The wind was really howling at recess today! Made the air quite chilly...at least to the other duty and myself. Just about all the kids didn't have their jacket on today. And, there were over two dozen kids (boys and girls) with shorts on! Ah, youth.
The playground was alive with activity. Swinging, running, kickball, soccer, tether ball, sliding, four-square, basketball, football and general mayhem. And what was I doing? Chasing balls that rolled into the parking lot. Even though I instructed the kids to keep far from the cars, the wind blew several of the balls right towards them. Should I ask for hazard pay??
There were several third and fourth grade girls really enjoying the windy weather. They would throw their jackets up in the air and let the wind toss them several yards away. Hey, who needs a kite when you have a jacket, right?! Over and over again, these girls would throw up their jackets and run to catch them. They were having a ball...until some boys came along and tried to steal or tromp all over them.
Another group of girls had a similar idea. They stood in front of the baseball fence and threw up their jackets. The wind would blow them onto the fence and they would stick there until the wind died down enough for the jacket to fall to the ground. Several of the jackets stayed up for quite a long time. It was rather amusing, I must say.
Ya gotta love the imagination of children! I know I do.
