Catapult vs Tribuchet

Its really fun being a handyman dad during the science fair. Yes even though Jacob is only in first grade, at this charter school he to must participate with a science project or a model. He wanted to do a model of a catapult.

So we went to the best video authority I could think of for catapult's - the 3rd movie out of ht eLord of the Rings Trilogy, Return of the King. Not only did Jacobget to see catapults in action but he also got to see trebuchets - which really got his atention. This last weekend we bulit one and he learned so many lessons: leverage, counterweights, saftey, and triangulation - not to mention the importance of planning and assembling things methodically.

The best part is on Monday we got to use is and launched over 10 ballons until it broke. Check out these pictures!

Last 24 hours

• Fri night -attend school poetry and song presentation. Boyz did great!
• Sat morning - Christine drives off to Bakersfield for her cousin's baby shower, I make breakfast for the boyz and clean the kitchen
• Late morning - Jacob and I head out to the garage to work on his Science Project, we are building a trebuchet designed to lauch water balloons over 100 feet
• noon - Make lunch
• 1pm - leave for AWANA - Spark-A-Rama (AWANA Olympics) - the boyz did great and got 2nd place
• 3pm - grocery store
• 3:30PM - hardware store for more wood and bolts for the trebuchet
• 5PM - friend's hose for dinner (thank God for the Riley family!)
• 8:30PM - got kids in bed.

Today was so fast and I am tired! All I have to say is: "My wife is my hero!"

Is the baby coming today?!

Last night my wife and I attended our first LaMaze class. Before we went to bed I inflated the birthing ball. This morning I was greeted with that question from my oldest son as he was holding the birthing ball. He had a huge smile on his face and a look of excitement.

What a fun time!

Pulling out teeth

Jacob is loosing teeth so fast. He lost one top tooth a few days ago and the other top one is ready to go.

In the middle of one of his construction projects he pulled out a tooth while trying to tear a piece of tape by biting it. The funny part is this was a bottom tooth, he still had the loose top tooth. So he was set on getting this pulled and wanted to try the STRING method.

I tied some dental floss to his top tooth and he walked around for a while playing with the string and tugging on it, but it eventually slipped off. Of course he wanted to try it again. This time I decided to do something slightly different.
I tied the string to the top tooth, and then took the other end of the string and tied it to his right arm. I knew he would eventually forget that his right arm was bound to his tooth and he would pull it out himself. It turns out that 2 minutes later he lost his tooth whem I threw a toy to him to catch.

What memories! Now we get to enjoy the 'TH' lisp he will have for the next few weeks.