Mason's Party

We had so much fun at Mason's party tonight. The night consisted of a tournament of 8 different events.

Here is Team 1 - "We the People" (They named themselves.)

Team 2, The Dominators, were the returning champions from last year. They had hopes of defending their title tonight.

Event # 1 - Nerf War

The war was two segments of 7 minutes each. The teams rotated having the upstairs and downstairs. 10 points were awarded for each hit. (Mallory and I were the bullet collectors for the teams. I was officially The Dominators assistant, and she helped We the People).

The winner of this event was............We the People!

Tim kept score from the dining room. He reserved the right to award special points for exceptional moves. Matthew got bonus point for charging boldly into enemy territory, and Mason got bonus points when he shot a bullet that stuck to Matthew's glasses.

We took a break for pizza........

and birthday cake.
Event # 2 was Wii bowling.

Matthew had skills as a lefty, and Jonathan was a pro at the curve. These must have been the factors that brought victory to The Dominators in this event.




Event # 3 was the ever-popular Ping Pong.

The Dominators were still on a hot streak and they won this event as well.



Event # 4 - Candy guessing

Each team had 14 different bite-sized candy bar samples that they needed to identify.

We the People won because of their knowledge of a Heath Bar and a Baby Ruth.

Event # 5 - Foosball

This was quite close and very suspenseful! The Dominators, who had previously been trailing their opponents, took the lead with a victory in this event.

Tim was always near by recording and reporting the scores.

Event # 6 - Popcorn Toss

This event consisted of two rounds of 3 minutes each where they took turns attempting to throw popcorn into their partner's mouths. Round one ended in a tie of 21 each, so we were thinking that it was going to be a close event. We the People, however, blew it wide open in round two thanks to Nathan's precise aim! This victory helped them to regain the overall lead. (You should have seen the mess. They missed much more than they made it.)

Event # 7 - Pudgy Bunny

Each team member had to put as many mini marshmallows into his mouth as possible and repeat the phrase "Pudgy Bunny" 5 times. We had some close calls with gagging! We the People won by a landslide. Mason and Nathan each stuffed about 40 marshmallows into their pie holes!

The 8th and final event - Frozen T-Shirts

The only way that The Dominators could win the championship and retain their title was to take first and second in this event. The pressure was on! This turned out to be much harder than we had anticipated. We had soaked 4 shirts in water, folded them up tight, and put them in the freezer the night before. Different point totals were to be awarded to the boys who were able to put the shirts on 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. It took forever! They were frozen rock hard - literally. We actually thought that they were going to break a tile when they were banging them on the floor.

It was a battle hard fought by all, but We the People won a decisive victory! Congrats to the Champions!

Nothing like a good fire and some s'mores on an 80 degree day!

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY, MASON!!

(I may load some video tomorrow. I was going to do it tonight, but this took forever!!)