I co-coached this Jr. Lego League team with Robert (The MuscleCar Place was also lead sponsor!)
We were reviewed and displayed our work at the State FLL Championship at ISU. It was so neat to see what the FLL (next level) are doing with robotics. These kids did great. It is really, really, REALLY hard for a bunch or 8-9 years old boys who love Legos to build together. Individual builds are a cake walk, but co-building is so hard! They don't know it now, but half of college work will be with teams so this is needed work. Also, the amount of "bathroom" work talk that happened in 1 hour was immense. And they also stink... sweaty post lunch/recess basketball or football sweat mingled with I need to poop, toots are making me re-think my 1-2:00 pm time slot.
We had Audrey for a quick little night-over. I put her to work, making her own pizza for dinner.
Then Audrey and Noelle drew, while Dallas read.
Lynne and I went to a Sip and Craft type event at Reiman Gardens. The craft was this alcohol based painting. We lit it on fire. Pretty awesome. And I am impressed that it passed ISU safety standards. Drink cocktails with ladies and they give you fire!
Post Jr. Lego League creation. Since our season is over, we have turned our weekly meetings into club time and are building things we want!
Lunch has turned into scenes like this. Everyone reading while they eat.
Oh, and have you heard. We bought a General Lee, well, TMCP bought it. For tax and marketing purposes only. We are not getting attached to this car! It makes Robert really happy.
Sometimes I go out with Robert and he takes me to his office and I watch him work, while I eat the dark chocolate from the receptionists desk.
More reading. When he reaches 10,000 pages read we get to pick out a new game for our Nintendo.
I won a trophy for my cooking!
This dog has really mellowed out the last week or so. At first I thought maybe somebody switched out a dog for ours, then I was super concerned he was sick or something. I hope we have finally turned corner...
This little lady has finished another homeschool book!
We have been watching some basketball every Saturday, cheering on our favorite coach (in the background) and Player #4. I am guessing this is our last season of Upwards and Dallas will likely move on to the Ames rec league next year.
