November 2013

Birthday Parties

Sarah was invited to a few birthday parties this month.

 

Sarah C. had her fourth birthday party at The Little Gym. She loves pirates!

 Addison had her fourth birthday party at the park. Sarah got to ride all the rides and got her face painted.

Magical Monarchs

Adam studied the life cycle of the butterfly at school. At the end of the unit his class presented what they learned in a program called Magical Monarchs. His technology teacher :) helped the class create a movie on the life cycle.

Observation Day

Miss Kim had an observation day where the parents could come in and watch dance class.

 Miss Lilly- Sarah's favorite dance helper.

Candy Anyone?

Jackson completed his science fair project using chocolate. Yum! He tested to see which candy bars would float.

 Football Season Comes to an End

Jackson's football coach gives Jackson his trophy. He told the team that if they won the championship game he would buy them all steaks. They made it to the final game but didn't win so they settled for hamburgers at the cookout.

Winnings All Around

Jackson worked very hard on his science fair project last weekend. He made a bubble solution with water and dish detergent. Then he added sugar, glycerin, corn syrup, and lemon juice to see which would make his bubbles last longer. The glycerin did it! He took the project to school last Tuesday to present to his class. Then all the projects from the third, fourth, and fifth graders were placed in the gym. They were viewed by the whole school on Wednesday and then judged on Wednesday afternoon. It was very secretive and we weren't allowed to enter the gym until 4:30 when all the judging was complete. We walked in and by golly, there was a second place ribbon on Jackson's project. I was shocked because there were some pretty good projects and never in a million years would I have expected Jackson's project to win. Not that his wasn't a good project- it was great! I just thought, I never won, so my kids won't either. I had that totally wrong, huh?

He was so proud of himself and so were we!

Throughout last week Kevin and Jackson have been working on a Pinewood Derby car for Cub Scouts. Adam saw Jackson looking for designs on the computer and picked one out for his car, too. So Kevin headed back to the Boy Scout store and got Adam a Pinewood Derby kit, too. They both entered cars into the race on Saturday although Adam's car was racing unofficially. In fact, they even raced each other a couple times. Jackson's car won each time (WHEW!).

Here is Adam's car ready for a race. He picked the design and the color and added those fancy stickers on the back. I guess he is car 24?

Here is the final, top three cars. Yes, that would be Jackson's name next to the number three. He won third place and his car gets to go on to the District race in May. Whoo Hoo!

Here is Jackson's car sitting out waiting for its next race at the District level. We had to leave it there so it could be officially taken to the district race.

Jackson is showing off his car and his trophy. He was so excited to get that trophy! We went to the Lego store to celebrate! More on that later.

I know this is Adam's car racing, but I'm not sure if Jackson's was racing too. And why this is at the bottom of this post, I have no idea. I cannot get my pictures to load in the right order tonight. Drives me crazy..... GRRR!