This is a fun craft to make with the kids - design and make your own Olympic medal.

We are going to give this a try this weekend.

Today\’s Parent craft

As the Olympic ferver picks up, I find that we are in a much more competitive mood regarding Canada and the United States.  AND - can I say - I can’t believe we lost to them in hockey (well, the men did, anyways - Go Women’s Hockey Team!!).

We are continually compared to the US with regard to medal standings … why?  Canada is about 1/10th the size of the US which means that they have a much (much) larger pool of athletes to draw from when choosing their teams.  I wish we were just happy with the medals we win and not make even that part of it a competition.

Anyways - I digress.

On the news today they were talking about Tom Brokaw explaining Canada to the US.  Initially I expected it to be a joke (kind of like when Rick Mercer goes to the States to interview people on the street … ).

Rick Mercer: Talking to Americans

However, it is not.  While Rick shows us that many Americans don’t know all that much about Canada.  Tom Brokaw provides information that is not only (fairly) accurate but aspirational, kind, sincere and speaks to a longstanding relationship between the countries that is a bond often not communicated.

Tom Brokaw