Happy Mother's Day!

A few months ago I attended my Aunt Marcia's funeral.  She is an amazing woman and has touched so many lives.  She inspires me to try to be a genuinely kind and Christlike person.  One of the things that she was quoted as saying,

"There is no one way to be a perfect mother but there are a million ways to be a good one."

Thank you to my good mother, my good mother-in-law, my good sisters, my good sisters-in-law, my good friends, and my Good Ella.  I love you all and hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day.

School Days

Ella has had a few projects going on in school.  Her 2nd grade class did a "Mini Society". Each student got "Burrito Bucks" by doing jobs...like presenting their poems to a Kindergarten Class, etc.  Each student also needed to have a business which provided a service or sold an item.  Ella decided to do a Bean Bag Toss. It cost $2 to play and you got a treat for playing.  If you got any number of bean bags into a hole then you got an additional treat.  The Mini Society was held each Tuesday afternoon for 4 weeks.  This gave the students an opportunity to adjust their business plan.  Ella's business did very well.  There was usually a line at her business.  Each student gave a brief business presentation prior to the opening of the society.  Ella usually had her eye on something she wanted to purchase like...a pet rock, origami, paper plate ping pong, puff ball shooter, etc.  With a suggestion from Dad, she decided to change it up on the last day.  The first 4 students to get all 3 bean bags in a hole would receive a full size candy bar.  It was funny because as soon as the society opened, Ella closed her business to go and purchase something, while A LOT of students lined up for a try at a candy bar.  It reminded me of Black Friday shopping 2nd grade style.  Ella made lots of money and didn't spend much of it.

Her teacher gave me some money and Ella gave me some as well.  I enjoyed several back massages, playing hopscotch and buying a few treats.  It was fun and the students loved it.

It was Ella's turn to do a science experiement for her class.  We tried a few things but finally settled on, "Can you peel a raw egg?"  Is it possible?  You place a raw egg into a container and add vinegar to cover it.  The vinegar mixes with the egg shell and after several hours...like overnight...you have a peeled egg.  We did the experiment every day for 5 days and took all of the specimens to her class.  As the egg peels, it takes on the vinegar and swells in size.  She demonstrated the experiemnt and then to everyone's amazement uncovered the pan of specimens.