Olympics Fun -- Part 2

by Amy

This past week has been full of Olympic fun in our house! About 2 weeks ago we called our landlord and asked her to get cable hooked up to our TV so we could watch the games. (Since it's her home, it's not appropriate for us to do make that call ourselves.) I'm so glad that we did! Granted, we don't understand most of what the commentators say, and they are primarily focusing on this country's athletes (not US teams), it's still fun! We have had a blast cheering on Phelps, watching basketball with our friends (who ended up spending the night after a late game), and explaining baseball to locals who have never understood it!


Last Friday, the day of opening ceremonies, I let our kids wave flags as they walked to school. Needless to say, they caused quiet a few smiles!

Then, as we waited for the opening ceremonies to begin, we iced Olympic ring cookies. They all had showers before dinner, and clearly needed them again after icing and eating. :)

And here's the final product:

Pedo chose to use black sprinkles to make his black ring in the middle.

Although we did not get the American commentators explaining a lot of what we saw, we loved the opening ceremonies! We let the boys stay up until after 9pm watching, and Savannah got to stay up until after 10:30 -- she wanted to see the USA team enter. Thankfully the ceremonies were replayed several times the next day, so my kids got to see the lighting of the torch -- that was cool!

These last two weeks we have used 10 different methods to make 10 different countries' flags, as well as a few other fun things. Keep watching for a flag-trivia to be posted in the next few days! We still have 2 more flags to make.

And now for your viewing enjoyment, here's on last pic Brad snapped last night of our cute girl...