More on the Titanic

So this was a traveling exhibit that happened to stop in Broomfield this week. It's traveling around the country, so it could be coming to a shopping mall parking lot near you! And it's free! They have about 50 artifacts recovered from the Titanic on display. Before you enter the exhibit, they give you a boarding pass with details about one of the people who was on the Titanic. Then when you get to the end of the exhibit you find out if you survived or not.

The night before we went we read the Magic Treehouse book about the Titanic, which was helpful to the kids. It was pretty eerie looking at some of that stuff, knowing it's been on the bottom of the ocean and belonged to people who died so tragically. Rebecca's person was on his honeymoon and didn't survive. Eva was a 21-year-old heiress, so she made it out okay. Spencer was a 36-year-old third-class passenger, so he didn't make it.

Field Trip to the Titanic

We had a homeschool field trip to the Titanic this week. Here you can see us with the captain in front of the grand staircase. He said we were dressed like third class passengers.

Happy Easter!

This is the "Wide Right" project in the class Ben TAs for this semester. The kids and I went to watch tennis balls get catapulted through goal post uprights. There were about 30 teams and all kinds of interesting designs. The guy in camouflage got down on his knees and hugged his machine when his tennis ball went through the goal posts.

Spencer's car "The Golden Man" was a solid contender at the Pinewood Derby two weeks ago. 
I'm starting a new chapter in my life: T-ball coach. Ben and Eva went on a date yesterday to practice catching and hitting.
The picture below deserves a story. We have a housebound elderly neighbor across the street, and this morning the kids took her some Easter treats. She didn't realize that today was Easter. A little while later, Spencer heard Ginny calling to him from across the street. Spencer went to see what she needed and came running back home, saying, "Girls, come on, Ginny has something she wants to give us." The kids all went running across the street and came home with a very unique Easter gift. It was a Kleenex box with carefully arranged paper towels inside. The paper towels said, "Happy Easter!" in shaky writing. Nestled in the paper towels were three bananas. I think I will always think of Ginny and bananas on Easter from now on.
Here's our little Glam girl who has recently discovered sponge curlers. The older ladies at church tell her that they used to curl their hair just like that when they were kids.