Ping Pong Ball Olympics

We moved into a house that is furniture-challenged. We have more rooms than we have furniture. Since our empty living room is covered with hardwood we call it our ballroom (for the dancing we don't do). It is our full intention to put furniture in this room once our other house sells (which is another challenging story).

In the meantime, we have camping chairs set up in the basement rec. room and we turned the living room into a ping pong hockey rink for our Ping Pong Ball Olympics. It all started innocently with a ping pong ball and a swimming noodle. It was actually planned as a timed racing event, but remember that we have sons--it soon became a hockey competition of two-on-two.

The next Ping Pong Olympic event took place on the dining room table. Encyclopedias (a must for veteran homeschooling families)laid flat in an intricate path from one end of the table to the next. The objective was to blow the ping pong from one end of the table to the other end staying on the books. This was clearly an event that demonstrated control. After a few individual attempts at this feat, we decided to work as teams of two. Points counted against the team if the ball tumbled off the books. We switched around people into different teams so everyone could win once or twice but Jonathan was on the winning team most often. Does this tell you anything about his developed lung capacity?

I would love to hear other ideas for Ping Pong Ball Olympics because I hear we are in for a colder than average winter and since we may actually experience an ice storm, indoor activities would always be good. However, I hope to be cuddled up on the new couch with an excellent book on those cold days.