Kindergarten Egg Drop

Abby's class had an Egg Drop yesterday. They dropped them over their "tunnel" and then graphed the results. They also talked a lot about probability prior to the drop. There are all kinds of neat math concepts you can work in there! :)

Each child had to bring in some kind of packaging with their egg safely wrapped. This was a project I handed over to Matt. He chose a gigantic diaper box, which provided an interesting challenge at the drop. It almost didn't fit through the window! Oops! But it made it through-

And the results? Did it break?

Aha! It turned out this class had great results. 12 safe landings and only 6 broke. Not too shabby. What a fun morning.

My Mother's Day Cards from Abby

Abby was so excited when she got home from school that I got my Mother's Day cards from school right away. They are priceless. You will see what I mean:

(I swear I don't sleep all day! and I don't know where she got the idea that Barnes and Noble is a restaurant but that has come up more than once.)

(Gasp! 39!!!! I think she meant 29! Surely, right?)

Measurements

Do you have a place in your house where you mark your kids' growth? Ours was unplanned. Otherwise, I would have made it much cuter. I am so not kidding. It doesn't help that practically every time, Abby puts her finger in the wet pen after I do it and smears it. Nice. That all said, it is still a neat place to look. Maybe its imperfections make it perfect. Matt was saying once that he actually thinks it was perfect that I did it on the inside of Abby's closet door, because we could always take that with us when we moved if we really wanted to- unlike a wall. Who knows if we would...

So, our official measurements today are Abby is 40 inches tall and Lily is 33. Yup, Abby only has 7 inches on her little sis. However, she has grown a good half an inch in less than four months, which for her is a lot. It explains why all her pants are looking short. Good thing summer is almost here so I can just wait until next school year to buy pants. And Lily just keeps growing too, though she's finally slowing some, thank goodness. What amazing, beautiful girls I have.

Cereal

We've entered a new phase of "bigness" around here. Yup, that's right. Lily can now eat cereal. With milk on it. With a spoon. Isn't she big?

Kindergarten Program

This morning we had the privilege of attending Abby's Kindergarten Program. It is hard to believe that in less than a month, school will be out for Summer. I was just teasing her this weekend that a year ago I was moaning about what I would do without her all day everyday, and now I think it is going to be crazy to have her home all summer!

Here are some highlights from the program this morning (I don't think these Flip videos work on most mobile devices, sorry!):

Abby was selected to do the welcome:

(I think it's because she is so advanced as Grandma D. would say)

Kiss Your Brain:

M & N:

Hip Hop Alphabet