Edison and a bunch of other Ridgecrest fourth graders traveled down to Des Moines for a regional "Math is Cool" competition. They had a lot of fun competing and eating pizza.
Eli, Zack, Alex, Edison and Tristan.
The "College Bowl" portion. They compete in a team of four against a team from another school. Edison was in his element as speed and accuracy was rewarded. The Ridgecrest team won the room.
Anxiously awaiting the awards ceremony. Edison ended up winning "highest individual score" for Ridgecrest students.
With coach, Annie, wrapping up the system.
Johanna competed in Shoreline Serves volleyball against the Shorewood High School Staff. We dominated! It helped that I was cheering from the sidelines and was just there to be a body in case someone had to exit the game.
Edison and Charlotte had a big swim meet this weekend at the fastest pool in this region of the U.S., King County Aquatic Center. I used to come down to this pool for big meets, like the high school state meet. It was fun to be back! They both got several best times at the meet. Unfortunately, I was a timer during Charlotte's races so I was unable to take pictures or video. But here are some shots from Edison's meet.
50 Back:
50 Breast Stroke
50 Freestyle
100 IM
Charlotte dropped time in her 50 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke & 50 Freestyle. She placed 1st in 8U for 50 Breaststroke and 5th in the 50 Free!!!
Karen and Frank are visiting at the cabin for the weekend. We had a pajamas-until-noon kind of morning and followed it up with a snowshoe up the ridge over "Chumstick Pass." Parts of this were pretty steep and the March snow was pretty melty. But it was definitely worth it to get out there and take in the view of the valley below.
Edison had a couple big school moments in early March. He conducted a science project (How does the angle at which a Nerf gun is held affect the distance the projectile travels?) and earned a 4+ on it by being detail oriented and methodical. Woo Hoo
Edison also participated in the Shoreline Math Olympiad. He had a lot of fun. His team won 3rd place in 5th grade math (even though they're in fourth grade - since they're learning fifth grade math). Not pictured - Eli.
Edison also scored 3rd place individually in math amongs all kids competing in 5th grade (again, having to "play up"). It was so awesome to see him in his element. He is receiving the medal from our Superintendent, Rebecca Miner.
With buddies, Zack and Tomas.
My Aunt Deborah and Uncle David came to visit while they were in town. It was so lovely to spend the evening with them.
Reed is continuing to love LFP Montessori. Here he is on a rollerskating field trip with his classmates.
We drove the six hours from Whistler to the cabin after finishing a full day at Whistler because we just had to keep on skiing! It was fun to spend some more time at the cabin and the kids rocked it on the sledding hill - check out the little video.
Earlier in the break we shared an amazing lunch (shout out to Kim) with the the Hanson family. Our kids reconnected quickly and it was lovely to catch up.
