May the Fourth be with You

STAR WARS DAY: I don't know how I managed to go 30-plus years without realizing it, but somehow this year I came to learn that May 4th is Star Wars Day. The meme has apparently been around for years, but now with Facebook and the world all a Twitter, things like that spread more readily. (Oh, and in case it doesn't immediately come to you, today is Star Wars Day because the phrase "May the Force be with you," is uttered in the movies.)

To celebrate the day, we listened to some Star Wars music this morning. At first it was just the usual - theme songs - but then I thought to play MECO's mega hit from 1977, the disco remix of Star Wars music. They got up and shook their tailfeathers to that one.

This afternoon we made good use of what was supposed to be an Easter egg kit. The Star Wars theme was perfect for today! We also had fun with the Star Wars cookie cutters we have, and the lightsaber chopsticks.
The egg kit even came with 3D glasses.
And, naturally, Bee had to sport her Leia buns again today.

FLOWER CHILDREN: The kids whipped out a couple of cards this morning. Annabelle did most of the cutting while CJ wielded the glue stick.

Afterward, we headed to Magnolia Village to get them in the mail. I was glad I decided to skip a stop at Bartell Drugs, as about that time a woman drove her car through the storefront. :0

CASTLES IN THE SAND: This afternoon at science the kids got to play around with sand and clay, making sculptures. Annabelle thoroughly enjoyed it. CJ (Mr. Tactile Sensitive) would have liked it more if he were able to do it without touching the stuff. ;)
As we left school today, Annabelle was proud to spy a color copy of her prize winning Peeps diorama on the bulletin board in the main hall.

GONE TO PIECES: Today Annabelle worked a neat puzzle we got at Goodwill yesterday (I think it is by the same company that made our super cool space shuttle puzzle - Frank Schaffer Publications). It's a castle, and the puzzle is two sided. One side is the castle exterior, the other is the interior, and there are some floating pieces of people.

ROOKIE WATCH: Tonight we're going to the Mariners game. They (hallelujah) have been on a bit of a tear this last week and are only a couple games out of first place (and NO, it's NOT too early to be thinking about that. These games count as much as the ones in September and October). We are going to see rookie sensation (and MLB Rookie of the Month of April) Michael Pineda pitch for the Ms. Pineda is just the third player in club history (that's over 30 years) to win that honor, Ichiro and pitcher Rafael Soriano being the other two.