Contestants Ready? Gladiators Ready?

For Youth we had a Gladiator night. The youth were the contestants and the leaders of course were the amazing and brilliant Gladiators. There were several challenges for the youth to complete. The young men leaders arranged everything and most of it was beyond my understanding but what I did understand was the gauntlet. We had several long mats put together with both sides held up with tables sort of like a half pipe. Then there were three leaders the youth had to get through to the end in under a minute. No pictures on that one because all available hands were holding up the tables to keep the sides up. Fun was had by all.

Introducing the newest Gladiator........Charlotte the Harlot!!!!!!


And the winner is.....


The Young Women's Leaders


Anyway...funny story.....while I was getting ready, putting on my fake eyelashes and pink leg warmers, Raven wanted to do laundry. While she took all the dirty whites, there weren't that many, and she put them in the washer. I noticed what she was doing but I was a little distracted by the beauty of my fake eyelashes. I said to her quickly "oh no Raven we won't do laundry right now we'll just pretend okay" and then it slipped my mind. Well as Mardy was taking my glamour shots I noticed that the washing machine was ON. Now my North American friends and family, you must understand that the machines over here are different. We have a very small front loading washer dryer combo...if you just thought Genius..well its not. You can only do very small loads and it takes 4 hours. On the other hand its great because you basically have to do laundry everyday so you put it in before you go anywhere and when you get back its all dry. Sorry I got a little sidetracked there.....So all the buttons are at the perfect height for Raven to play around with. Somehow she figured out all the right buttons to press and she got it going. Funny kid. Its a good thing I keep the soap out of reach.