Parent's Night!

Well, Parent's Night was a hit!

We pulled off the whole shebang at the last minute with everyone pitching in.

Grandpa sat in the rocket ship telling flying stories from the olden days. Me and P.J. explained the trip in detail and gave a demonstration of the rockets propulsion system. 

And Uncle Jake came out and brought his prototype for a nuclear powered laser death ray. He said you never know when you'll encounter hostile Martians and it'll probably be more effective than my cap gun.

He calls it the NPLDR 3000.

The whole night was so cool!

We didn't get first prize, though. We got second.

Emily Peters and Eleanor Timmins won first prize with their scooter that runs on Twinkies. 

It takes 35 Twinkies to make it go about 40 feet, but it is environmentally friendly. The only exhaust is some harmless brown goo and powdered sugar and when it's running the air around it smells like a bakery.

So between the smell and with everyone concerned about global warming these days, I guess a Twinkie driven scooter beats a homemade trip to Mars. Go figure.