Maddie plays Korfbal

Last week, Maddie's school participated in an organized sports event, put on by the local "Korfbal" sports facility.  Korfbal is a popular Dutch sport that has similarities to netball and basketball.  On this particular occasion, the afternoon was more like a giant "field day," where they had put kids into groups of 5, and rotated them through about two dozen stations.  Each station focused on ball handling, running and obstacle courses.  So, in other words, Maddie was in heaven!!  We all stayed to watch for about 30 minutes, before heading home for Geoffrey's nap.  It looked like a lot of fun and made me want to play!

Maddie, in her super cool t-shirt (she was on the red team) and new hat! Boy, was she excited!

Maddie, with some of her friends from her class.

Meeting her team and captain for the afternoon.  (Good grief, am I such a first-time parent, or what?  Taking pictures of her grouping up with her team like this?  Haha!  It's only the beginning.)

The teams gathered on the field for a welcome and instructions...

And then this giant kangaroo (the mascot for the club), came out and started a group dance/warm-up with the kids.  Not quite Mickey Mouse, but the kids loved it!

Maddie, on the right, trying to get the ball.

Meanwhile, this is what Geoffrey was up to.

Picking daisies. :) 

She figured it out pretty quick and was getting more aggressive at going after the ball (on the left).

Getting kudos from her captain (I assume so, anyway)!

One half of the field of stations (the other half is behind me), along with the giant kangaroo, patrolling the games.

Maddie, running through another station.  This girl slept well that night!

It was a warm afternoon.  Can you tell?  I think we are going to wilt when we return to Southern California.

Maddie is on the left hand side, throwing the green ball into the hoop.  This is what korfbal looks like.

She is the girl "dunking" the ball into the yellow hoop.  That's right.  She got smart real quick and thought, "Forget this jumping and throwing real high bit! I'm just going to slam it in from my tip-toes!" 

The former basketball player inside of me was so proud!  There she is on the right hand side, going after the super tall hoop.

And finally, when it came time for us to take Geoffrey home, we bumped into this fellow.  He calls him, "Pangaroo."  And, for the record, Geoffrey was very eager to get his picture taken with the giant kangaroo.