Gazillion Bubble Show

The Gazillion Bubble Show was a lot of fun for all of us. We saw bubble artist Ana Fang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgiI7Gg5yxw. It was interactive and good fun. We all agreed that the square bubble and the spinning bubbles were the most fascinating. After the show we went out to eat at Churrascario (a Bra zillion Barbecue establishment) www.churrascariaplataforma.com and quite the meat fest. Bring your appetite. This is not the place for vegetarian/vegan friends.

Monday, B continues with Roman Numerals, nouns as adjectives, and a science unit on Frogs. M continues with the 4 times table, irregular verbs, and a science unit on the Butterfly. After lessons it was off to swim and gym.

At gym we received the depressing news that there is not a single President's Physical Fitness Challenge demonstration center in the State. Our gym teacher was going to have the kids do the official challenge. When he researched how to do it as a home school gym teacher he found out how little importance our state puts on physical fitness. He is making up his own challenge. I thought it was sad. Everyone talks about childhood obesity but no one is really doing anything meaningful as phys ed will take away from the test prep. When my kids were in school they did have gym 2x a week but from what my kids told me half the class was spent with the teacher trying to get them all to listen. It makes you wonder. When I grew up gym was important. My school had a full gymnasium. Tons of mats, the ropes to climb (not that I could ever get an inch above the knot), a horse, parallel bars, uneven bars, lo and hi balance beams, rings, nets for volleyball and badminton, etc. As a kid I took it for granted. I assumed everyone had this stuff. Quite the awakening to find out that not all school phys ed programs are created equal.