11/19/15 Gobble Gobble Math Night

    Tonight at Entz Elementary the school hosted an event to show the kids how fun math can be. There were various games involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Many of the games involved small candies that you got to eat when you scored a point.  Our kids got right into that. For each game you played you got to write your name on a small ticket for a chance to win prizes later on. They gave away a prize or two from each grade level from Preschool to 6th grade. Joseph won the Preschool prize. Then they read a child's name for kindergarten. That child had apparently gone home so they drew another name. This time TJ was called. The principle asked if we also had a 1st grader since the trend seemed to suggest us winning it all. We blushed a little but that was the last prize we won. Sarah hoped that lightning would strike a third time and she would win. Heidi and I were grateful that did not happen. There were over a hundred kids present and to win 2 of maybe ten prizes given was a tender mercy. The games are age appropriate for the two boys who won them. They might make good additions to the Preschool curriculum. 

      After the activity Heidi was off to take care of her calling. She had three meetings to attend tonight, 2 pack meetings and a Unit Commissioner meeting. She does a great job helping teach the leaders how to do their callings. 

     While she was gone the kids were great helpers. David and Rebecca both were especially big helpers with Peter. Rebecca even got Peter to go to sleep without crying. I could almost cry thinking about it. 

      A cute Joseph story. As I was sweeping the kitchen Joseph came and looked at my pile. He said "Dad is this spoon trash?" I told him no and he picked it up. He then said "Dad, is this sock trash?"  I told him no and that it needed to go to the laundry. I asked if he would be my big helper. He was he put the spoon in the sink and the sock in the laundry. That boy makes me smile.