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Epic Egg Drop

Epic Egg Drop
Photo-A-Day #4386

We went to a very special Egg Drop/Egg Hunt today! The eggs were dropped from a helicopter. Apparently there were 14,000 eggs and that was way too many for the helicopter alone so the field was strewn with eggs and then the copter came in and dropped a bunch more eggs. There were 1200 people registered to attend and it was really busy. But, overall it was fun, well organized and people were pretty respectful. There are always a few who don’t follow the rules or the rules don’t apply to them. Everyone was asked to only collect 12 eggs. We told Eva and Andrew simply, to be kind.

I stood and watched Andrew. He was right on the tape ready to roll. We were really early so we stood for a long time. Close to the start a couple other boys came up and got in Andrew’s space. One pushed him and he told them that he was standing there. He pushed the boy back. Then he came to me. I told him that we don’t put hands on other people but I was proud that he had stood his ground. In his karate class he learns the motto, “common sense before self defense”. I’m not sure if he quite realizes that there should be a longer pause between the two, but he’s learning.

After the egg drop we went for lunch at KC’s Burger Bar and it was a fantastic. Then off to Stop & Shop and Target before stopping over to Eva’s friend Olivia’s house to attend her Bake Sale. She is raising money for Pediatric Cancer Research and also for her own trip for Florida. Half to one and half to the other. The kids had a great time “helping” and we had a nice time talking with Olivia’s parents. Olivia made some amazing cakes and cupcakes in the theme of Trolls. Eva bought one of the Trolls cakes which had little fondant characters on top. Andrew bought a S’mores Cupcake because he stuck his finger in the marshmallow.

Trolls Cake

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How Things Fly


Photo-A-Day #2805

This afternoon Allison, Eva, Andrew and I went over to Capron Park to check out some of the items from the Cooper and Kid How Things Fly kit. We brought with us the Insect flyer, the Rockets and the parachute man. I also brought along a couple other items. I won a Silverlit Fortress Helicopter and I brought the SkyBall Football. We had a fun time playing with all of the toys.

Eva and I threw around the SkyBall Football. I flew the Helicopter until it came crashing out of the sky and broke both rotor stabilizers. That was 5 minutes of fun over and done with. One stabilizer brace broke in half and that could easily be replaced. However the other one was actually intact but the ball joint it was attached to snapped off. That can’t be fixed without a replacement part and some surgery on the chopper. The thing is, I know how to fly these toy copters pretty well. I was in a huge open field with soft grass. I am disappointed that this broke so quickly. It was great fun to fly it while it lasted, though.

The items from the How Things Fly were fun. The insect flyer was a butterfly and it was made of styrofoam. Throwing it made it fly all over the place in circles. Eva had fun chasing it. That one didn’t last either. It broke on the way home.

The rockets were fun, they flew fairly far. We experimented with different angles of elevation to see how far they would fly. Eva loved shooting off the rockets.

I had some of the most fun with the parachute man. Throwing it into the sky to have it come sailing back down. I caught Eva trying to throw the parachute in today’s photo. She kept trying over and over but wasn’t getting the concept of releasing the man on the top of her arm’s arc. Eventually she’ll get it.