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The weather cooperated with us in a big way, though it is apparent that kids today don't really know when to start complaining about it being too hot. Parents, and especially grandparents, know that we spent every waking hour of our summers in the outdoors. We stayed lean for the simple fact that we sweated off the pounds, and quite often we went home to open windows and box fans and not air conditioning. I'm thankful for the advances that have been made in climate control, but when the outside temperature is in the 70s, I will not complain about it being too hot.
Off soap box...
On another subject, Hoggatteers greeted and thanked the adults who were operating the field day stations. They shook hands and offered smiles. The day after found some of those adults telling me that the greetings were greatly appreciated. Being outside all day, they were tired, sticky, and inclined to be slightly cranky when my students shook their hands. One teacher said that she desperately needed their positivity. Another said they made her day.