Catapults!

Darn the rainy weather! Brett and Oli had to postpone their annual Blake Island camping trip due to the weather. However, what a treat it was for them to have two days to play with no other plans.

When Brett asked him his favorite part of the day last night he said, "might have been the catapults we built, might have been that we took the boat to get ice cream, might have been the chess game that we tied, might have been playing baseball". Mission accomplished, the kid had a good day!


After trying peanuts and raisins, they figured out the popcorn was the best item to launch. The plates are marked 5, 10, 15 and points are achieved when hitting a plate. If you land on it, you get double. Not sure who wound up winning nor who had more fun.

But the best part is that they went and bought the catapult kit and painted and built them together. And even better, the kit cost $1.00 at Michael's. What a steal!

Couldn't help but include this picture...have to use more soap now that we have started solids. Scrub-a-dub-a-dub the the Sweet potato, mango and avocado away.

Oli'ism #127:

Brett: Which teacher do you think you will have for 1st grade?

Oli: Not sure, but I hope I have Ms. Bernstein.

Brett: Why?

Oli: Because she is pretty. And she has a black coat. And that makes her prettier.