On Friday we headed up to Grand Forks since Brynn had to be at UND at 7:30 AM on Saturday to report for the state LEGO League competition. We thought we would go up early to swim and the hotel and what not. Well, we didn't get going very early so it was already a bit late by the time we got checked into our hotel. The pool area was a little disappointing and we only spent about 10 minutes in the hot tub before returning to our room to get ready for bed.
This portion was their presentation on their core values, but they were surprised with an impromptu LEGO design project.
The Cardinals!
Unfortunately the Cardinals didn't go home with any awards, but they didn't seem too deflated. They did a great job nonetheless!
Right after the day was done, we headed back home. I thought the sunset looked so pretty out my window and I was looking at this photo after I snapped it with my phone and as I looked back up to try and take a better one, the sun was already gone.
Yesterday afternoon we decided to bake some Valentine's cut-out cookies.
Clara made the biggest mess of her life, I swear. She did a good job cutting out her cookies, though.
We couldn't find any Harry Potter valentines to go with Brynn's quidditch box she made, so she picked out Grumpy Cat valentines. After all, nothing says love and valentines like Grumpy Cat! Ha; I think he's so funny.
As Brynn was working on her valentines, Dana's cousin sent me this pic of her daughter's box and valentines. Kelcey's daughter is also really into Harry Potter and so this is the book of monsters, as I understand it, and then a quidditch snitch for the valentine there next to it. (Confession: I have not actually read any of the Harry Potter books and I have only seen the first movie, so I'm not always hip to the jive on all things Potter.) Anyhow, I loved that she shared that with us and thought it was so creative! Brynn received a bit of bad news about her V-day box today; they aren't to be bringing boxes to class this year, I guess. She was pretty bummed, of course.
My sleepy lil piglet. hehe.
Tonight Clara FaceTimed with Seymour...and Grandpa and Grandma, too. ;-)
Of course no one slept very well, as always seems to be the case when we stay in a hotel. Brynn was up and ready to compete in the morning, though. Dana dropped her off and then came back to pick up Clara and me. The morning consisted of presentations on the team's robot design, core values and research project. The presentations were very interesting for Dana and me to watch and the kids did such a good job. Clara didn't find it as interesting and was over it all pretty quickly. That and she was lacking sleep. :-/
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This portion was their presentation on their core values, but they were surprised with an impromptu LEGO design project.
Their research project was on the effects of radiation and their idea was to incorporate metal into astronauts' suits to deflect radiation.
The afternoon was the actual robotics competitions, just like we watched at the regional level.
The Cardinals!
Unfortunately the Cardinals didn't go home with any awards, but they didn't seem too deflated. They did a great job nonetheless!
Right after the day was done, we headed back home. I thought the sunset looked so pretty out my window and I was looking at this photo after I snapped it with my phone and as I looked back up to try and take a better one, the sun was already gone.
When I walking down the hall during teaching Sunday school yesterday, I took note of the door that Clara usually exits which leads to their outdoor play area. With the nasty weather last week, I knew they hadn't been able to play outside and when I saw the state of the playground with so much snow, I figured it might be a while yet before they get out there. However, I was talking to Clara's teacher at pick-up today and she said it was all clear for them today so they were excited to be back out there.
Yesterday afternoon we decided to bake some Valentine's cut-out cookies.
Clara made the biggest mess of her life, I swear. She did a good job cutting out her cookies, though.
We couldn't find any Harry Potter valentines to go with Brynn's quidditch box she made, so she picked out Grumpy Cat valentines. After all, nothing says love and valentines like Grumpy Cat! Ha; I think he's so funny.
As Brynn was working on her valentines, Dana's cousin sent me this pic of her daughter's box and valentines. Kelcey's daughter is also really into Harry Potter and so this is the book of monsters, as I understand it, and then a quidditch snitch for the valentine there next to it. (Confession: I have not actually read any of the Harry Potter books and I have only seen the first movie, so I'm not always hip to the jive on all things Potter.) Anyhow, I loved that she shared that with us and thought it was so creative! Brynn received a bit of bad news about her V-day box today; they aren't to be bringing boxes to class this year, I guess. She was pretty bummed, of course.
My sleepy lil piglet. hehe.
Tonight Clara FaceTimed with Seymour...and Grandpa and Grandma, too. ;-)
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