Let the Games Begin: Cottage Olympics 2011

In a little over an hour, Rory is coming to pick us up for our fall break travels! My friends Kelly, Meghan, Katy and Bethany and I will be traveling through Belgium and Switzerland for 10 days.  We are calling it "The Chocolate Tour of Europe" and are all very excited for lots of sweets and treats (and waffles!!).  Before I leave, though, I thought I would give a quick update about last weekend!

Cottage 6, dressed to impress

On Saturday, the first ever Cottage Olympics were held! Cottage 6 had had the idea for a long time, and we finally got around to putting our plans into action.  It was, of course, rainy when we woke up that morning, and we were almost about to postpone the Games when the sun came out about an hour before the opening ceremonies! Each cottage competed against each other in several events including How Well Do you Know your Cottagemate?, Potato Pillow Pitch, Pass the Potato, Please!, and a relay.  We had a few injuries from the potato peeling portion of the relay, but nothing too bad.  Without even trying to, Cottage 6 prevailed and took home the trophy. We felt a little funny about winning the olympics that we had planned, but everyone thought it was pretty funny.  For our closing ceremony, we decided to do as the Greeks do and wore togas!

At the closing ceremony with our trophy!

That is all I really have time for right now, but I will update you all on my travels as soon as I return!
Bon Voyage!
Ellen