Swing Olympics

Is coming to London Summer Olympics 2012. Well not really, but that was the only way that I would ever make an Olympic team--by inventing a new sport and being the first to compete in the sport. Swing Olympics consisted of at least three categories:

1. Distance Jump: You pushed back three times on the swing and then jump! You win by jumping the farthest.
2. Short program: it was a two minute swing routine. There were some basic requirement: you had to transfer your routine from swing to swing, and there could be no flip landings.
3. Long program: basically the same as the short program only longer, and Flip landings are allowed! I changed the rule just for you Jonathan.
   

As a little girl, I would go out and work on my swing routines, practice my jumps off the swing measuring accurately with sticks that were on hand, and of course win either the gold or silver medal. It was a lot of fun.

I told this story to my boys, and they are continuing on the tradition of Swing Olympics, not to mention playing library and many other things. It's endearing.....but I was so hoping that my kids might be a little bit cooler!