Watching the Olympics

As you may or may not know, we do not have a TV, so watching the Olympics meant a trip (or several) to Mamaw's, often in pajamas.

(Mamaw was here, too, even though she isn't in the picture.)

That also meant we were not free to roam off in our house, doing other things, when the coverage didn't interest us. And while every sport was interesting to a degree, the nearly endless coverage of beach volleyball didn't interest us for long. Bill liked the swimming, and the girls and I loved the gymnastics. Needless to say, we had plenty of down time waiting for our favorites. So now, at no extra charge to you, the section "How we amused ourselves during commercials and unfavorite events!"

All three girls did a lot of knitting and crocheting. 

As I do neither, this impresses me.

Kelsey, with some help from mom, worked on a cross-stitch butterfly.  She had a tangle here and there, but is moving right along.

Kelsey also did some really cute sleeping, when I didn't have my camera around.

One night as we were leaving, she just couldn't wake up.  She walked around, looking for her shoes, even though we were all showing her where they were and she was right next to them.  When we finally got her to the car, she was quite offended Keegan said she was still half-asleep, right before she closed her eyes again.  The next morning, she didn't remember any of it, and thought it was all quite funny.

Keegan and Kelsey took some Chix-o's. 

Keegan took copious notes, making lists of different countries, medal winners, athletes, etc. Ask her how many athletes Iraq had in the games and chances are good that she can tell you!

I took my trusty laptop and amused myself chatting and playing on Facebook.

Only Caitlyn would think to break in her new pointe shoes this way, haha.

  And finally, the #1 picture taking opportunity during commercial breaks... stretching!

(Don't hold this against me when you see it, Caitlyn. Everyone will just be impressed by your flexibility and work ethic. ;)