We have watched just about as much Olympics that you can fit into each day and still go to school, work and get "enough" sleep. We all have our favorites, but it amazed us that the kids really wanted to watch each sport. The first weekend they were so excited with the shooting, table tennis and other less televised sports. Like many others, our favorites were swimming, track, gymnastics and some of the team sports like basketball, soccer and volleyball. Ben quickly learned all of the athletes names and could rattle off their stats, records, opponents, etc. He can even pick out family members of the athletes in the stands. I didn't think he could be more well versed at so many sports before this started, but now he is an Olympic encyclopedia.
Ben learned the theme songs for the various sports and could tell you from the other room what was coming on next. Elizabeth also watched plenty but was less interested in the details. She liked the horses the best and the diving and gymnastics. She has done many pretend dives and gymnastic "jumping" and landing. She is ready to participate in 2024!
Not only has Ben enjoyed soaking up all of the current athletes info, it has been fun for Mom and Dad to share past Olympic stories with some of the replays they have shown and past wins and losses. Wow, the video quality has changed considerably since the Dream Team of 1992! It is hard to imagine that we will have a 9 year old and 7 year old next time around, but we're looking forward to it already!!
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