School sports day

I am always amazed at the size of children I see being pushed around in their buggies. Some of them must be about four and look perfectly capable of walking. There are a lot of "Martyr Mothers" around, and they are the ones that think children will melt.
I think you were right nanapug and I'm sure the Headmistress really appreciated your comments.

My mum was the one who moaned because we usually got the insides of our wellies wet as well as everything else. She had no idea!! Hard to believe when she had five adventurous kids. She went very white when, eventually, she asked my eldest brother how we did it.
John: We just went in too deep.
Mum: Too deep in what?
J: The pond in the field. You move really slowly and try not to let the surface tension break at the top of your wellies but it always does!

Science at its best!!

Some of my best memories as a child are all about going out with my darling Grandma for sea swimming or walks etc and coping with all weathers...we got cold, hot, wet etc...to then come home for the weather appropriate food and drinks and then feel tired and happy at an exciting day well spent, was part of childhood. Shivering after a bracing swim in the English sea at Easter to be rewarded with brisk rub downs and large slabs of ginger cake.....bliss!

do you know that is what my grandma used to say to me when I moaned about wet weather!

Have you noticed that the young never seem to be equipped for bad weather. What happened to mackintosh capes , waterproof hats and wellingtons? As for the childrens' sports day, I bet it will be the one they remember '' when it poured with rain and we all sheltered under the bushes''. I used to tell my children ''You won't melt . You're not made of sugar''.

Having attended many, many school events wearing either my parental or teacher's hat I understand the situation nanapug found herself in very well. Honestly, to hear some people talk you would think that a shower of rain has the potential to dissolve children. Similarly to ask some children to walk for more than five minutes can result in complaints (from child and parent) that Johnny/Jilly doesn't usually 'have' to walk. I once took a school party out to walk to the beach (1.2 miles) and after ten minutes walking one of the worst complaining children sat down and told me she couldn't go further and asked to be carried - she was seven years old!

Well done you, nanapug.