Busy, busy, busy, that's me! Friday, the kids participated in a homeschool UFO building contest hosted by a local family. Each kid built a UFO out of whatever they wanted and had to present them to the group. This was such an excellent way to incorporate public speaking into our homeschool!
This is one of our friends, presenting his IFO, or identified flying object. He built an airplane. I loved it so much I gave it the "Most Unidentified" prize at the end.
Here is E presenting her UFO. Each UFO needed to be measured, weighed, and described on entry forms. After each presentation there was a question and answer period for each kid. The most popular question was, "How fast can it go?" followed by "How slow can it go?"
S's UFO won the "Largest UFO" prize. Grandad wasn't too sure about letting S glue his vegetable steamer to a cardboard box, even though the steamer is broken. I promised to buy him a new one. Some of the kids had real lights and moving parts!
IJ, looks handsome in his "homeschool field trip" outfit that I make him wear when his laundry hasn't been done. See his new haircut? Remember how he feels about having his hair cut? That is why there are no pictures of him in the cherry tree a few days ago. He still wasn't speaking to me. Anyway, his UFO has old CD's for shields and a...
...gun that actually works. He won the "Most Guns" prize because he had the most guns that actually shoot something. The boys who imagined guns on their UFO's didn't like that IJ's two blow guns won to their 10,000 guns. This was such a fun event!
