Eva had her Invention Convention today at school. This is a special event for her grade. They all create an invention and then show that invention to family and friends one night and then to the school the next day.
Eva’s invention is called the Car Budde-z. That is because it is E-Z to set up and E-Z to hold everything that you need when you are on a car ride. What she wanted to make was a folding car desk that she could use while on long trips. she put together the material list and I went shopping and picked up the cookie sheets and hinges. My dad affixed the hinges to the cookie sheets and then Allison and Eva added ribbons to make it possible for the hinged cookie sheets to hang off the back of the seat in front of Eva and have a solid flat spot to write or draw. Then she also added magnetic locker organizer pieces to her Car Budde-z so she could keep her pens and pencils in place when the car goes around the corner.
There were so many fun inventions at the convention. I especially liked one invention that used LEGO parts to make it work. Very ingenious.
We recently received a copy of Illumination’s The Grinch on 4K Blu-ray and Digital to watch and review. We also received a prize pack of The Grinch goodies to keep and we’re giving away a Grinchy prize pack! Opinions are our own.
We had a day off earlier last week and so we decided to enjoy an afternoon movie. We had not seen The Grinch before and we were excited to laugh. This was a cute movie with plenty of laughs. We enjoyed Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance as The Grinch. The kids favorite characters were Max and Fred, though. They howled with laughter at the antics of these two silly animals. Max is The Grinch’s dog, of course and Fred is a rather large and round reindeer. I personally found the precocious Cindy Lou Who to be very funny. We all laughed a lot through the whole movie. Here are a couple of clips.
Fred & Max jump in bed with The Grinch
Cindy-Lou Crashes into the mailman
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