Spring Break, day 4: Family Olympics

For the Thursday of Spring Break, we planned a family olympics. Every family member was tasked with creating two events, and then we ended with a paper airplane contest (since that was on our April bucket list). We made some quick medals, decided how to set up the podiums (step stool, top step, bottom step) and each chose a theme song that would play if we won an event. Benji wanted to start with a torch lighting and opening ceremony, so we had some fun with that, too:

Carrying in "the torch"

Passing the torch

Kevin had the honor of lighting the olympic flame (tapping at the exact moment that Benji flicked the switch from inside)

 The first event (by Kevin) was a frisbee toss/catch. Since we did it in pairs and were all busy at once, there were no pictures, but here was the podium (Abby and I tied for the silver so we did not award a bronze):

The second event (Ruth) was a ping pong toss:

From there, we moved onto Abby's obstacle course (which included a field hockey component, naturally):

Benji, of course, chose Benji ball (his made up game) for his first event. Luckily, we all knew the rules already from having played several matches over the last few weeks. We decided to play the two-player version as a round robin to make scoring easier:

Kevin's second event was also frisbee-based (no bonus points for creativity for him):

On to a putting event:

Cup stacking (Abby, also done as a round robin):

We finished with Benji Ball 2 (no pictures for some reason) and then paper airplanes and a final podium ceremony:

Abby biting her medal to make sure it's real