Weekend Recap

This Fall, Nathan and Samuel had the opprtunity to join a First Lego League team coached by a friend from our co-op. They were very excited for the opportunity and worked hard for several weeks leading up to the regional competition. Nathan and Samuel both mainly worked on the coding. Nathan stayed for hours the night before the competition fine tuning the code. 

This is such a great group of kids- they worked really well together and each of their unique strengths contributed to make up a competitive team. 

The younger siblings made the best fan club. 

Since this was a first year team, with a first year coach, and a late start to the season, the expectations were low. This was a learning year for the kids, but as they started competed, we all realized that these kids had a chance to advance to state- something no one expected. 

Making the best of the down time while the judges tallied the score. 

I was proud of the way our team had such positive, encouraging attitudes the entire day. They helped set a positive tone for all the teams. 

As the kids nervously sat through the awards waiting to hear if they advanced to state, they were all sh

ocked to win a first place trophy for robot design!! Such an exciting and unexpected achievement for them. They're going to be unstoppable with some more experience under their belts. 

And then the moment they heard- WE'RE GOING TO STATE! What a day!

As soon as the competition was over, we headed to Edmond for the rest of the weekend. We celebrated Grandma's 70th birthday and spent Sunday at the Science Museum. 

In typical Baugher kid fashion, they opened and closed down the museum and are ready to go back again. 

The segway was a highlight. 

Is anyone even surprised that these boys spent hours building with Legos. 

The competitiveness came out in the Olympic exhibit. 

Our little gymnast spent hours at the gymnastics area. She rarely walks- she's always flipping and dancing her way through life. 

Love watching these cousins play together. 

We stayed Sunday night in Edmond because we had plans Monday afternoon in OKC. We did some shopping Monday morning, and the girls wanted to spend their money on the bungee trampoline at the mall. 

That afternoon we drove to the Capitol for a tour with our AHG troop. The kids hadn't been on a Capitol tour before. We all learned a lot!

The dome is gorgeous. 

My kids were especially interested in the fancy chairs, microphones, and voting buttons. 

 

We studied robotics on Saturday, science on Sunday and government on Monday. We're living our best homeschool lives over here!