100 Days of School

Here is Katie John showing off her 100 day crafts. She has the glasses on upside down...

I am hoping to get a photo of her 100 board... but haven't yet. The whole school, especially the 1st graders, celebrates the 100th day of school. They practice counting by 10's to 100 all week. What a good activity!

Jonah's first Pinewood Derby

Jonah's car has been sanded, painted, sanded some more and painted and painted. Finally after weeks of work by both John and Jonah the car weighed in at exactly 5 oz. Perfect! They applied Cars stickers and Jonah named his car Lightning and put on a #95 sticker just like Lighting McQueen. Jonah's car is the red one in lane 3.

Our stake has the aluminum pinewood derby track with a sensored finish line. They have a computer program that tracks the cars and rotates them through each of the four lanes 8 times for a total of 59 heats. So by racing different cars each heat, we got to see how well Jonah's car was doing. We were hoping to place in the top 10 out of 29 cars because of how good his times were.

At the awards ceremony Jonah's car placed 2nd in his wolf den. Yay Jonah!! Overall John thinks that his car was between 5th and 7th fastest. I think that's pretty good for a 1st timer.

Proof positive of #24

Have you seen my random list?

Keira ran by our 100's day project and tripped on the glue gun cord. Of course it was a big wild amazing connection of cheek and gun as both flew through the air and connected in true slow motion movie magic. Lucky us the burn isn't horrible... but still was painful if you ask Keira. I am hoping for no scar.

25 random thoughts, goals or things about me

I posted this on my facebook page... I thought it might make a nice addition to my blog since not all of you are facebookers.

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I really like gardening, seeing things grow. I feel sad when my plants die, like my Christmas cactus.
2. I would love to feel that burning motivation to be organized and then actually BE organized.
3. I am working on up-keeping two blogs.
4. I learned on Sunday that wishing for a better tomorrow is not as satisfying as appreciating what you have in the here and now. I want to apply that more in my life. It was a good reminder.
5. I am glad to be a stay-at-home mom. Thank you John for being a good worker bee!
6. My favorite colors are green and blue.
7. I like the number 3, probably because my birthday is on the 3rd.
8. I believe that big backyards help compensate for a small house.
9. The tv show LOST ... BLEH! It's such an aggravating show.. who can watch it?
10. I have a birthmark on my arm shaped like Australia.
11. I tend to make up words and use them in everyday settings. Such as: melty, sneezy, dustpanner, huggles, squeezy or speedy as in speedy fast
12. Sometimes I'll change the definition of a word that others don't understand. Such as Hefty: meaning strong in my world... but most people think I mean heavy or chunky. Example: I need a hefty guy to come lift this heavy box. You've seen the Hefty bag commercials... Hefty hefty hefty... Wimpy Wimpy Wimpy... Makes sense right?
13. I worked a sub-contracted mail route for 4 years.
14. I really like donuts... it's hard for me to not eat many at a time.
15. If we are having a conversation and you say something and I give you an example of a similar thing about me or someone I know, I'm not trying to one-up you... I'm trying to relate with you the best I can. I think many people in my life misinterpret that about me.
16. I really like instrumental music from movies. The Lion King, the man from snowy river and Armageddon are a few of my favorites.
17. I really liked seeing Celine Dion and Josh Groban in concert. Their voices are divine!
18. I've been to more Chicago concerts than you can guess.
19. Sometimes I vent in the way of complaints... I'm trying to have less complaints, and more thankfulness.
20. I appreciate my many AWESOME friends. A few which I've had for many many years.
21. When I was younger, I used to dream all the time that I could fly. In my dream, I could actually feel the physical elation like I was actually flying. You know that feeling when you go over a hill a little too fast and you get that tickle in your tummy...or that first second of a drop on a roller coaster? something like that... I can still remember the feeling.
22. If I could have a special super power? It would be to find things that were lost. (or fly)
23. I have been a sleep walker my whole life. It drives John a little nuts sometimes.
24. When using a hot glue gun someone always get burned, no matter how careful you are.
25. I am durable.