On Thursday evening, we participated in RJ's school's STEM night. The organizers put together a variety of STEM activities in 11 classrooms. For the first activity, we stuck with RJ's assigned activity and did cup stacking. Instead of speed stacking, the goal was to make a tall structure. Ryleigh and RJ started separately, but it didn't take long to figure out that if they cooperated and shared cups, their tower could be taller.
The next activity we were able to choose, and RJ selected bridge building out of pasta, rubber bands, and tape. Ryleigh's "bridge" was one of the first ones done.
Friday evening we headed to downtown Norfolk to enjoy Centerville night at the Norfolk Admirals hockey game. We made it two periods before the crankiness started kicking in.
We then traveled a few blocks to the Marriott to use the free night Jip and I had won at his ship's party last year. We all crashed almost as soon as our heads hit the pillows. The next morning the kids and Jip took a dip in the freezing swimming pool before hitting the hot tub for a few minutes to warm back up. We then dried off and headed to breakfast. We were back home and unpacked by 10:15. It was a fun little staycation!
Sunday evening was reserved for working on Valentines. Ryleigh has her party tomorrow, and RJ's is Tuesday. We stuck to ideas we have used before and decided to do straws for Ryleigh's class and Wiki Stix for RJ's class.
Ryleigh enjoyed breaking into the extra Wiki Stix.
This week, Jip and I will be attending the ship's annual birthday bash. The party is on a school night this year, so the kids are going to stay home with a babysitter. They are already so excited. Jip and I are excited too--if we can kick this cold that is kicking us in the tushies. Hopefully we are on the road to recovery!
As always, pics to come of our week. Until next time, cheers!
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