Wood family Olympics (photos & video inside)

Like many of you, we’ve been glued to the tv cheering on Team USA most evenings. Here’s a photo of all of us watching Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky and Mr. Pommel Horse…and many others. Oh, and how about that Cole Hocker 1500m race? Our whole family was yelling at the TV. Phenomenal.

My wife—who consistently finds a way to plan family activities in the midst of our chaos—put together a little family Olympic games this past week. We all created some blue team and red team shirts before figuratively and literally diving into the games of the Wood Olympiad. Rhythmic dancing, water balloon dodge ball, Olympic chalk art, dizzy racing, yard Twister, rubber ducky racing, and diving (tiniest splash wins). I took home a team gold but failed to medal in any other event (sigh). If you’re looking for a fun family activity this week, feel free to steal my wife’s great ideas. She’s the best.