A Fun Night out!
This past week was Co-Op Week here in town. To end the week the managers put on a “Games night” in the Hamlet Gym. Before the games, the locals did a Feast. It started at 5 but we didn’t end up heading there until 6. Needless to say we were late and missed the entire thing. That was disappointing, but there will be more to come. So no pictures of that this time…..sorry.
We did make it for the games. We were very surprised at the amount of people that showed up. There were over 100 people and lots of children. The first game of the evening was Musical chairs for the children. After that they had a bowling contest for the Elders. It was neat to see. They had different games for all ages. Even the Elders had their own games. It was a fun-filled evening with fun games, prizes and even a little food.
There were a few games we’ve seen before, some we haven’t. Musical chairs, paper airplane contest and bowling were some that we’ve seen, the rest we haven’t. I’ll explain the others.
I don’t know the names of the games so I will just explain what we saw. The adults formed a circle and in the middle was the “activity” they had to do. The first one had a ball of yarn in the middle. A number was picked and they started throwing the dice, when that number was rolled the person who rolled it would go to the center of the circle and roll the yarn into another ball. They would keep trading off as the correct number was rolled. The goal is to be the person to roll the last of the yarn. The next activity was sawing a slice of wood off of a 8×8 piece of lumber. The person to saw it off was the winner.
It seemed everyone had a great time. What I was surprised by, was all the kids were running around playing and not once did I see a child cry or see anyone fight.
Below are some of the pictures we captured. Sorry for the quality, the lighting was poor.
Sawing the wood
Rolling the yarn
Bowling - female Elders
Bowling - Male Elders
Children playing musical chairs
Cute little boy...I played frisbee with him
"Too Loud!"
too cute!!!
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The above photo is me and her. You probably had it all figured out anyways. We are about to live a once in a lifetime experience, The Great White Canadian Arctic. We have decided to create this blog to keep our friends, families and curious strangers abreast of our adventures. I'm sure a few misadventures as well. All while living in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. Read on to see what it's all about!
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Oh! And by the way, this is Cisco, our dog. Even though she likes to puke a lot, she's still part of the family and will partake in our adventure to the North. She'll be sure to keep us on our toes and keep the polar bears at bay! She's also good for a few laughs in between leg humping sessions. We still haven't figured out how to stop that...
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October 18th, 2009 at 18:52
Interesting article. Did you guys participate in any of the games?
October 18th, 2009 at 20:19
We didn’t officially participate. At one point they played Simon Says….and they were told to find people with certain “Features” I got picked on cause I had a hair elastic. That was the extent of our participation this time.
October 19th, 2009 at 13:27
I just wanted to drop you two a line and welcome you to the Nunavut Blogging community. I smiled when i read that your dog is a puker…ours aswell
Happy adventures
M&N
October 19th, 2009 at 13:32
Not sure if my first msg went through so heres #2 welcome to the Nunavut blogging community. Our dog like yours is also a Puker. maybe it’s a northern dog thing?
M&N