The 2009 Ifrane Olympics!
The girls' birthday party and 'block' party was last Saturday. The weather was actually warm and sunny! But many of the kids were gone because it was Labor Day (May 1).
"The Parade of Nations" to the John Williams Olympic Theme. I decided it would not be a good idea to have the USA vs. Morocco :) --- so the kids created their own countries and then each got a ribbon to wave for this. Katrina's country was "Secret Land" (she's tired of her parents and her sister and wants a secret place...) and Kendra's was "Snuggle Land" (she's not tired of her parents and sister). Most of the countries created seemed quite pleasant except for Katrina's friend, Maddie, whose had active volcanoes and multitudes of crocodiles...Then we did events - gymnastics (led my niece, Tamara), relays and obstacle courses (led by friend Misty), basketball (guess???), and throwing - discus: frisbee, shot put: softball, javelin: pool noodle (led by my brother Ron).
At the end was the medal ceremony - a Twix bar stapled to a ribbon accompanied by wild cheers!
The birthday girls with the birthday cake.
posted by Reimer Ramblings @ 5:36 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
If only I could have been there to lead an event. I mostly would have liked to hear all the laughter and enjoy the sunny day.
Sure wish I could send some of the extra rain your way. MUD
Glad to hear you have Twix bars. Now I know I won't have to go without chocolate unless you gave them all away. In that case I will survive. Looks like a pretty big group for a day when some weren't available.
Barb
Dennis, you'd be great at leading an event! We needed some 'yellers' - I can just see you doing gymnasitcs :) And not to worry, Barb - we have lots of chocolate here - you'll be fine! I was planning on 40 kids and we had about 20. It turned out fine since I see this as my practice run!
Julie
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