Bradshaw Sports Day 2012

It is a tradition at all of the schools in Alice Springs (and probably Australia) to host a Sports Day at the end of second term (its way too hot to do at the end of the year).  Every school divides the students into houses at the beginning of the year (think Harry Potter) and Jamie was assigned to Lasseter and his house colour was yellow.

So, for sports day I bought him a yellow shirt (which you can't see under the jumper) and we went to his school.  The pre-school did their own round of activities called the Nursery Rhyme Olympics.  For every activity they completed they got a sticker.

Jamie especially liked Jack Be Nimble:

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

Jack jump over the candlestick

He also really liked Diddle Diddle Dumpling

Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John

Went to bed with his trousers on;

One shoe off and one shoe on

Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John

Pick a sock

Go to bed

Find the matching sock

Of course, Jamie had to immediately find Mrs. Reu to tell her that the socks didn't really match.  Leave it to my kid to be that particular.

Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle

The cow jumped over the moon

The little dog laughed to see such a sight

And the dish ran away with the spoon

Egg Race

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown and

Jill came tumbling after

Fetching his water

Not tumbling down

After the Nursery Rhyme Olympics, we took all the kids to big school for a running race.  The winner of each race won points for their house toward the Sports Day Trophy.

Ready... (waiting our turn - Jamie is second from the left)

Set...

Go!!!!