USA Wins Gold!!

I was sooooo pumped watching the women's gymnastics team finals last night.  For those of you who know Addi she is really into gymnastics and loves it!  And just like every parent out there, I think my kid is pretty good at what she does :) And I'm biased and that's ok. 

So we let Addilyn stay up waaayyy past her bedtime last night to watch the USA take gold and she loved every minute of it.  Granted, a few times she wanted to close her eyes and go to sleep but she kept them open and I'm sure it's something she's gonna remember for a while.  In fact, she has been so excited for the Olympics to start for weeks.  So last Friday, when the Opening Ceremonies were scheduled we got to making our first craft to kick off the events!

I found this pin a few weeks ago with crafts to do with toddlers/preschoolers for the Olympics.  I knew I had to do a few with Addi (and Reid on some) to get in the Olympic spirit.  Since she had been anxiously awaiting the opening ceremonies I knew making her own torch was a must. 

I had only to get the tissue paper and that was easy to add to my weekly grocery list.  Instead of decorating the paper towel holder as it was, Addi decorated a sheet of construction paper and then we wrapped the paper towel holder around it and glued it.  I think it made it look a little cleaner and it hid the pieces of paper that were still stuck to it.  And we didn't shred the pieces of tissue paper like the instructions said.  I took one piece of each colored paper and tore it in half and just used it that way.

Here is a picture of Addi and Briley (he spent the night Friday night) with their torches before we started watching the opening ceremonies.

And then because the gymnastics took GOLD last night we of course had to make our own gold medals.  I found that craft on the same website and Addi and Reid's turned out like this.

They wore them all afternoon and I had glitter EVERYWHERE in the house!  But their smiles made it worth it!

So the Johnson household is cheering on Team USA all the way and is hoping for more gold medals!