Christmas picnic
Today we attended the annual Vintage Car Club Christmas picnic at Cutler park. What a day! Not only did we have a family picnic with all but one of the immediate family present (being grandparents, great-grandparent, aunties, uncles and cousins), but we had:
- vintage car ride there and back AND
- vintage truck ride AND
- vintage fire engine ride (with siren) AND
- train ride AND
- races AND
- a playground AND
- Father Christmas AND
- presents AND
- lollies AND
- balloons AND
- clowns AND
- icecreams!
What more could a young child want!
The children were not keen to take part in the races at first. We watched the foot races - after watching older children compete, Aidan decided that yes, he would participate in the twos- and-under race. However, his confidence left him as the starter yelled "go" and he ended up in tears. Daddy and Mummy carried him to the finish, where he quickly forgot his woes as he received his participation prize of a balloon and another packet of lollies. Isabelle and her five-year-old cousin had already decided not to do their foot race, but chose to compete in the sack race. I thought that this would be interesting to watch as (to my knowledge) Isabelle has never seen a sack race, let alone been in one. She competed in the same field as her cousin, which I think was the 5-6 year olds (not quite her age-group, but more fun and more secure to compete alongside a family member). She did really well, only falling once and crossing the line with a big smile on her face!
The cousins also took part in the three-legged race. Again, they did really well, making it to the end and only falling once that I saw. The race was won by another cousin (almost 10), who teamed up with a friend.
Grandma and Grandad competed in the grandparents' egg toss (eliminated when an underarm throw went askew) and the grandparents' egg-and-spoon race (not placed).
Two very tired children are now in their beds, fast asleep. One tired mother will be following them very shortly!
- vintage car ride there and back AND
- vintage truck ride AND
- vintage fire engine ride (with siren) AND
- train ride AND
- races AND
- a playground AND
- Father Christmas AND
- presents AND
- lollies AND
- balloons AND
- clowns AND
- icecreams!
What more could a young child want!
The children were not keen to take part in the races at first. We watched the foot races - after watching older children compete, Aidan decided that yes, he would participate in the twos- and-under race. However, his confidence left him as the starter yelled "go" and he ended up in tears. Daddy and Mummy carried him to the finish, where he quickly forgot his woes as he received his participation prize of a balloon and another packet of lollies. Isabelle and her five-year-old cousin had already decided not to do their foot race, but chose to compete in the sack race. I thought that this would be interesting to watch as (to my knowledge) Isabelle has never seen a sack race, let alone been in one. She competed in the same field as her cousin, which I think was the 5-6 year olds (not quite her age-group, but more fun and more secure to compete alongside a family member). She did really well, only falling once and crossing the line with a big smile on her face!
The cousins also took part in the three-legged race. Again, they did really well, making it to the end and only falling once that I saw. The race was won by another cousin (almost 10), who teamed up with a friend.
Grandma and Grandad competed in the grandparents' egg toss (eliminated when an underarm throw went askew) and the grandparents' egg-and-spoon race (not placed).
Two very tired children are now in their beds, fast asleep. One tired mother will be following them very shortly!
posted by Mary at 7:36 pm
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