Science Fair

We had our open house and science fair last week. I got to show off my "The Need to Eradicate Erosion" project. I tested 3 samples (plain potting soil, soil with grass grown in it, and soil with cut grass put on top of it) to see which would withstand a rainstorm with the least amount of soil erosion. I put the runoff water in bottles to visually compare, and weighed the soil that came out. My teacher said I did a great job!

Tommy's class did STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) projects. Tommy's assignment was to design armor to protect one of his stuffed animals so it could survive in the wild. He made a helmet and protective armor breastplate for his chimp Hoo Hoo. He also gave it an extendable arm to help it swing on trees, gloves with extendable toothpick claws on one hand to dig for bugs, and shin guards so his legs could be protected and he could still use his feet to climb. Now his stuffed animal is ready to be released into the wild. Well, maybe not. I still think he should have built some robo-arms for Teddy.

Harry Potter Escape Room

We cashed in on Mom's Xmas gift this weekend and went to a Harry Potter escape room. It was so fun, and we all worked together as a team really well. Tommy and I were helpful and had some good ideas, and we successfully escaped with 10 minutes to spare. They said only 15% of people escape, and we were the only ones to do it that day. We were pretty proud of ourselves. :) Alohomora, escape room!

Cuties

Mom came down and found us reading a magazine like this.

She thinks we're cute.

She also thinks Chewy's cute. Good boy, Chewy.

Braces!

I got phase 1 of my braces on! I picked a teal color for them, and am doing great with them!

Blocking and Throwing in Splashball

January 2018 Art

Dragonfly Meadow

Lantern in the Night

Love Kids (in the style of Keith Haring)

Flower in the Swirly Sky

Tommy didn't do art class this month, but he did make this fun snowman in class. 

Plumber Snowman

Pinewood Derby

Tommy's Boy Scout pack had their pinewood derby last weekend.

Tommy's Batmobile took 3rd in his pack, and Dad got some new ideas for designs for next year.

Tommy even let me race in the siblings race, and I got 3rd too!

California Adventure Disneyland Park 2018

Uncle Stuart & Aunt Niki took us California Adventure last weekend. We had so much hanging out with Cousin Kyle, it had been too long!

We had fun on the Bugs' Life rides...

Especially when all the kids got to ride by ourselves!

We chased each other on the bumper cars...

Had some Mickey Mouse ice cream...

And got some chipmunk hugs.

We rode The Little Mermaid with Mom...

Tried to beat each other's scores on Toy Story Midway Mania...

And rode the sea creatures carousel.

Dad goofed around with us in Cars Land...

And we raced Dad, Uncle Stuart and Niki...

That's Tommy squealing in the front and windblown Mom in the back.

Kyle and Tommy rode the Jumping Jellyfish ride together while I rode with Dad...

And to top it all off we went to an animation workshop. We were supposed to make a new character from "Coco" named "Dante". Tommy decided he'd rather draw jalapeno peppers. He likes to do things his own way.

But Mom and Dad said I did a great job! What a fun day!

Goofing at the Park

Bumping the volleyball around at the park quickly turned into a sibling wrestling match...

And tickle fight.

Chewy was happy to be left out.