Welcome to the 2009 Holiday Olympics.
The spotlight tonight was on Tanya and Eric as they battled it out in the exciting Gift Wrapping Competition.
Numerous shopping trips over the last few weeks have led up to this exciting event.
One such trip included a visit to the fabric store to buy yards upon yards of Tulle that would be wrapped around each gift like a ribbon. Instead of buying a few rolls, T took the DIY route figuring we save some $$$ and just cut our own from a 10 yard strip.
Thus begins Round 1.
T cut the first strip with less than desirable results.
Her Tulle cutting skills rival my penmanship skills.
While T decided it was a good time to check out what her BFF's were doing on Facebook, Alexia and I tackled the Tulle cutting project with results that met the minimum quality criteria for Tulle Ribbon. Whew!
Within just a few minutes we had 50 Tulle ribbons.
Round 1 results:
Gold Medal goes to Eric
Silver Medal goes to Alexia
Bronze medal goes to T.
Mikayla was disqualified since she is away at a friends house for the night.
Now we had a pile of cut Tulle, but we didn't have any wrapped presents to tie them around.
Thus begins Round 2.
Alexia went to bed. This is a no-minors allowed event.
A sizable pile of gifts quickly grew on the table and floor as all the hiding spots were visited and emptied. They were sorted and analyzed and then discussed in great detail to make sure none were missing and to make sure no purchases had fallen through the cracks.
Judges Josie & Katrina thoroughly examined the items to make sure none were edible, chewable or containing squirrels. Once the dogs retired to their own bones we were ready to start the competition.
Like a whirling dervish, T unrolled paper, put gifts into boxes, reoriented gifts, cut and taped faster than anyone I've ever seen. It was crazy.
After a gift was wrapped, she'd pass it off to me for labeling, ribbon tying and placing under the tree. It seems my penmanship still leaves a lot to be desired, but it also seems my tying skills only work on my own shoes. Tying ribbons on gifts is not one of my talents. Placing presents under the tree went pretty smoothly.
All I had to do was keep up with T's pace, but it just wasn't working for me.
Round 2 results:
Gold Medal: Tanya
Silver Medal: Eric
Stay tuned for more upcoming Holiday Olympic Events such as Cookie Baking, Finding Locations To Put All The New Christmas Gifts and every one's favorite: How Quickly Can You Take Down The Christmas Decorations After Christmas And Replace Them With The Snowmen Winter Decorations.
Happy Holidays!
~E
PS: In other news, today Mikayla had her first workout with the Gymnastics team while Alexia went to dress rehearsal for the Christmas play that is being performed tomorrow. After we were done with those events we all went to Bellingham for the 4H Holiday Party at the ice skating rink and dinner at Round Table Pizza. Busy, busy, busy.
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