Field Day and End of School Fun!

I just wanted to do a quick post about the kid's field days and end of school parties! I am sure by the end it won't be that quick and it will involve way too many pictures:) So, I apologize in advance! Anyway, the last 2 weeks of school here was so busy, but SO much fun!!!
Jake's school hosted their "Sports Day" in early May. He just went to a little school in a neighboring condo 3 days a week. It really is a sweet little school! There were a lot of local kids there which I thought was pretty neat. Anyway, their field day, or sports day, was pretty different then what I was used to:) It was inside the gymnasium and very loud! The parents really got into it!!I don't think I was expecting such intense competition for 18 month - 5 year olds:) They even had rehearsal a couple days before. This was serious business, folks! Anyway, Jake was NOT a fan! All the yelling and loud music...poor guy was crying for most of it. When Brent got home that night and asked him how sports day was, he just said, "I cried." That about summed it up!

They started by having the kids march around the gym. The teachers took this very seriously! If you got off the white line, the director would beat a tambourine right next to you to get you back in place:)

Each kid was only in 1 race. Jake had to put the balls from the green basket into the little car and then pull it to me.

You can see here just what he thought about that:)

Poor baby!

Don't worry, I took him for a treat right afterwards!

Ella's field day came next and she liked it a lot better than her brother!! She was lucky because she got to have field day on her birthday! I loved the way they did field day at the school! The stations were so fun!!! The kids loved it! You'll never guess what Ella's favorite was...tug-of-war! This is normally so not Ella. Her teacher and I were shocked! She was so cute and proud of herself! It was great to watch:)  Ella really isn't a fan of competition or sweating, but she had a blast at field day!!

Waiting for the fun to start!!

Balloon Toss!

They had to run in flippers here:) 

And there she goes!!!

Look at that determination!:) 

Lily's field day was next! She had some of the same stations as Ella but some were different. They even did potato sack races and old school tug-of-war! She too had a blast!!! Her favorite was sponge tag:)

Trying not to get tagged! 

Then we had end of year parties! The teachers and homeroom moms did a great job planning and both girls had a wonderful time! I love that they have, what I would consider, big field days and big end of year parties. They work so hard in school and I think it's awesome that they get to end the school year just having some fun:) Lily's party was actually 3 hours long! They got to have a picnic in the class, a magician came, they had a photo shoot, games and ended with shirt signing! Ella's class had a picnic and games! Such a fun day!!

The magician was hilarious!! Lily and her friends are about to act like models and walk the cat walk here:)

That's Lily on the right representing the girls in a dance off against the boys. She won:)

Ella got in on the shirt signing action too!

She found her match! They each got a card of an animal and had to walk around the room making the animal noise and find their partner with the same animal. It was really cute!

And who doesn't love a game of "Have You Ever?":0

I am so unbelievably thankful that the school here has been so amazing! I could not have asked for better teachers to help the kids transition to Malaysia go so smoothly and such sweet welcoming little friends for them! They both had a great start to the school year in America, and they both a great end to the school year in Malaysia!! I know next year will be just as awesome for them!