Nail Bed

Matt made a nail bed to demonstrate pressure in his High School Physics class.

(and also to demonstrate what an awesome teacher he is!)

This was the test run in our backyard.

Bed of Nails

 In Matt's Physics class he wanted to build a bed of nails to demonstrate pressure. He has spent the past two weekends putting it together. Tonight he put it through a test run. He tried it first, then gave each of the kids a turn.  (It took a little cajoling) but each of the girls tried it.

Savannah

Isabelle

 Adam stood on the inside of the sliding door with it pushed firmly shut. He refused even to come outside and wanted nothing to do with Matt's offer to try it. Wish i had gotten a picture. : )

Halloween fun

These pictures ended up in almost reverse order. I'm learning a new program and couldn't figure how to switch them. It's a good thing it is more convenient"! Lol. Anyway. We carved pumpkins two days before Halloween. We love this tradition and it is especially fun as our kids get older. 

Adam only wanted an "A" on his. No face. Just an "A".

Savannah did hers mostly by herself this year! She gets braces tomorrow!

Isabelle. We were glad she felt well enough to participate. She has been sick and missed almost a week of school.

The finished product. L to R Isabelle, Dude, Savannah, Matt (he didn't care about the carving so much as harvesting the seeds from the pumpkins! Somehow we lost his lid in the cleanup.), and Tricia.

Gooey mess = lots of fun!

Now go back through the pictures and see what Abby was doing in almost every one. Lol. Silly dog.