Lincoln's Electricity Report

 Lincoln wanted to get some extra credit in his class, so he asked his teacher if he could do a report on electricity.  It was so much fun learning about electricity and what made things go with him.  We both loved it.  He put together a great report and then did an experiment.  

 Since he sliced his finger with a knife earlier, he needed a little help, so dad was happy to help with the experiment.  

 I didn't get a picture of it, but Lincoln showed an atom on the board and taught about protons, electrons and neutrons.  He told about static electricity and then showed them how electricity could be conducted from a battery to a light bulb.  

It was a pretty cool experiment and report!

Palmer's 4th Grade "Utah" Program

 Palmer learned a lot about Utah this year and then they had a great Utah program.  Palmer opened up the program with the Pledge of Allegiance.

 They sang lots of great songs about Utah and each child taught lots of Utah facts.

 Palmer giving his part.

 Loved this song with drums.

A Little Photo Shoot

 I had a company contact me about doing a giveaway on my other blog a few months ago.  It was for these darling bow ties.  These were some of the pictures that we took.

St. Patrick's Day 2014

 For St. Patrick's Day this year the boys did their traditional Leprechaun Catchers.  I loved Lincoln's that says "gold in here!"

 He even spray painted some pieces of wood gold.  Very tricky.

 Palmer's had arrows and gold glitter glue leading an unsuspecting leprechaun into the trap

 Hunters had a rope that the leprechaun would take to look at what was in the trap and then the scissors would cut the rope and he would be trapped. 

 McKay's had a skinny bridge to go out on and hopefully the leprechaun would fall off.  I loved how every one of the boys had a story and had thought their traps all of the way through.

 They also put out their shoes which we have done since they were small having confused St. Patrick's Day with St. Nicholas Day.  It works for us and is too much a tradition to change now.  The Leprechauns brought them all sorts of green goodies. 

 They also foiled all of their traps leaving their green footprints all over them.

 As a special treat we bought Lucky Charms for breakfast the next morning.  I don't usually buy sugar cereal so it was a big deal.

For dinner that night we had our traditional Irish Soda Bread and Irish Stew.  We always love St. Patrick's Day!