Super Hero Recess

Now that summer is here we had to try our capes out in an open field, so we took a long recess at the park.

We brought along a superhero ball to play catch

We don't have the opportunity to play catch often, or I just don't think of playing catch much. But today was a perfect day to be outside in the field with a ball.

Little Dragon isn't great at catching yet, I should spend more time practicing that with him. In the picture above the ball is coming at Little Dragon. It looks like he has no idea.

One great thing about our recess was that it was great for pictures!

Big open spaces and the wind was blowing lightly which helped the capes fly in the air nicely.

We played tackle tag for awhile. A form of football, whomever had the ball I would tackle. Well, The Dragons did tackle me too if I was holding the ball.

All the running around though is tiring, even for super heroes

So we took a break and took selfies :)

Then headed back home for lunch.

Thanks for reading! Check out more of my super hero activities here.

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