Andrew's science fair experiment was to test different kinds of sleeping positions. He had to show examples of himself doing the experiment. So here he is demonstrating sleeping on his back, on his tummy, in the fetal position and on his side.
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I also helped him by putting a poll on my Twitter account, and 382 people weighed in, with more than half saying that their favorite position was their side. As Andrew tried to sleep in the different positions at night – for example flat on his back — he said he felt tired the next morning.
He concluded side sleeping is best.
Then, we got a trifold for James because his class made inventions for things that were supposed to fill a need. He said he needed to find a way to sort candy, so he made this candy sorter.
The smaller Skittles went down the ramp and through a hole into a container, while the larger peanut M&Ms continued past the hole on the ramp into another container. This took a lot of experimenting and learning that it's ok to try try again and keep working at something instead of expecting it to work right away. (This is code for we had some tears at our house.)
But he was proud to show it off to his classmates.
Parents were invited to see the inventions.
Valentines Day was fun — here are the creations the kids took to their classrooms.
JB helped in Millie's first grade class with her Valentines Day classroom party. I had a mandatory work training that day but I am grateful I have been able to go to other classroom parties in the past, and glad JB got to help. Kids need dads! I cut out a hundred of these small hearts and the kids made heart banners with yarn.
Millie also had a dance "informance" at school, where they danced out science concepts.
And, speaking of classes, Millie started a tumbling class and she loves it. She's doing handstands and cartwheels all the time now.
