It has been a very long week.
I spent Mother's Day catching up on work.
(not what I had planned; I really wanted a good book and a nap. I plan on taking a make-up Mother's Day sometime in June)
Monday is a work day, followed by rehearsal with the Elementary School kids for their play, then a quick run to piano lessons
and then we had
Tacey's Choir Concert.
Tacey's Choir Concert.
She enjoys the all-girl choir at school.
I had thought she would lean more toward the Show Choir as she has spent a great deal of her life dancing.
However, she loves the difficulty of the this more classical format and the concentration on the music.
I was both surprised and pleased.
She is a Soprano; big surprise; NOT!
She has been given her choice of any of the Advanced Choirs at the High School next year.
Not a bad position to be in;
gives her the freedom to choose what fits best into her schedule.
That is important for someone who is planning on being a
DOCTOR.
Glad she will be able to support me in my old age!
Not a bad position to be in;
gives her the freedom to choose what fits best into her schedule.
That is important for someone who is planning on being a
DOCTOR.
Glad she will be able to support me in my old age!
After the Choir Concert we came home to work on a Project for Dallin.
That will be discussed later in the week . . .
Tuesday was another work day, followed by more rehearsal, then off to watch some of Tacey's friends in the end of the year Ballroom Dance team concert.
It was a very nice concert.
This is Tacey's friend Josh in a Cabaret number. It was his final dance. He dedicated it to all those who serve in the Armed Forces. That is appropriate since he is a member of the National Guard.
Tacey and I have decided this is one of the best songs . . . EVER!
Then it was home to work on Dallin's project some more.
He was a little behind in his school work, and hadn't done well on the stuff he had done when he was sick the week before.
So there was a bit of a meltdown because of the pressure.
In our house that means four letters;
He was a little behind in his school work, and hadn't done well on the stuff he had done when he was sick the week before.
So there was a bit of a meltdown because of the pressure.
In our house that means four letters;
M.G.Y.B.
In other words;
Mom's Got Your Back
That means, he did his homeowork with a Cheerleader Mom next to him.
Then he went to bed and Mom worked on the display for his project until the early hours of the morning.
Then he went to bed and Mom worked on the display for his project until the early hours of the morning.
Then came Wednesday.
There was work, but before the work there was another several hours of work on the display.
(Seriously, the display took 4 1/2 to 5 hours. The project itself? 30 minutes, MAYBE.)
After work there was more rehearsal, a trip for a weekly appointment,
and back to get ready for the
TECH EXPO
very big deal in the world of Dallin.
The Tech Expo was put on by the Gifted & Talented Program in the school district.
Not everyone was asked to participate, but Dallin was.
Several VOLUNTEERED to participate,
and it is probable that Dallin would have volunteered as well,
but it was super-cool to be singled out and ASKED to re-create one of the projects he had done earlier in the year.
Not everyone was asked to participate, but Dallin was.
Several VOLUNTEERED to participate,
and it is probable that Dallin would have volunteered as well,
but it was super-cool to be singled out and ASKED to re-create one of the projects he had done earlier in the year.
So, what was this project?
It had to do with alternate forms of energy.
Orginally, hit lit a light bulb using a Lemon.
Yep.
A LEMON.
For the Tech Expo he expanded that to include a potato and a pickle and used a volt meter instead of a light bulb.
He tried all of them at home, recorded and tracked the results, and then
Mom made a display.
Dallin was the one on the spot at that evening though.
He had to present and explain his project to everyone who came by. He had to help them recreate it himself.
Public Speaking
Dallin
*yikes*
Can I say
AGAIN
that this kid never ceases to
AMAZE
me.
He was
INCREDIBLE!
So, we named to project
'Dead Battery got you in a PICKLE?'
Mainly because the pickle was
by far
the best conductor.
On the left it explains what a Battery is; how it works.
Underneath that you have the chart of the lemon experiment.
It shows the volts using several different types of conductors; steel, zinc, thin copper and thick copper.
On the right it tells what he used in his exhibit and why the lemon, potato and pickle worked just like a battery.
It also charts the potato.
Then it asks a question;
"What do you think the
PICKLE JUICE
will do?"
In the center is the chart for the pickle itself,
and the title of the project.
He had a lemon, potato and pickle there
as well as the volt meter
and the bowl of pickle juice.
Everyone came to support Dallin,
but McCade had the most fun.
He spent the night fighting with a radio controlled robot someone had made
and riding this hovercraft one of Dallin's friends had made.
It was a little bit unbalanced so it didn't hover very well,
but it did hover!
Back to Dallin . . .
He really explained his project well
everyone was very interested!
As well as impressed.
He let them do the experiment themselves.
And in the end he got VERY creative!
He used himself as a battery.
He is very conductive.
Thursday was not a work day, but I did go
CRAZY at the GYM!
I haven't been working out the way I had been.
So, I walked a mile UP HILL on the treadmill,
then took a Yoga Class
then took a Zumba Class,
then stayed for an extra Ab workout taught by the Zumba instructor.
Three workouts in one day.
Does that mean I am done for the week?
Then more rehearsal with the little kids.
After that I had church stuff that took most of the night.
Friday:
Tacey left for an over night trip with the school music department
I cleaned,
had rehearsal,
sent Shane and the Boys off to a Boy Scout
overnight campout.
I tried to talk him into taking the dog,
but that didn't happen.
So I was alone,
well almost - the dog was home.
It was quiet.
Silent.
I should have done something crazy,
or productive,
I fell asleep.
Lame.
Danielle
He used himself as a battery.
He is very conductive.
Thursday was not a work day, but I did go
CRAZY at the GYM!
I haven't been working out the way I had been.
So, I walked a mile UP HILL on the treadmill,
then took a Yoga Class
then took a Zumba Class,
then stayed for an extra Ab workout taught by the Zumba instructor.
Three workouts in one day.
Does that mean I am done for the week?
Then more rehearsal with the little kids.
After that I had church stuff that took most of the night.
Friday:
Tacey left for an over night trip with the school music department
I cleaned,
had rehearsal,
sent Shane and the Boys off to a Boy Scout
overnight campout.
I tried to talk him into taking the dog,
but that didn't happen.
So I was alone,
well almost - the dog was home.
It was quiet.
Silent.
I should have done something crazy,
or productive,
I fell asleep.
Lame.
Danielle
