This is our second year participating in the pinewood derby competition. David made a blue "jet race car" and Maddy made a gray mouse (with curly tail and a wedge of cheese). Once again, David made it to the finals, but unfortunately lost. He still had fun making his car and going to the big race.
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| There's David's car (blue on on the end) |
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| And here they come..... |
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| Waiting for the results |
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| Shaking hands with one of the judges |
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| Kids with their cars |
The kids have been very busy with gymnastics, scouts and Kung Fu this spring.
In January, they had their mini-Olympics show, and did an overnight with scouts at the museum of Science.
In February, the kids learned about making maple syrup with their scouts troops.
In March, they did a Kung Fu demonstration.
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| Maddy working on a flip |
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| David does the parallel bars |
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| Ta-dah! |
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| and Ta-dah! |
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| "Holding up" the world at Museum of Science |
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| Chocolate exhibit at Museum of Science (and NO, those are not real chocolates!) |
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| This is where we "made camp" at the Museum of Science overnight |
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| David learns how to tap a maple tree for syrup |
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| Maddy waits for the bucket to fill with syrup |
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| Maddy at the Kung Fu demo |
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| David at the Kung Fu demo |
We do many fun activities leading up to Christmas, including seeing the holiday lights at the zoo, decorating both the big family tree and each kid's own little tree. The holiday season gets kicked off with a Thanksgiving visit from Auntie DoDo and Uncle Joe and a family picture with "you know who".
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| Reindeer at the zoo |
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| Playing penguin at the zoo |
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| peacock and cow lights at the zoo |
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| Santa at Boston Holiday Market |
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| Visiting with Santa outside of Macy's holiday windows |
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| Maddy's (red) and David's (green) trees |
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| Little stockings (with signs) for some of David & Maddy's animal friends |
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| New nutcracker friend |
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| Ho Ho Ho! |
