Science Fair

We have finally completed the 4th grade science fair with Ruth. Since she is in the gifted program, she could not choose a topic from the list given to the other 4th graders...she had to be original. She chose to explore weather ice melts at different rates in different fluids. She chose 6 fluids and...the ice melted much faster in the tequilla ( with adult supervision) and in Coke the slowest. She did not win an award, but she did a fantastic job and we are VERY proud of Ruth.

New Photo

Yesterday we received a photo of Sara from when she was about 6 yrs old. One of her friends, who came "home" a year ago had put it into a photo album and then shown her mom, who promptly emailed it to us. This is the YOUNGEST photo we have of Sara and we are ever so grateful! Sara thinks she was about 6 years.

We have all been down with terrible colds....and gone through 4 boxes of tissues and are using 3 humidifiers....slowly on the recovery.

Update

Well, Sara's wing has healed and the girls have a 4 day break from school. They have transformed themselves into princesses, as I have always suspected was there under the monster costumes....aren't they adorable.

Humpty Dumpty

Once upon a time there was a beautiful drama queen. She went to a really big school, though she was really small. She was full of energy and always found a way to be in the front of the line for everything. One day, after a long break from school, the children returned to the routine of school and had not quite settled back into their best behavior. The head king of this school asked all the subjects to line up on the procession grounds and prepare for a royal feast in the royal lunch room. Of course the drama queen was one of the first in line as they waited impatiently for the head king to say GO. Once he pronounced the advancement for the then starving 5th graders, I mean the royal subjects, they moved ahead as if in battle for the food.....and drama queen was left in the dust.

The good news is that the drama queen did not get any bones broken, but is on the side line for a while so her magic wand waving arm can heal.