Faction Carnival

Sports Day was held last Monday only here it's called a Faction Carnival. It is a mini olympics - the whole school did the parade at the start and then all the children were in constant races all day. They all had a go at everything and, with the individual races, they divide them into divisions so that they only race people of the same ability which is great. Nakita came first in tug of war then had a 2nd and 3rd in the team races with a 4th in the 100m so got a ribbon. Tallulah had loads of stickers for 1st and 2nd but came 5th in the hurdles and 100m so missed out on a ribbon, she was really close to getting a 4th on the 100m but got pipped at the post - should have been a photo finish but no one had cameras. It was quite a warm day and a lot of parents were red by the end, luckily the teachers had sun lotion for all those who had forgotten !! What got me was the number of parents who turned up. They were all there from the beginning and lined the 100m track with their chairs, eskys were brought filled to the brim with food and drink and the canteen (where I spent most of my time) was busy serving coffee, tea and cakes as well as the usual lunches and recess. A sausage sizzle was also put on. Next year I'll be prepared !!

After that the weather turned bad so Paul lost a lot of time and money at work again but today is gorgeous so he is out working on the pool. It's down to him now to build the water feature and tile it, he used a lazer level to get the line for the tiling........only to find that the pool wasn't level (it was 90mm out, so he has had to build up one end. Lucky he is doing the tiling or we wouldn't have known until the water was put in and then it would have shown up wonky !! You never know, we may still make the pool being finished for the summer (I'm glad we started at the beginning of winter !)

03:32 - Sun 16 September 2007