Sibs Weekend brings trio together

For Jake and Natalie Herrington, being with their older sister was the best part of Sibs Weekend 2010.

The 10-year-old twins visited Highland freshman Brittany Herrington on Saturday morning and stayed until Sunday.

“I miss them a lot,” Brittany said. “I love having them here.”

Sibs Weekend attracted thousands of students and their siblings Friday and Saturday to the Student Activity Center. The weekend-long event featured a carnival, face-painting, dancing and food.

The first stop

There were so many activities, the Herringtons could not decide where to go. The trio first picked up huge, multicolored hats made of balloons.

Brittany had to help reposition the falling hats many times, as they were taller than the twins combined.

After that, Natalie and Jake had their caricatures drawn.

The artist drew the picture in less than 60 seconds. The kids had a tough time sitting still, but a well-drawn picture was worth the wait. Brittany said the picture was fairly realistic, minus the big heads and buck teeth.

“I liked the cartoon drawing,” Natalie said.

Activities and competition

The group devoured cookies and cotton candy and went on to a sand art activity that allowed participants to fill various shapes with colorful sand.

Jake filled his fish-shaped necklace with a colorful mixture of red, green, blue and orange. Natalie used her favorite colors of blue and green to fill a dolphin.

Even Brittany had fun creating her purple and pink star-shaped lanyard.

Jake was more excited for a ‘mini all star’ basketball challenge. Facing Brittany seemed to be nothing new for Jake, a fan of inflatable shooting games.

“It felt good to beat my sister,” Jake said after his sister missed every shot.

Music and dancing

Later, the three took their turn at a game of Dance Dance Revolution.

The twins danced against their sister to songs such as Cascada’s “I Can’t Stop the Rain.”

“We have it at home, but haven’t played it in a while,” Brittany said of the game designed to play on the Wii technology device.
Jake’s anticipation grew when he saw the Rock Band video game.

He said he could spend all day playing and could not stop rocking out on the drums.

“My friends have this game, so I’m pretty good,” he said.

Nightcap

The three ended the day by watching Central Michigan University face Kent State in men’s basketball. CMU lost 68-63.

Though the weekend was packed with fun, the twins’ favorite part was not anything furnished by Central Michigan.

“The best part is being with Brittany,” Jake and Natalie said.