KERPLUNK: We did math and music first this morning. The kids were pretty quick to plunk out their homework tune - "Willum" a song with African American roots about a man with seven sons. They also copied a few note cards, all featuring E#.Math is more review - they're down to just a few pages in their math book. They'll be glad when this book is done. They're pretty sick of doing x3 and x2 problems.
AFTERSHOCKS: The earthquake and tsunami that pummeled Japan are still a hot topic around here, of course. The kids have seen the devastating photos and videos on the news and we talk about what happened and what is still going on.
Today, the kids colored a couple of tsunami and earthquake related mini posters.
Annabelle did the one above. You can see she didn't color it so much as edit and embellish it. CJ colored a page with waves. He called it "Tsunami Row." He said the biggest wave is Super Tsunami, hence the ST on its chest. He also pointed out that he "gave it a mohawk." Interesting. 
While we didn't have any full fledged natural disasters at MPA today, we did have some WILD weather. We had the hardest, longest hail I've seen in my 45 years. It happened while the kids were at music class. While lightning and thunder were crashing simultaneously overhead, hail was raining down in sheets. Within two minutes the yard, alley, surrounding rooftops - everything - was covered in white pellets the size of peas.
While we didn't have any full fledged natural disasters at MPA today, we did have some WILD weather. We had the hardest, longest hail I've seen in my 45 years. It happened while the kids were at music class. While lightning and thunder were crashing simultaneously overhead, hail was raining down in sheets. Within two minutes the yard, alley, surrounding rooftops - everything - was covered in white pellets the size of peas. It was SO LOUD! Here's a short video of the beginning of the icy assault.
It was bad for Northwest standards - but nothing compared to this hailstorm in Georgia I found on YouTube. Talk about hailing golfballs - yikes!
It was bad for Northwest standards - but nothing compared to this hailstorm in Georgia I found on YouTube. Talk about hailing golfballs - yikes!
And because I'm Facebook friends with the National Weather Service, I learned our area had a severe weather warning. Quoting the warning (issued IN ALL CAPS OF COURSE), "NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...THUS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE A FUNNEL CLOUD."
Fortunately, we didn't see any twisters!
Fortunately, we didn't see any twisters!
This one's short. I'm heading out to see DEVO.
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