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We kept our two year old up through the US procession in the opening ceremonies and she latched onto Michael Phelps. Has been talking about him nonstop. Serious two year old fanfic about him making good choices and being a good listener. It was adorable.
At a bit after ten we called it a night for her and put her to bed with a cry of "But I want to see Michael Phelps!" Maybe he'll be on a bit earlier tomorrow.
It's been fun watching her cheer on all the swimmers, though.
We kept our two year old up through the US procession in the opening ceremonies and she latched onto Michael Phelps. Has been talking about him nonstop. Serious two year old fanfic about him making good choices and being a good listener. It was adorable.
At a bit after ten we called it a night for her and put her to bed with a cry of "But I want to see Michael Phelps!" Maybe he'll be on a bit earlier tomorrow.
It's been fun watching her cheer on all the swimmers, though.
Getting a child interested in the Olympjcs at age 2 = parenting done right!
Post by brittrock80 on Aug 7, 2016 23:17:08 GMT -5
I have never liked cycling but the men's and women's road races have had thrilling endings. Big moves for the win in the last few hundred meters. Both had accidents at a major part of the race, the women's one being caught on TV. van Vleuten from the Nethrlands is in the hospital with a nasty concussion and three "small fractures in her back." One of the scariest things I've seen on tv.
Juan Martin del Potro played an absolute gem of a match against Djokovic.
Watching Katie Ledecky swim freestyle was like watching the Penguins at the Monterey bay aquarium. So effortless.
Our men's basketball and women's basketball and gymnastics teams are beast.
last night's events were so awesome. it's unbelievable how far ahead the us women gymnasts are to any other team. i understand that it can't be all usa in the all-around, but man, it's a bummer that gabby is third overall and doesn't get to compete. i've been watching on my dvr so i can skip the hours of commercials, and found that it's really fun to watch swimming with it fast forwarding just a little bit. some really great moments there last night too. katie ledecky being a full five seconds ahead of anyone else is crazy.
Not really related to this year's Olympics but I recently discovered that in the 60's my grandma hit a kid with her car when she wasn't paying attention (he was not in a car she literally hit him) and he went on to be an Olympian 15 years later. Dumb post over
Post by brittrock80 on Aug 8, 2016 12:16:05 GMT -5
So what we've learned from this thread is in order to be a successful Olympian, give yourself hickeys with suction cups and get hit by a car at a young age.
Fun fact: when I was in sixth grade, I had this change jar that was about the size of a mason jar, but ceramic. And one night, because this is the way my brain works, I decided to see if I could hold the change jar with just my face by putting it over my mouth and then sucking all the air out to create a suction. It worked! I was able to hold this jar hands-free. Then I went downstairs and my mom immediately asked me what I had done to my face. I looked in the mirror, and there was a giant hickey all around my mouth and chin. Just a nice big purple bruise goatee.
And school pictures were being taken the following morning. It was great.
Fun fact: when I was in sixth grade, I had this change jar that was about the size of a mason jar, but ceramic. And one night, because this is the way my brain works, I decided to see if I could hold the change jar with just my face by putting it over my mouth and then sucking all the air out to create a suction. It worked! I was able to hold this jar hands-free. Then I went downstairs and my mom immediately asked me what I had done to my face. I looked in the mirror, and there was a giant hickey all around my mouth and chin. Just a nice big purple bruise goatee.
And school pictures were being taken the following morning. It was great.
You forgot the most important part of this story...
Fun fact: when I was in sixth grade, I had this change jar that was about the size of a mason jar, but ceramic. And one night, because this is the way my brain works, I decided to see if I could hold the change jar with just my face by putting it over my mouth and then sucking all the air out to create a suction. It worked! I was able to hold this jar hands-free. Then I went downstairs and my mom immediately asked me what I had done to my face. I looked in the mirror, and there was a giant hickey all around my mouth and chin. Just a nice big purple bruise goatee.
And school pictures were being taken the following morning. It was great.
You forgot the most important part of this story...
Haha you mean pics? I had them retaken so I don't have any copies of the originals.
Post by potentpotables on Aug 8, 2016 20:00:52 GMT -5
Another night at the pool about to start up. Ledecky, Phelps, the Lilly King/Efimova duel, and Missy Franklin tonight. Missy was supposed to be the next great American swimmer, she won like 4 medals in London, and then she's struggled since. Rooting big time for her.
Post by potentpotables on Aug 8, 2016 20:05:21 GMT -5
Daily Olympic fun fact: the 1976 games were held in Montreal. A rainstorm put the Olympic flame out, and so an official for the games relit it with his cigarette lighter. That's not how it's supposed to be lit, of course, so they had to put it out again and re-light with a backup flame.
Rough swim for Missy, she finished last. Still has the 200 back.
that was tough to watch. us kathleen baker just picked up a silver in the 100m backstroke.
Very happy for Baker! Nothing like coming out of nowhere to win a medal in your first olympics.
But we gotta win a few golds in the pool at some point. Not feeling good about Lilly King's chances. I guess Ledecky gets two more individual golds in the 200 and 800.