We kayaked with manatees! It was crazy windy and cold but the kids stuck it out like troopers. We all had a great time.
Celebrated Bug's birthday at Disney! They give all the birthday folks a button to wear and then everyone through the park wishes them 'Happy Birthday'. He loves it. And he loves to look for all the other people who share his birth date and send the greeting along.
We finished off our history cd's in record time and started them over again- lots of time in the car. History has spawned lego sculptures; including this arena for gladiators.
The kids built toothpick bridges in STEM class. They worked in teams and had accountants, engineers, builders, etc.
We were out one week with the flu and by the time we got back Lise's team had gone $250,000 into debt-- it so happened that the only person who wasn't sick on her team that day was a 7yo with a fondness for buying paper to draw blueprints and calculate things on. ;) Being the accountant for the team she was devastated and felt personally responsible. She also believed the bridge would fail because the supply company decided 'no more debt' and all teams had to finish their bridges with just the materials they had on hand. Their's was far from complete and they didn't have many supplies. It was a good lesson in team work, and how things sometimes don't go as planned, and choices when you find yourself in that place. She pulled herself up, determined to make the best of it. They had a lot of work to do.
In the end their bridge tied with another for the bridge that held the most weight without collapsing. They were all ecstatic; even more so because of the obstacles they overcame to construct it. I was really proud of the way they handled the setback. And it was so much fun to watch all the kids test their bridges out!
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