Olympics Week - Finals Tomorrow!

This week has been filled with Olympic triumph. The little athletes at my house are all going to win the gold!
Monday we started off the week with our track and field events. We begin with a softball toss, where we tried to throw the softball as far as we could make it go. Then it started to rain so we had to move the events indoors. Once inside we followed the softball throw with a few more events, the long jump, the hurtles, the frisbee throw, and the relay races. Our relay races consisted of the crab walk race, the dog walk race, the snake slither race, and the frog leap race. At one point the kids were laughing so hard they kept falling down. It was pretty fun despite the fact we were stuck indoors.
The second day was our water events. We filled the swimming pool in the backyard and played in it most of the day. The kids were having so much fun just playing we didn't accomplish all of the games on the list, but we did dump all of the soft bath tub letters in the pool and had races to see how many the kids could grab in 30 seconds. Also we practiced our letters and numbers trying to find the right ones. The kids also practiced putting their faces in the water and floating on their backs. So we did accomplish a little swimming practice after all!
Wednesday was our gymnastics day. We practiced our somersaults, cartwheels, handstands, headstands and rolling. The kids really enjoyed "flipping" with some of the moves, but I think I got more of the workout being a spotter! Today was our "Sports Day". We tried to do as many of the major Olympic team sports as possible. We shot free throws, dribbled and passed a basketball. We kicked goals, practiced "dribbling" the ball through an obstacle course and bouncing a soccer ball on our knees, we practiced hitting a t-ball, running the bases, catching and throwing a baseball, and lastly we practiced serving and bumping a volleyball. By the end we were all hot, tired, and sweaty!
Friday will be our grand finale of events. We will hopefully (weather permitting) be taking a field trip to Fontenelle park by my house were we will set up an obstacle course consisting of jump ropes, buckets, balls, slides, climbing, and more on the playground. After we complete the obstacle course we will stay and play for a little while, then the kids will be presented with their gold medals for the week long completion of Stacey's Daycare Olympic Games 2008! I will post more about the obstacle course tomorrow after it is all completed!
Below is a slide show of the week so far in pictures! I hope you enjoy and you should be proud of your children's Olympic accomplishments!