Today was our last 'Best of' Day, we celebrated Europe, and played our Hockey event.
But first of all, who stayed up late last night watching curling? We tried, and made it part way though. Peyton joined us to see the girl from the Czech Republic get her gold medal, and then we watched the rest of curling this morning.
When I went to check the mailbox today, I had a complaint from Hayden. Yesterday the Home Office said all the pictures were from North America, but they weren't. It was an honest mistake. I think maybe the Home Office collected the pictures the night before and then the next morning they sent the letter, and kind of forgot what pictures they had set aside. I mean, if I had to guess.
But, today they did get all European pictures to help them with Jeopardy later in the day.
There was a lot of five spoons up meals to choose from, so we decided to have a lunch and dinner.
For lunch we had the San Marino Piada wraps, where Asa made the wraps and then we filled them with everything from chicken and pesto, to Strawberries and Macedonia Eurocreme (nutella).
Then it was time to mix up the Europe flags and see who did the best. Peyton studied up.
He only missed one (Liechtenstein and Luxembourg are hard to distinguish for the boys, I've learned.) He went first, and they aren't allowed to watch anyone else (so there isn't any distractions), so he knew he had won when the Google Home started blaring the Soviet Union's National Anthem, Peyton's usual choice for his 'anthem' when he wins.
It was kind of a busy day, we had to get new tires on the Fit, and Calib was gone for a few hours volunteering at the animal shelter. When he came home, I said it was time for Jeopardy, and he protested, saying he didn't have time to study, because he was 'busy helping poor homeless animals!' So, I let him study for a bit before we did Jeopardy. (They get very intense about Jeopardy, in case you couldn't tell!)
After that, the boys picked out their favorite Europe Postcards.
For dinner we had the Sopapilla and Pears from Spain, Pan roasted carrots from Liechtenstein, and the qofte piqum from Albania.
Having the main dish from Albania was kind of funny. It was our second country nearly 14 months ago, and tonight is the night before our last country. It was our second country meal, and our second to last. Also worth noting: It was just as good the second time around.
Our event tonight was hockey. I just opened up my lamp that has all of our golf balls (Pucks) we um... borrowed... from all of our mini golf trips, used a little putter (hockey stick) I picked up at the Target 90 percent off summer clearance and made a net using one of the kitchen chairs and some masking tape.
There were ten 'pucks', the winner was whoever could get the most goals. In the event of a tie, we also timed everyone.
Hayden was the winner of Hockey. He said he had to pick his 'anthem' song carefully because it could be the last one he got. He picked Greenlight by PitBull again.
Peyton was not thrilled to be the one handing out the medals this evening, and he was sure he had lost ground on Hayden (they were tied last night).
Everyone was very interested in tonight's tallies. I checked country medals, got those all up to date, and then did the totals. Even after everything today, Peyton and Hayden are still tied going into tomorrow, the last day of the Olympics.
There are two events tomorrow: World Jeopardy and World Flags. It's a culmination of everything.
Peyton is currently studying flags with Peyton, and it's something. (Asa has never done flags before, so he doesn't actually know them.
And, it's a little sad tonight is our last night with our Olympic Flame lit.
But, it's also a little exciting. Because, I just got to write this:
Next Up: We will see you tomorrow, for our VERY LAST COUNTRY!
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