This morning was spent at Upward Basketball games including team picture day. We were there by 8:20 this a.m. and the day was a good one! Madison's team, the Lady Tigers, played the Lady Hoosiers and won 24-22. Madison scored 12 points including the winning basket. This picture of her was taken right at the beginning of the game... she was shhhhh'ing Tony so that he wouldn't coach her from the fan section. : ) If you dbl click on the picture it will enlarge but it's also pretty grainy because of the lighting in the gym. Quinn's team, the Sharks, played the Cobras and also won 30-16. Quinn had 6 points and played well defensively. It's amazing how much they improve from year to year.
Madison had Flames soccer practice from 12-1:30. It's now on Saturdays and off of Thursdays. There will be some Saturdays when basketball will conflict but I think it should be OK most of the time. She and Peyton actually weren't looking forward to going today. They were worried about all the running and sprinting they've been doing lately at practice. Ha!
Quinn had a bowling birthday party from 3:45-6pm tonight for Nicholas and Alex Reverman. They turned 8 and he's been buddies with them since pre-school and their mom took Quinn to preschool. He had a good time and said the boys were happy with their skateboards.
Madison and I worked on her Science Fair project this afternoon. Both of the kids are now done... but we have to get them on their display boards yet. She tested several different types of ear plugs to see which ones blocked the sound the best. She also decided to test a cotton ball and a little marshmallow too. We used a sound meter and guess what she found out?? The marshmallow actually lowered the sound level by the most decibles out of all of the ones tested. Soooo, save your money on ear plugs and just go for the marshmallows! That was a fun and very unexpected outcome.
It is still FREEZING and BITTERLY cold! They were calling for more snow but I honestly think it's too cold to snow. Right now it's 2 degrees outside and they say the windchill is around -30. Tony took the recyclables in today and thought he got frostbite on his ears (I guess he forgot his hat?). It's a good evening to stay in and sit by the fire. I made a chocolate cake for lunch/dessert at Beppe and Pakka's tomorrow. The Slabach's are coming for lunch and also Darren Miller and Raeann. The kids are hoping to go sledding in the back yard but I don't know how long they'll be able to stay outside. We'll see...
Well, that's all for tonight. The day went fast and we kept quite busy as usual.
Love to all, Leah
Madison had Flames soccer practice from 12-1:30. It's now on Saturdays and off of Thursdays. There will be some Saturdays when basketball will conflict but I think it should be OK most of the time. She and Peyton actually weren't looking forward to going today. They were worried about all the running and sprinting they've been doing lately at practice. Ha!
Quinn had a bowling birthday party from 3:45-6pm tonight for Nicholas and Alex Reverman. They turned 8 and he's been buddies with them since pre-school and their mom took Quinn to preschool. He had a good time and said the boys were happy with their skateboards.
Madison and I worked on her Science Fair project this afternoon. Both of the kids are now done... but we have to get them on their display boards yet. She tested several different types of ear plugs to see which ones blocked the sound the best. She also decided to test a cotton ball and a little marshmallow too. We used a sound meter and guess what she found out?? The marshmallow actually lowered the sound level by the most decibles out of all of the ones tested. Soooo, save your money on ear plugs and just go for the marshmallows! That was a fun and very unexpected outcome.
It is still FREEZING and BITTERLY cold! They were calling for more snow but I honestly think it's too cold to snow. Right now it's 2 degrees outside and they say the windchill is around -30. Tony took the recyclables in today and thought he got frostbite on his ears (I guess he forgot his hat?). It's a good evening to stay in and sit by the fire. I made a chocolate cake for lunch/dessert at Beppe and Pakka's tomorrow. The Slabach's are coming for lunch and also Darren Miller and Raeann. The kids are hoping to go sledding in the back yard but I don't know how long they'll be able to stay outside. We'll see...
Well, that's all for tonight. The day went fast and we kept quite busy as usual.
Love to all, Leah
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