Mud, Hair Gel, Corn on the Cob, and more

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The Week In Review
We had a pretty big week. Besides the normal piano lessons, Science Olympiad practices, and soccer practices, we had the annual Science Olympiad Night at the elementary school. All the kids got a chance to demonstrate what they have learned in their practices, and it was a lot of fun. The kids (and parents that helped with it) did a great job.

We had a few soccer games yesterday, each with its own story. We played on the field that had all the standing water last week, and it was very muddy and still had a large puddle at midfield. The ball hardly rolled when it was kicked, it just went a few feet and blorped to a stop. (Blorp is a word, look it up.)

Here are my boots, and K's shoes, after that game. I was tempted to just burn them but that would be wasteful, so I cleaned them instead.



M's game was on a field that was dry, fortunately. His team played well, but wasn't able to hold off a more talented team. Before the game, M wanted to put gel in his hair and make a miniature mohawk. I got some pictures of M actually playing soccer, and this one of him concerning himself with his appearance.


In other more mundane news, we had hamburgers on the grill and corn on the cob for dinner tonight. I don't know where the corn on the cob came from but it was pretty good. On Friday, the boys were eating pizza at a neighbor's, and J and I decided to get some sandwiches from Zingerman's. Great, as usual.

Some Links
There are probably some people who believe the "science" on this page and want to teach it in schools. It reminds me of the lie you tell little kids when they ask where wind comes from - it comes from the tree branches, waving back and forth.

This is a neat concept for a folding table. The website notes that this is not a real table (yet) but maybe someone can make it happen.
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