2010 Winter Olympics

This past weekend was really busy. One of the things we did was to join 5 other homeschooling families to put on our very own winter olympics. We were responsible to bring a dish from our chosen country,(Spain, in our case), speak a little about our country, and to make a flag also. We had a potluck feast, then, and got our energy for the games.





Playing on the snow hill.


Lighting the torch.

Representatives from Spain.

Canada

Afghanistan

Bahrain (Not pictured were China and USA. My camera kept getting cold, and not functioning all that great.)

Comparing snowballs to use in the Biathlon.

They hit this tree (for the target), and then ran around the house 2 times. Owen won Bronze for this event.

Getting ready for the Slalom, where big kids pulled little ones on their sleds through a maze of trees. Owen didn't place in this event...but he sure did love riding.



Some of the friends, lining up for "Curling"-the snowball throw. Owen threw about half as far as the girls. What does that say? lol

Then they had a race to see who could make the largest snowball in three minutes. Owen show much perseverance, but his ended up not much bigger than when he started.



Hosts of our event...

There was "Snowboarding," and "Ice Hocky" also. The younger kids used their sleds to go down the snow hill. They were given points for style and distance. Owen went the farthest in distance, but without much style. He received the Silver for this event. YAY, Owen!
Here he is receiving his medals.




He was so proud of himself. "Look, mom. I got three medals."