Early Learning

My daughter, who is in first grade, gave me a 15 minute lesson on fulcrums and levers.  She even included a demonstration explaining how the fulcrum has to be in the middle if the loads are equal and it has to be closer to the heavier load if they aren't equal because the lighter load will feel heavier the more distance between it and the fulcrum.  I kid you not, I'm not sure what there is going to be left to learn by the time she gets to high school.

Say Cheese

This is the smile I hope Everett made in his pictures today...

However, this is the smile he keeps making whenever we ask him to smile for the camera...

Show

When you have kids, this is the type of show you get to watch all the time. And by "watch", I mean stop whatever it is you're doing and give your undivided attention to before acting like it is the greatest thing you've ever seen.  At least I enjoy the dance in this one.  As you can tell from the sounds of crunching in the background, Sophie wasn't even interested enough to look up...

Artists

We were at the craft store and they had a big sale on painting supplies. So, Amelia and I decided we'd give painting a shot. Obviously, if we were going to paint, we had to include our little partner in crime.  I was at a major disadvantage given they paint all the time and this was my first time ever attempting it.

Here are our final products...

The primary artists...

 Everett's piece - "All My Paintings Look Like Mud"

Amelia's piece - "I'll try to paint whatever my dad paints while saying "I have a talent for painting" the whole time"

My piece - "Better than I expected. Worse than I hoped."

Bride to Be

Thanks to Amelia's teacher's upcoming nuptials, Amelia rode the whole way home like this... and thanks to that, I had to explain to her why she cannot marry Everett for the hundredth time.

PieFace

Is there a better way to wrap up your week than playing a game that randomly smashes whipped cream into your face? I think not....

Saving Up

Everett came home today with a few treats from his schools playground.....Any guesses as to what they were....?


If you correctly guessed 11 acorns, I'd be impressed. However, if you correctly guessed he had all of them shoved inside his socks, I'll buy you a drink.