Field Trip and Ninja Competition

I got to chaperone Tyler's field trip to Clark Planetarium the week after Halloween. I don't get to go on very many of the boy's field trips because of my work schedule and because the high number of parent volunteers, so I was excited that it worked out for this one. I was especially excited to go to Clark planetarium, since I have never been there.

It was a little chaotic keeping a group of 6th grade boys together, but most of the time was spent in the theaters there. First was the planetarium show and second was the IMAX show. In between the 2 shows, they got to explore all of the hands-on exhibits. This picture was in a room set up like the surface of Mars.

Tyler also competed in his first Ninja Warrior competition in November.  He was pretty nervous and he was like 23rd to go, so it was a lot of sitting around and waiting. When it was finally his turn, he rushed through some of the obstacles that we thought he should be able to do and missed the points on those. But it was a good experience for him to get a feel for future competitions.