Madeline made her own game on the lawn in front of Encina Hall. (We find it useful to travel with a ball. Instant fun!)
Maybe we'll train her to be a kicker.
Daddy and some colleagues faced off in an everlasting game of beanbag tossing. No, really, beanbag tossing.
Too good for his own good.
Daddy proved a little too good at it. He kept going over the top score of 21, which sent him back down to 15 again. And again. And again. No one could believe how long he and his opponent played! The kiddos, full of hamburgers, sausages, and chips, didn't seem to mind.
An enthusiastic fan. In boots.
As she watched, Kathleen would cheer "Yay!" when Daddy did well, and "Ooo!" when he missed. "Mama," she observed, "I'm just like in Robin Hood!" And, indeed, her cheers were just like those of the crowd at the archery competition in the Disney animated version of Robin Hood. (Robin Hood has been a favorite for our Friday pizza-movie-picnic night for a couple months now. Good thing you can keep those Netflix movies for as long as you'd like...)
Not surprisingly, Indy wasn't as interested in the bean bag toss. He was much more interested in the paper plates that had held his sisters' lunch. We go all out on toys.
A kiss from a fair maiden.
In the end, Daddy lost his game of bean bags. Our children were not discouraged. They were just happy to be at a "party" in the sunshine.
"Look, Mama! I'm making a grass angel!"
By then, the game was about to begin, so Mama and Indy and Maddie headed home for naps. Daddy took his "big girl" to the game with him. Kathleen was so proud to able to go with her Daddy. She wasn't particularly interested in the football (a trait we suspect she may have inherited from her mother), but she did like the band, and the cheerleaders ("dancing girls"), and the mascot ("that dancing tree"), and especially the churro Daddy got her. Since we forgot to send the camera with Daddy, we don't have any pictures of the two of them at the game. But you can see her and Daddy in the (ridiculously expensive) photos (we won't buy) from the photo vendor at the game...
We all had a great Saturday morning. And Kathleen can't wait to go to another game!
2 comments:
I love Kathleen's rain boots on a sunny day. We sport those in all weather here, too. Bean bag tossing is big around here, too, but for some reason it's called "corn holes" on this side of the country. It was SO great to chat last night and catch up. Have a restful weekend!
To set you both straight it's "Cornhole"! and we have tournaments for it in this neck of the woods. Funny to see that it's made its way to both coasts.
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