What Could Be More Fun?

Ahhh yes... Wednesday Night Youth Group games... Messy Camp Games... What could be more fun?!
Over the years I have witnessed many students eating gross foods or gross combinations of good foods. Some might even say I enticed or even tricked those students to eat those gross foods and gross combinations of good foods- and I must confess- I LOVED every minute of it!
One of my favorite memories is of a skinny 8th grade boy wearing a baby blue CS hat. This poor chap had the daunting task of sucking down a bowl full of pickle juice mixed with pistachio pudding and I will never, IN MY LIFE, forget the look on his face. A blank stare..."something is not right in my belly" he could have been thinking. Eyes glassy and no discernible expression. I know he was questioning himself... maybe his resolve, "can I slurp this down and lead my team to victory?" or maybe just wondering about his control over his gag-reflex. Poor Frazier. I think the blank, glassy look was actually expressing, "why would someone make me do this...?" as a bright green juice dribbled out of the corner of his mouth and down onto his chin.
I also remember, with fondness, David Grimes doubled over, behind a tree at Latham Springs, vomiting out the half-dozen bananas he had scarfed down 3 minutes before.
Other things that come to mind: caramel covered onions, fish sauce shakes, kiddy pools full of "stuff", a brown and black mixture being eaten out of diapers, and the list goes on and on and on...spitting pudding, pork 'n beans, sardines, squid, anything having to do with seafood, blenders screaming, students coughing and gagging, me gagging watching them gag, me laughing watching them gag, raw chickens, whole fish... My question comes up again... What could be more fun!?
Anyway, what "gross eating games" do you remember? What memories, smells, tastes and/or feelings are ingrained in your memory for all time? Better yet, what ideas do you have for "gross eating games" in the future? Let me know!

Ski Trip Review

So we have taken some time before posting about the ski trip, but it's better late than never. We had a great time up in the snow which led to some making a snow man and others rolling around in the snow trying to become snow men themselves. It was a really fun trip where no one got hurt, no one got lost, and no one hit a tree. All in all, you would have to call it a successful trip. This is the picture of the group after returning to the parking lot...tired, cold, and ready to be home.