Wacky Races

I am going to be entirely honest with you! The idea I had today for the DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS, was one of those ideas I thought would be a flop. It would thus provide us with an activity and me with a funny story - but actually it worked.

OK, So spring has not sprung, that was a lie from last week from the pit of hell. It was so cold today, the boys, one-by-one, went off like little time bombs with cold noses and painful toes.

Our focus for today was RACES!! I really didn't expect the boys, who are on average ranging from 18 months to 3.5 years to be that competitive and I didn't expect them to want to follow our 'race' instructions... I was wrong on all counts!

The first race we did was a scooter/bike/running race. It felt like the boys had every reason to call unfair advantages on their fellow race-ees but alas they went as fast as their short little legs would carry them... way past the finishing line and into the distance... they were fabulous and really got the whole concept.

Next we did the egg and spoon race. It was unbelievably hillarious. One of the mums supplied boiled eggs, and with a stroke of genius, a few ladles to carry the eggs... the boys were slow, focused and definitely found that participating was the name of the game as the timings of each boy to cross the finishing line was so completely different.

About 21 seconds after the Egg 'n' Spoon race, the boys lost the plot. The cold had been working its way from the youngest to the oldest, and enough was enough. We made our way to the cafe and then spent the next 20 minutes doing a chocolate egg treasure hunt for our snack and then made as much noise as we possibly could.

A lovely cold DC4B today!!