Lessons

Lesson for the Day:

Do not try to park in your driveway with 10 inches of snow. It may take out your mailbox.

I Really am in Shock!

Like I said in my last post, Justin had his science fair Friday. He really wanted to go to District, but in order to do that, you have to place (1st through 3rd) in one of three categories: life science, earth science, or physical science. Keep in mind that even though this is only open to 5th and 6th graders, that is close to 150 students. Justin has been working on his project since December. Like I said, Friday was the judging. They get actual scientist from the University of Missouri to come interview all of the kids. Well, Justin came in 1st place in the physical science category!! If that were not awesome enough, he beat ALL of the other 150 students and his project was announced Best in Show!!!! I almost fainted when I heard the news! If you win Best in Show, you don't even have to bother with District because Justin will automatically be going to the Missouri STATE finals!!! Can you believe it??? We were all in shock because it is such a rare thing to happen!! Districts are held Monday, March 9th. Justin's project will be there for people to see and then the other 1st place winners from around the District will be judged. From there, Justin and the winners of the District Science Fair will be going to the State Science Fair sometime in the beginning of April ( I think). As you can imagine, the whole school is just so proud of him and of course, we are too :)

Here are some pictures of Justin doing the experiment portion of his science project back in January:

Here is Justin's finished project along with his ribbons!!!

Some Exciting News Soon

Contrary to the title, not much has happened it the last 3 weeks. Justin and Nathan have started music lessons (they started in December). Justin the violin and Nathan the drums. We let them decide what they wanted to play. They are both doing great and I will blog individually about them, along with a video soon.
Justin has his science fair tomorrow. To give you a hint, the title is "Fight Fires with Diapers?" He will be judged tomorrow and he is very nervous/excited at the same time.
Nathan will be starting Karate back up. He did this when he was in Kindergarten and advanced to yellow belt very quickly. He will have to start over because so many years have gone by, but the is excited nonetheless.
Owen is my bright little book boy! Take away all of his toys and he would be perfectly fine, as long as he has his books! He is really starting to come out of his shell, making friends with everyone!
Jon is retiring soon....20 years in the Army...wow. That actually went by very quick. Especially seeing that I was with him 16 years of it! He has his retirement ceremony next month and takes terminal leave in April. He can start his next job in May, and that will give him 3 months of double pay since he doesn't officially retire from the Army until August 1st.
So the point is, the next days, weeks and months will be exciting (scary) for us and I will be blogging a lot more in the future!