Got some extra time between dinner and bedtime? Why not do what we did tonight, and have a good, old-fashioned in-home field day. It helps if you have enough contestants to make it interesting.Â
Let’s start with some piggy back races…
past the kitchen, through the front room, back through the kitchen, and all feet on the living room carpet…timed by daddy.
Girls won; they had a slight advantage, given Abbey is so much bigger than Marley – and Marley weighs next to nothing soaking wet.Â
Lainey was dying to get in on the fun…
She liked it just a little.Â
Someone decided that I had to get into the competition, too. I held on for dear life…
4-legged race maybe? We had done the traditional 3-legged races before I thought to get the camera.Â
They sort-of carried her, laughing hysterically the whole way!
And, let’s end the evening with the boys dragging ME around, and us collapsing in a heap on the living room floor. Nope, not sharing THAT picture!Â
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January 8th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Too fun!
January 8th, 2009 at 11:51 am
payton-
A 4-legged race with mom was hard. REALLY HARD.
The girls won. PHOOEY.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Oh come on mom! Show the silly pic of u falling. I took it!! Oh! And forthose of u looking at this coment. We had six events and The girl brought home 5 gold medles and the boys got 1 gold medle!! Talk about girl power. Oh! And Dad did not say that picking Lainey up in the 4 leged race was not ok. He said we could do it. The boys faces were red hot after seeing us win 5 out of 6!!!!! gtg!
Abbey
January 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Oh!!!! And mom forgot to tell u that I did not even use my hands when marley was on my back. She griped on me and I used my handes to go faster. I was found that it works.
January 8th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Ok, now that the Christmas rush is over, are you guys BORED or what?!!!! I want to see the one of all of you falling in a heap on the LR floor!! I would take a educated guess that little Miss Lainey really loved the activities!! Well, one thing about it…the exercise helped after eating all those Christmas sweets!! Yes, Abbey, I noticed that you didn’t carry Marley’s legs…she had to hang on to keep from falling!! Ha! :)
Girl Power…don’t you just love it!! Granma
January 8th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
That looks like wonderful fun!
January 8th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Whew! And I thought my house was busy. Hee hee!! You guys had a bunch of fun!! Truly great memories for the kids. :-)
January 9th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Now THAT’S what family memories are made of….:-)
January 9th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Loved the inside field games. Randy looks like he was having a blast too. Anything active or resembling sports is right down his alley.(no pun intended) Of course Lainey wanted to get in on the fun. She takes that after her daddy. I agree with Abbey… where is the picture???
January 14th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Your family looks like so much fun!! Lainey seems to be such a good fit and I am sure she is very happy to be in your famly. :)