Monday, May 23, 2011

The Great Boat Regatta II

On Good Friday, Chloe wanted to have another boat regatta like we did when I first started this blog several years ago. So we got 5 refrigerator boxes from Spencer's Appliances and the girls went to town!


After the race they took some underwater pictures and Chloe edited them.



Chloe and Brooke getting started on their masterpiece.

Olivia and her team, which constisted of our next-door-neighbors, Karli and Anika Hall, worked on their boat inside (until Anath Hall helped them spray paint it outside)


Anika and Olivia and completed boat, "The Bomb" 

Ellie and McKenna and Macey with their "Pink Titanic" which was aptly named!


Let the race begin!!! Well, actually, it is more of an endurance competition to see whose boat will stay afloat the longest.

The Pink Titanic lasted about as long as it took you to read this sentence. Maybe shorter.


Chloe and Brooke's boat, the "S.S. Papaya" came in second and did much better than the Titanic, but still didn't last nearly as long as the WINNER- THE BOMB!!


Superior duct taping, especially along the seams and the bottom, and a layer of latex paint made Olivia's boat last a very long time! Great job ladies!

Brooke enjoying the last few seconds in her boat.

Olivia and Anika are finally sunk.

Cardboard shipwreck!

Some more editing by Chloe.

What a great day! Love those creative, hard working girls. Those boats took hours and hours to make but only minutes to sink. Good times!

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