100th School Day of the Year: documented with a lot of pics

Today marked our 100th day of school, so I took a camera with me everywhere we went to mark the momentous occasion (and to just show our typical day this time of year).

First thing this morning was our co-op group.  This time we started with a problem-solving team-based activity that involved making a tower out of spaghetti, mini-marshmallows, straws, toothpicks, elbow macaroni and stickers.  The towers were judged on height, and their ability to hold weight in a container on top.

The winning structure!

Then, Strider presented a report on Tim Tebow, and Andrew did a report on a Civil War battle:

Our "feature presentation" this morning was by Mr. Cole, who shared from his expertise working in the Emergency Department.  He brought all kinds of great show-and-tell items and he explained about medical tools and techniques.

 By the end of the time, pretty much every kid had had a chance to play nurse, doctor and/or patient, and they had been decked out in masks, gloves, gowns, braces and casts!

Then, after a quick stop at the library (for which Rayna wore her medical gloves):

...we returned home to see Cole and Milo, who had spent the morning with Amanda!

Strider brought them a souvenir from our co-op time:

After a quick lunch, we took a bike ride/walk to enjoy the sunshine (it got up to almost 60* today!), 

and then came home to read some books together:

Rayna's educational therapist came for awhile, and Strider went to work on a paper due tomorrow, freeing me up to work with Colsen a little bit.  He worked on some numbers, (and mostly, crayon-peeling):

 

Later, it was time to go back outside.  The little boys enjoyed some swinging, and then some friends/former neighbors (the Plues) came over for a fun visit!

Finally, because it was the 100th day for the TEACHER as well as the students, I felt I deserved a break from cooking tonight, so we did the free-kids-night-deal at Firehouse Subs.  We were all pretty happy about that!

 And, to top it all off, we had special, celebratory CAKE  (2 kinds left over from a meeting we had here last night)!

Definitely a nice 100th day.  Only 80 more to go for this year!