St. Patrick's Day Parade and Science Olympiad

Saturday March 12
Today I volunteered at the regional Science Olympiad competition.  The task I got to judge and supervise was the, "Mission Possible" challenge, where high school kids got to design a device where you drop a coin onto a mousetrap and then do all kinds of neat things and at the end, release a balloon!  It was really neat to see all the designs and teamwork with the kids.
After SO, Greg and the girls met me at the school and we all went downtown for the St. Patrick's Day Parade.  We got there late, but still got to see some of the people marching.  We also walked around the park a bit and rode the carousel horses.

 

After enjoying the park, we walked over to RPS and watched the An Daire Academy of Irish Dance Dancers.  We are thinking of enrolling the girls in classes.  It is something that I always wanted to do, and they really seemed to enjoy watching it... We'll see!  

 http://www.andaire.org/

Fat Tuesday, Hats, Caps, and Feathers, Oh My!

Tuesday, March 8th
For Fat Tuesday / Mardi Gras we had a yummy meal of New Orleans inspired foods.  We had Chicken Gumbo and Multi-colored pasta with crab meat. 

At dinner we talked about the significance of Fat Tuesday and the events leading up to Lent. 
After dinner we took Grandpa Don to the library for story time.  Tonight's theme was Hats and Caps!  We read "Caps for Sale," which is a very fun story, as well as looking at picture books with hats from around the world.  After stories, we made newspaper hats and decorated them.

And played with the straws...

Swim, Capitol, Geocaching, Museum

On our second day in Olympia, we got up early and had breakfast, then went swimming!  The girls LOVE swimming, and it is hard to get them out of the water.

 Geocaching at the State Capitol

 

Us waving at the ducks and fish in Capitol Lake.

Hands On Childrens Museum

While we were in Olympia, we visited the Hands On Childrens Museum.  It was a lot of fun. There were so many fun things to do, we didn't know what to do with ourselves.  :)  There were things to build, pictures to color, painting, "stores" to shop in, dress up, reading, and TONS other things.

 

The Capitol

We were in Olympia, our State's Capitol last weekend, and enjoyed seeing the sights!
The inside of the Legislative building (the main building) was BEAUTIFUL! We went on a short tour, and sat and watched a bit of legislature in progress. We will definitely have to come back and visit when we have more time.

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Mommy and Me Geography: February Postcrossing Summary

February Stats~ 5 received, 10 sent
Received from:
Finland
Japan
Canada
Finland
USA

Sent to:
Nokia, Finland
New Taipei, Taiwan
Angra Do Heroismo, Azores Islands, Portugal
Assen, Netherlands
Vermont, USA
Riga, Latvia
Istanbul, Turkey
Grundau, Germany
Ilmajoki, Finland
Beijing, China