Science Week!

Science week also known as tear-my-hair-out-week! Or it would have been if reinforcements hadn't shown up! We started these projects well ahead of time. The experiments were performed, data collected and pictures taken. All that jazz was out of the way and so I thought we were out of the woods on this! Murray worked with them mostly, he's better at this stuff and handles the high tension environment better than I! However, even he threw in the towel one night when Honey was giving us the gears while practicing her presentation.

Luckily Nanny had come for a visit to see the big Wizard of Oz performance! (Since they were calling for a lot of snow, Grampy stayed home to keep the driveway cleared.) Also to our advantage: a sick day plus a snow day! Sweetie was home for a couple days not feeling well and but was well enough to sit at the table and put her poster together. She and Nanny were at it those two days for hours and hours while the other 2 were at school and made some good progress on the layout. It was a good thing Lovey's teacher hadn't assigned a project. There's no way we could have gotten all 3 done at the same time! Honey & Nanny logged a lot of time on the snow day and got it shaped up quite well!

Sweetie's:

Honey's:

 

Since she was in town and all.... we wanted her to really enjoy her visit and not feel like we only wanted her for her science talents! So if you're looking for a good time, you know where to come! I was never so happy to run to the hardware store in my life! Woohoo! A dishwasher that doesnt' crash and slide out of its own volition AND a microwave stand that doesn't wobble and tip? Sign me up! We're not sure if she'll ever come back after her little encounter with our slave labour guest house approach but we definitely enjoyed having her!

Break a Leg!

Lovey & Honey were in the drama club at school this year and they put on The Wizard of Oz. It was weeks and weeks of rehearsals with a mad scramble at the end to get their production time down to the required 1 hour maximum. It involved lots of time during recess, lunch and sometimes they even got out of class to work on it, plus extra rehearsals a few days after school. Their teachers had to postpone some tests because over half the class was in the play and had missed some of the lessons for rehearsal. All their friends were in it, including Acorn as Toto! Sweetie was one of the few holdouts in grade 4!

They loved EVERY minute of it and were thrilled with the whole thing. Honey had requested a small part and ended up being the scarecrow and went to bed with her script at night fretting over learning her lines and the time limit issue. Lovey had her heart on being Dorothy but ended up being a guardian of the gate and learned her lines in no time and had no concerns whatsoever.

They ate, lived and breathed this play until the final performance and were sad when it ended. They presented it at a drama competition and won 3 out of the 7 possible awards. (best production, best costumes, best female lead).

It was a great experience, especially for the girl who always claims to be so "self-conscious". Their teacher worked so hard with them and really did an excellent job bringing out the best in all the participants!