Last Two Months - Futbol and Football

During our last two years in Spain, Cole enjoyed playing soccer with the school team at the American School of Barcelona and Rylan enjoyed playing flag football.  I wish that all my kids would have embraced soccer, since it is such an important part of Spanish culture.  Cole really became obsessed with the sport.  His love for soccer really defined his time in Spain.  Our last year, he played soccer almost every day and as a result he became quite good at it and it helped him to make friends in the neighbourhood.  Rylan also excelled in flag football, but it is not a very well known sport in Spain, so there were limited opportunities for him to play.

It was nice for Cole to win the MVP trophy at the end of the season for being the top scorer on his team.

Cole receiving the MVP award

Cole's team

Rylan's flag football team

 

Winter Bazaar

Last Saturday ASB held a winter bazaar and invited parents to purchase a table to sell food as well as new or used items.  My friend Gorana and I have been make jewelry together since April, so we signed up for a table.  We met each other last year because we are both in the same Spanish class for parents of ASB students.   We made leather beaded bracelets, Chen Lu wrap bracelets and some Christmas jewelry for kids.  Nathan and Ciara wanted to participate too, so they made Rainbow Loom Christmas keychain charms.

I also made fabric gift bags and several batches of cracker toffee bars, which is a recipe that I make every year.  I called it Christmas Crac, after our favourite cereal here in Spain called Golden Crac.  It's very easy to make once you get the hang of it.  I did burn two batches though.  Here is a recipe, http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/12/saltine-cracker-english-toffee.html. 

I can't say that the bazaar was a great success for us, but we did have excellent weather.  It was a beautiful sunny 17 degrees. We sold a few things, mostly bags of cracker toffee.  Nathan and Ciara sold 4 Rainbow loom charms so they earned 4€.

In any case, it was fun to talk with other parents and I got to watch Rylan play an exhibition game of flag football.  This is Rylan's second year playing football at ASB.  He really enjoys it and he's getting pretty good.  He was named MVP of the game as he scored more touchdowns than anyone else.

Arantxa, Socorro, Amerigo and Chris vist the winter bazaar

This was our table

Some examples of the leather bracelets Gorana and I make

More leather bracelets

flag football game

Rylan the MVP