Math Competition

This morning Grace competed in the Math team competition.

They didn't win, but she had a good experience.

Raingutter Regatta

Last Wednesday for pack meeting we had a Raingutter Regatta. 

Isaac was excited to participate. He came up with the idea for his boat on his own and then I helped with the drawing and outlining, but he did most of the painting and coloring in. Mike helped with sanding and adding the rudder and keel. We had a good time working on the boat with him.

It was funny because when Isaac was trying to come up with a name for his boat while he was working on it, he first thought of Poke boat...but then we laughed because that sounded like a slow boat. He ended up deciding to call it the Pika boat.

The boys with their boats

(We do actually have quite a few more boys in our pack, but this just ended up being a week when many of them were out of town or had other plans.)

 They used straws on some of the heats and just blew on the other ones.

In Isaac's first race, he was blowing on the boat instead of the said...

once he figured it out, he did quite well coming in 2nd place overall.

 After the boys raced, they got to race their siblings.

Grace's hair trailed in the water as she blew :)

It was a nice pack meeting and Isaac had a great time!

I personally prefer it to the Pinewood Derby.

It seems that the success of the boat really rests on the boy and how he blows

rather than on how well it is engineered...and there are no wheels :)

Math Team and All-County Chorus

Grace was on the math team this year and she made All-County Chorus. Both events were held on the same day (April 28th...yes I am way behind here, I know...but I'm catching up!)...thankfully they were at schools right across the street from each other!

Math Team Grace

All-County Chorus Grace

(this is a dress that Grace has been waiting and

waiting and waiting to fit into...

it's a trophy wife creation!)

WOW

Noah and Dallin are doing swim team this summer. They swim with the Waves of Westlake, otherwise known as WOW.

We got off to a bumpy start. When they started swim practices before school ended, the practices were in the evening and it was NOT warm, but the boys stuck to it and are doing great. I can already see huge improvements in their swimming and in their stamina.

So far they have participated in time trials and in one swim meet. They both did well.

Dallin did a 25m freestyle and a 25m backstroke. Noah swam a 50m butterfly.

(he had only learned the butterfly 2 days before.)

He was nervous, but we told him that all we wanted from him was to finish the swim and not give up. We were so proud of both of them as they finished their events. We are looking forward to their next swim meet and hope that their confidence will only grow as they continue to practice.

Chess Tournament

Noah and Dallin competed in their first chess tournament this morning. It was a great learning experience for them. They played 4 rounds. Noah had 2 losses and 2 stalemates ... Dallin had 2 losses and 2 wins.They were a little disappointed that they didn't get a medal or a trophy, but they did well for their first time and we are proud of them.