Monday, February 25, 2008
Blue and Gold, Fried Chicken, Proton Pack
We had our parent/teacher conference with Pierce's teacher on Friday. Overall he's doing well -he's at a 4th grade reading level, helpful and polite in class, and few behavioral problems. Unfortunately, he has also inherited most of my school predispositions -he doesn't pay attention in class if the subject doesn't interest him, and he's not a fan of math.
His teacher suggested we work with him on arithmetic to get him moving forward -currently he's one of the last to turn in his assignments. Its surprising, because when he finished kindergarten he had a pretty good grasp on arithmetic and had started multiplication and division. He seems to have regressed a little.
Nora is going to start working with him using flashcards and over the weekend I loaded "Math Blasters" on our arcade machine. Its a terrific program that uses math as the "tool" the hero-character uses to beat the bad guys. After struggling initially, Pierce seems to have fallen in love with the game -so hopefully this will help. Anna's very interested in watching the game, so maybe she'll take a stab at it too.
Pierce's cub scout Blue and Gold banquet was Friday night. Nora and a few of the other Scout Moms spent a lot of time making a "Tiger" cake to donate to the cake raffle. It was by far the most impressive cake of the bunch (it looked like a combination of the Tiger scout insignia and the Pink Panther). It was made from, I think, 6 different round cakes pasted together with icing.
At the banquet Pierce got his official Tiger badge and Nora got a Tiger pin (the pin is a thank you for all the hard work the Mom's put in). We also saw the rest of the pack get their new badges and the Weebloes receive their "Arrow of Light" award. It was a fairly long evening -Anna brought her L-Max with her and it kept her pretty occupied. Ultimately we won one of the cakes in the raffle and Pierce in inadvertently picked the one we were going to get by dragging his stomach across the side of it...
Last week we went to a local Chinese restaurant, Andy's Wok, and it turns out Pierce and Anna both like their fried chicken wings. Pierce and Anna are not usually big chicken eaters, so this came as a surprise to me. In an attempt to capitalize on the situation, Nora made oven-baked fried chicken using Corn Flakes as the "breading". Anna helped Nora with the "shaking and baking" and both kids did some pretty good eating for dinner. So I think we'll be adding that dish to our menu of frequently-served items.
I've been working on creating the master-mold for the thermoform Ghostbuster Proton packs I'm hoping to sell on eBay. The bottom portion, the Cyclotron, got finished Sunday night. With a little luck I'll get the thermoform frame completed this week and be able to cast a couple of molds next weekend. Since I'm already thinking of how I'd like to spend the money I can get for these packs on eBay, I'm hoping this works out well. Stay tuned for pictures of my attempts.
-Eric (Dad)
His teacher suggested we work with him on arithmetic to get him moving forward -currently he's one of the last to turn in his assignments. Its surprising, because when he finished kindergarten he had a pretty good grasp on arithmetic and had started multiplication and division. He seems to have regressed a little.
Nora is going to start working with him using flashcards and over the weekend I loaded "Math Blasters" on our arcade machine. Its a terrific program that uses math as the "tool" the hero-character uses to beat the bad guys. After struggling initially, Pierce seems to have fallen in love with the game -so hopefully this will help. Anna's very interested in watching the game, so maybe she'll take a stab at it too.
Pierce's cub scout Blue and Gold banquet was Friday night. Nora and a few of the other Scout Moms spent a lot of time making a "Tiger" cake to donate to the cake raffle. It was by far the most impressive cake of the bunch (it looked like a combination of the Tiger scout insignia and the Pink Panther). It was made from, I think, 6 different round cakes pasted together with icing.
At the banquet Pierce got his official Tiger badge and Nora got a Tiger pin (the pin is a thank you for all the hard work the Mom's put in). We also saw the rest of the pack get their new badges and the Weebloes receive their "Arrow of Light" award. It was a fairly long evening -Anna brought her L-Max with her and it kept her pretty occupied. Ultimately we won one of the cakes in the raffle and Pierce in inadvertently picked the one we were going to get by dragging his stomach across the side of it...
Last week we went to a local Chinese restaurant, Andy's Wok, and it turns out Pierce and Anna both like their fried chicken wings. Pierce and Anna are not usually big chicken eaters, so this came as a surprise to me. In an attempt to capitalize on the situation, Nora made oven-baked fried chicken using Corn Flakes as the "breading". Anna helped Nora with the "shaking and baking" and both kids did some pretty good eating for dinner. So I think we'll be adding that dish to our menu of frequently-served items.
I've been working on creating the master-mold for the thermoform Ghostbuster Proton packs I'm hoping to sell on eBay. The bottom portion, the Cyclotron, got finished Sunday night. With a little luck I'll get the thermoform frame completed this week and be able to cast a couple of molds next weekend. Since I'm already thinking of how I'd like to spend the money I can get for these packs on eBay, I'm hoping this works out well. Stay tuned for pictures of my attempts.
-Eric (Dad)
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