Jackson's Field Day

Today we got up early and went to school. Actually to Jackson's school for the second grade field day. There was a lot of kids and each class had a different color shirt. Jackson's color was purple. He started out running the 100 yard dash. He came in second. He was a little upset but we told him he did great. Then there was the 400 yard dash and he was not entered into that one. So the next one was the 400 relay or baton race. He was the last of the 4 to run and he came in first. He was very excited about that! Then they started doing a lot of other activities. The sack race was fun to watch. Jackson did real good. Then it was time for the three legged race. You needed an adult to go with each child. So Pappy was recruited. I think we were the only set of grandparents there. They made a perfect team!! Then it was time to dress the teacher. This is how they looked after the kids got done with them. Jackson's teacher is the second from the right. Then it was time to pop the balloons. They had to run down to a chair and sit on the balloon to pop it. But there was a parent or grandparent in this case, with a bent paper clip to actually pop the balloon if needed. Rick would usually wait till they tried to jump on the balloon to pop it before he would hit it with the paperclip. It was fun to watch. Then came the Eglin water fall race. They had to fill a cup with water and run down to the other end and put it in a bottle of colored powder with a ping pong ball in it and the first team to get the ball out of the container wins. Well, guess what. Jackson's team won this event also. They also did tug of war and a parachute game. By time they were done everyone had had a great time. We went back to his classroom and visited with his teacher while the kids stayed out for PE. (Did they really need it after three and a half hours of field day?) We then went to lunch with him and sat with him and his girlfriend. She is pretty. And a lot of the kids in his class came up to us and told us how smart Jackson was and how he would always help the other kids. Well, this little guy was just picked for the gifted program at school. We are so proud of him!!! We then came home and crashed until it was time to go to dinner with Josh, Autumn, Jackson, Jay, Ron and Honey. Autumns parents are going to Mississippi tomorrow for Mothers Day weekend. And we will be gone before they come back. We had good barbeque. Now we are home just relaxing. What a busy day. Jackson was so tired at dinner and I didn't blame him. Good job and well done Jackson.