Seuss Olympics VIII

This weekend we held our annual Seuss Olympics in honor of Dr. Seuss. It's normally held on his birthday weekend, but you know...stuff happens and this was our first opportunity! It was late - which is why so many of us are in pj's and we had company, Ben and Aaren...who were good enough sports to play along!

The events included:

Hop-on-Pop (Each person is given 4 feet - they have to step on 2 and place two out ahead of them...step out to the two ahead, reach back for the ones they just stepped from...put those ahead and continue until they get to the end, which is a picture of "Pop" (Brandon) and they HOP on his picture!)







Yertle the Turtle (It helps to know the story of Yertle...and my husband's love for marshmallows to understand this event. Everyone is given mini marshmallows and toothpicks. The object is to build a "tower" of mini mallows (turtles) and then place Yertle (a full sized mallow) on the top. Who ever builds the tower measuring the highest wins.







(Judging is taken very seriously!)


Ring The Gak (This one is probably the most obvious of all the games!)





Tweedle-Beetle-Battle (In this one, the player is given a wooden spoon (the paddle) and they flip mini marshmallows at the muffin tin. If the mallow goes in to a hole, you win whatever is in it (this year it was toffee).







The Cheer Leaders (Other than eat the mallows, Gracie really didn't get in to Seuss Olympics much - so she and I practiced her back flips.)