Our WDD Photo Scavenger Hunt

We had the best time this year celebrating WDD a little early with a fun photo scavenger hunt brought to us by Connected In Motion.  Have you heard of them? They are based in Toronto Canada.

What They Do:  Connected in Motion’s mission is to foster a community of people living with Type 1 diabetes so that they may inspire one another to live life without limits.

"We are people with Type 1 diabetes who share a vision: To create a culture of support and engagement in diabetes self-management through peer-based experiential diabetes education, physical activity and outdoor adventure pursuits. By creating a community that is motivating, supporting and inspiring individuals to take charge of their health today, we are helping to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes now and tomorrow." (taken from Connected in Motion website)

While on facebook I saw some info about the Connected in Motion World Diabetes Day Scavenger Hunt and I thought WHAT A WONDERFUL AND FUN IDEA!! So of course I signed my family up.  The great thing about this scavenger hunt was, although I was not in T.O. I and my family could still participate.

And we had a blast!!

Entire team creating a human BLUE Circle...Check 25 points :)

Entire team participating in one activity on the CIM logo...Check 25 points

Entire team heading out on a bike ride.

Now this one took a lot of work!  Entire team jumping (everyone who can jump must be in mid air for picture to count)

So first we thought lets have everyone jump off the stairs because that should be easier...NO, NO it was not and ankles were starting to hurt!

(love Cody's squish face in this picture)

 So we moved to the grass

Good jumping Cara and Cody! (Look how high Cara is)

Not even close

1...2...threeee... a little too early!! p.s love my hubby's pose!!

And we have a winnerish (hope for 25 points??;)...I must say Cara, Kirstin and I rocked that jump!!  I mean look at that shit!! I don't know what happened to the other half of the team?? A few cuts may be made to this team by the end of the day!!

Now, after all that activity (bike riding and jumping and running around with the kids) it was time to enter the Big Blue Test. Have you heard of the Big Blue Test...I sure hope you have.  Join the movement! Exercise is good for you. You know that. But did you know that the average Big Blue Tester has seen their blood glucose level drop 20% after 14-20 minutes of exercise?  And if that isn’t enough reason to get active, every time you enter a Big Blue Test you help us get one step closer to our goal of 20,000 entries. If we hit our goal, the program sponsor will donate $100,000 to organizations that provide life-saving supplies and services to people with diabetes in need.
Do the test as often as you can between today and the end of November 14th. It’s easy:

	Test your blood glucose.
	Get active.
	Test again.

Each time you take a Big Blue Test, come to BigBlueTest.org (this site is mobile friendly too) and enter your results. Help others by taking the Big Blue Test often and by sharing your experience and encouraging your friends to join you.

Big Blue Test

Big Blue Test

Big Blue Test

Cara's Big Blue Test

Entire team reading the local newspaper...check (2 points)

I just took this picture because we do this all for her!  We do this to show her that diabetes can be fun, you get to do things that you never would have done without it, and that we (her family) are right there with her EVERY step of the way.

My most favorite item of the list #67.  Teammate discovering the cure for diabetes...1 million points! LOVE IT! and wish I could say CHECK!

Entire team with the snack with the most amount of carbohydrates...So what do you think? How many carbs for this monster ice cream and cone :) Check...25 points

Entire team at a facility that provides diabetes care/education...check 25 points

A work of chalk art created by your team in a public place to celebrate World Diabetes Day

They kids kept asking "are you sure we can do this"

Living on the wild side marking the side walk...Really the kids were a little freaked out!

"Who's on look out?"

DONE...25 points

Entire team doing something to better the community, cleaning up the park...DONE, YUCK! 25points

We took some time out for a little fun at the park

Kids on the slide!

The healthiest snack you can find, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" Check...25points

Now the last one was a little tricky, teammate harvesting islet cells...say what? This took a while to figure out! Half our team had NO IDEA what an islet cell was. So we came up with something a little fun...since Connor was sick for Halloween and did not get to dress up we jumped at the chance to get some good use out of that great costume. Throw in a sweet potato and a few syringes and voila...a teammate harvesting islet cells. hehehe 

Did someone call a Doctor?

Thanks Doc, get us some GOOOD islet cells!!

Happy WDD !!

 Thank you Connected in Motion we had a wonderful WDD Photo Scavenger Hunt!!
If you EVER have a chance to participate...DO IT!!