The karate studio had a Summer Splash party this afternoon, complete with a dunking booth. Chloe had fun tossing ping pong balls to try to land one in a bucket for a prize. But the balls were just too bouncy to make it in.
The kids had fun trying to move Nilla Wafers from their foreheads into their mouths without using their hands.
Almost there, Owen. You can do it!
Way to go, Owensk!
Chloe had a harder time getting her cookies into her mouth.
There was a shoe toss where they had to kick off their shoes and get them to land on the table six feet away from where they stood.
This was the closest Chloe got with her attempts. The rest all went flying beyond the yellow tape!
Owen tried next.
And made it on his first try!
The kids both liked this game where a karate belt was used to tie on a kleenex box filled with ping pong balls.
They had to shake their bottoms to make all the ping pong balls fly out.
Shake your tail feathers, Owen!
This game intrigued Owen more than his sister. He had to tilt the tennis racquet carefully to roll a marble into a certain square.
Owen and his friend Paula enjoyed a little taster cup of frozen yogurt while waiting in line at the dunking booth.
The kids could choose their favorite instructors to dunk when they got to the head of the line. Chloe chose Miss Sykora, who had remained dry up through the first hour of the Summer Splash.
If the kids mad contact with the target, but the instructor didn't fall....they got help from a sidelines instructor to make sure the one in the tank fell into the water!
Owen chose Mr. Engelmann, who was also dry up until that point. Mr. Engelmann had been in his World Champion white uniform, but had to go change while Owen waited patiently to dunk him.
Owen's pitch wasn't quite strong enough to drop the seat, so Mrs. Jones helped him get a leaping start on the target!
There might have been a threat or two to soak Owen with a water gun later.
The kids liked this balancing act where a painted ping pong ball was rolled down a measuring tape to land in the mason jar.
Chloe chose Ms. Kandrick on another turn, who was the only remaining dry instructor. Ms. Kandrick had been quietly hiding, hoping people would forget she could be dunked.
Chloe is good at making sure no one is excluded!
You can tell she's rather pleased with herself for dunking Ms. Kandrick on her first pitch, too!
Love the seriousness on Bean's face as she's trying to roll that ball down the measuring tape.
Way to go and get it in the jar, Chloe-loe!
The kids had so much fun at all the different game booths, as well as jumping in a bouncy. They were bummed when their cards were all crossed off for number of times to play each game and were already looking forward to the next Summer Splash when we left to go home.
