Olympic Fever--Football!

We love the Olympics here in the Schmidt house! We started counting down at the 100 Day Countdown event in Times Square in New York back in April and then continued to count down when we watched the torch travel through Cheltenham in May. Imagine our excitement when the games finally began!! We celebrated with our own Olympic decorations, crafts and snacks, along with heading to a few Olympic events! 

Torch snacks--ice cream cones and popcorn!

We are keeping track of the medals and rooting on Team USA!

Even the playroom bookshelf goes Olympics with Riley's portrait of the Queen, a globe to find all of the countries we see on tv, our book about London and our American flag!

Flags!

Riley and I made Olympic Rings paper chains!

Our first Olympic event was football (soccer) in Cardiff, Wales on July 28th--Women's New Zealand vs. Brazil, followed by Team GB vs. Cameroon. We donned our very best red, white and blue--Wayne even had a way cool GB hat!--and helped cheer Brazil and Team GB onto victory! The girls did great, with Riley cheering while Lyla madly waved her Union Jack. Hope you enjoy the pictures and stay tuned for the rest of our events--Women's Team Gymnastics Final (!!!), Men's Football (Mexico vs. Switzerland and Team GB vs. Uruguay) and the Women's Football Final (Go Team USA!). We can't wait!