It snowed on Wednesday last week. My student teacher I was scheduled to observe that afternoon called me at 8:30 to say that they were dismissing at 11:00, which meant the kids would have lunch at 10:00. She has only been teaching in the afternoons thus far, but they rearranged the schedule in light of the early dismissal. If I could get there at 9:00, I could observe her. Paul had stayed home because of the length of his commute and the condition of the roads. He took his car for a VERY overdue oil change and tire rotation that afternoon. They also did the annual inspection and replaced the rear brakes. The time of my observation on Thursday was also shifted due to a two hour delay, but thankfully I was able to observe four student teachers last week. Because Paul stayed home three days instead of the usual two days, he went in to work yesterday, and because we plan to all go skiing tomorrow, he put in a full day at the plant today.
On Friday evening we attended the AWANA quizzing event for the third year in a row. Nadia earned 2nd place when she was in third grade (2017), and this year she received a first place medal in the fifth and sixth grade division. In 2017 she had a perfect score on the written test and 9 out of 10 during the portion with the paddles. Last year she again had 9 out of 10 during the paddle part, but she didn't do as well on the written test. This year she had a perfect score during the paddle part and missed one question on the written test; the question she got wrong was about a reference for a verse. None of the fifth or sixth graders had a perfect score this year, which meant her score was enough to win first place. She said next year she wants to earn the champion ribbon that they give those who earn a perfect score. This was Ian's first year participating. He earned second place among the third and fourth graders. He missed one question during the paddle part and four questions on the written test. He was pleased to win a red ribbon, and Nadia was happy about her medal. Last year I didn't help her review due to how overwhelmed I was with juggling homeschooling plus a full time job, but this year I was determined to take the time to help them review the first half of their books. Oliver was happy there were cookies and donuts and such at the end.
Since we had a bye week in Upward Basketball, yesterday morning I took the kids to Susquehanna University for Saturday Science. The theme for the four sessions this semester is chemistry. We won't be going next week due to basketball games, and we'll miss another one because I'm planning to take them to the Children's Museum in Bloomsburg to dissect fetal pigs that day. So we are planning to attend two of the four chemistry programs this spring semester. Next fall we are planning on starting a chemistry and physics textbook in science. These two sessions should be a good introduction for that. We're studying anatomy and physiology right now. We stopped at Aldi's and the library on the way home, and we were home for about an hour before it was time to leave again. Paul had also come home from work, and the five of us headed to Wilkes Barre. Paul's brother met us at Applebee's for dinner. Paul had gotten a gift card to that restaurant for his birthday from Dad and Margie. After dinner the six of us headed to a concert put on by Compassion that included Matthew West, Michael W. Smith, Tenth Avenue North, Matt Maher, etc. It was an outstanding concert! I had purchased four tickets (for Al, Paul, Ian, and Oliver). Nadia and I were volunteers. We passed out brochures for Compassion. Nadia and I helped four people sponsor a child! We were in the higher seats, but our seats were free since we volunteered. The concert lasted more than 3.5 hours. It was almost done when we left (around 9:40pm), which meant we got home a little shy of 11:00pm. The kids slept for most of the ride home. They were up past their bedtimes two nights in a row due to the quizzing on Friday and the concert on Saturday.
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