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Brain Chase is afoot!  (Afoot is one of the clues we keep getting stuck on lately) This is a brilliant online challenge where you complete math, reading, and writing exercises that unlock animated videos that are chock full of clues.  The clues lead you to an actual buried treasure - this year a giant metal sunstone which holds a key to a 10,000 scholarship. The winner gets to go to the location and dig up the treasure.  This is seriously sparking an adventure spirit and lotsa giddy moments. The first exciting moment was when the super cool decoder arrived in the mail and then a few weeks later this cool pouch full of foreign coins that also hold clues. We have fingers and toes crossed that they arrive at our door to tell us we located the spot! #wishfulthinking

J and I made it out to see Book of Mormon matinee at the Kennedy Center.  I still cannot believe what they get away with in the show, but it is really well done.  J loves it so much and I'm convinced his claps were the loudest.

Part of the Brain Chase math challenge earning Khan Academy points and Aiden picked this awesome Java script sequence.  I am pretty sure he surpassed my knowledge of programming in a day.  He's pretty jazzed that he can make his own little visual programs.

This poor guy had some ear trouble (including a stray paper in his ear that the ENT thought looked like a tiny origami creature) and the whole ordeal culminated in his fainting at tennis practice probably from some equilibrium issues. He landed straight into the fence, and he was shaken by it but really brave. I am just so thankful that we live so close to the tennis courts and could literally run over there as the club emergency staff took good care of him.  It's always something, but we are grateful that he is back on track now thanks to some antibiotic ear drops and rest.

We organized all our craft supplies recently and just pulling everything out draws attention from these little crafty guys.  They worked hard to paint these tiny piggie banks.