Every 2 years I sit back and enjoy the spectacle of sport that is the Olympics.  I have a slight preference for the Summer Games, but there are many events to enjoy in the Winter Games as well.  Certainly enough to keep the TV/DVR busy.  This year, my boy is 7 and he has really taken to the spirit of the games as well.  During the last Summer Games, he was 5 and he participated in Michael Phelps mania with his parents (he loves to swim and has been swimming solo since he was 4 yrs old), but he wasn’t really into the games as an event.  Well, this time he is as into it as I am, and possibly more.  It’s really gratifying to sit on the couch watching ski jump and hearing him provide commentary on how good various athletes’ take-offs were and then watching him get excited as they land (e.g. “Oh, I think that was a good jump! He’s probably #2 or #3!).  I think for us non-Olympians it’s part of what the Olympics are about.  It brings the world together at a macro level.  And this year, it has provided another way to bring our family together at a micro level.