Had a busy but fun day today. First it was off to Tim’s school for field day. The weather was great for it, bright skies and cool temps. They played silly little games that they loved! But mostly they complained that they were hungry and thirsty. More parents than usual turned out which was nice to see- and they planned the lunch schedule for close enough to noon that a lot of working parents were at least able to picnic with the kids afterwards. We had to eat on the baseball field since all the grounds are construction zones. Of course how could the kids resist running the bases? Around and around, kicking up the dirt… right into our faces as we tried to eat.
Then I went to Nick’s school for his Solar Sprints competition. Teams of kids had to design a car that would run on a solar panel, and be able to carry an empty soda can, then they raced them. Because there was no way to know it was going to be such a gorgeous day, they actually ran them indoors, attached to batteries. Nick’s car did very well, but in the end lost to a speedy little thing that didn’t look like it would support a solar panel. To be fair they should have made the cars run with the panels attached, even if they weren’t hooked up- but lesson for today is Life’s Not Fair. When they did take it outside and run it with the panel (which they hadn’t really been able to do yet) it worked perfectly.
They did win 2nd place for craftsmanship and 4th for design. The first place team for design? A group of 4 girls who made a pink & orange tie-dyed car, & wore matching outfits (tie-dyed shirts to match the car, and ribbons in their hair.) I loved it- great to see a lot of girls involved in something this this, and very cool that they prettied things up a bit :curtsey: .