stick to a tight schedule. I am sure that 2 weeks in to the summer, I will be praying for school to start again but right now, I am thrilled for the start of summer and the freedom to go and do and for Colby and Cannon to get to hang out and play together.

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