Foto Friday More March

Somehow my phone saved more March photos in a different place. So here is another round of fun things I had almost forgotten about.

Most of these pictures are of the kids and their friends, including our playgroup. And  the other half are of the community fundraiser for the school called Donkey Basketball. Leif participated this year as a rep from the Fire Department. He had a lot of fun and we had fun watching him. I was a little high stressed because I Really didn't want him to get hurt! It's not unusual for a person to fall off the donkey or worse fly over the donkeys head. Luckily Leif did a great job working with the donkey's that her road and he only fell off once. No major injuries. It was fun and I think he had fun supporting the students. He's such a good sport!!

Donkey Basketball

We live in a Very Small town, right on the border of another Small town. So we are entitled to some of the most bizarre small town events ever!

I was driving down the highway and I passed the school bill board. It read: "Donkey Basketball..." I called Leif right away and as a typical city girl I said, "What the heck is Donkey Basketball?!" He chuckled...

Donkey Basketball is a game of basketball played in the school gym, with the players riding on the backs of donkeys. YEP! My first thought was, "IN THE GYM??" YEP! They put rubber shoes on the donkeys and they're ready to play. I guess they are literally born and raised to play basketball.

The school sold tickets for this game as a fundraiser. I'd be curious to know how much they earned. I'm sure it was a lot because I swear the Whole Town showed up. Everyone was having a great time. Honestly, it took me a while to warm up to the whole idea. I knew that the donkey's were fine. But it just didn't seem right. :) Really, it was the players that we needed to worry about. They kept falling off of the donkeys, or they would jump up to get back on and end up sliding off the other side right onto their heads. Seriously, it was CRAZY!

They had four teams. Everyone from one of the mothers from town to the town doctors were playing in the games. Leif's brother, Erik, is a Jailer at the county jail. He played on the law enforcement team. The two teams that ended up in the finals were the Town Doctors against the Town Cowboys. The Cowboys won. Good Thing!:)