100th day

Rose has been counting down the days till 100th day (as has all the class!) and was very excited as she went off to school yesterday with a bag of 100 shells.  When we picked her up she had 3 balloons to take home - so we ended up with 6 in the car as we were taking Nathan and Katherine home too.  They were filled with helium so floated.  

At home, Josh asked if he could have the balloons tied around his waist so he could float!  I explained there were not enough of them for that to work but could imagine him drifting off over the roofs!

I often learn things from my children and while we were trying to separate the three balloons I suggested we get the scissors and cut but that was not acceptable. I had to take my time and untie the knot.  It did make sense as the string was longer then, but it made me reflect on how often we choose the "easy" path over spending more time and effort on something.