6 friends bowling to celebrate Seven

Luke has been wanting to go bowling with his friends for over one year.  He has been so excited waiting for his 7 year old bowling birthday party.  He would skip around the house and talk about everything that was going to happen.  He couldn't wait to address the invites and set the table with his Angry Bird accessories.
Luke's Birthday is on Easter this year (March 31st) which makes it hard to schedule a party.  So on St. Patricks Day, two weeks before his actual birthday, we celebrated at Sussex Bowl with his friends from his first grade class.
 

Luke

Caleb

Will

Jack

Andrew

Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Love

I can't capture Hudson fast enough.  He is growing and changing so fast.  He is sleeping better during the day and smiling and laughing more and more every day.  His nanny calls him "Smiley."  I love just staring at him and smiling at him.  I can't wait to see what he will be like in three years.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UW-Madison Physics Day

Luke is always wondering about something related to physics.  He asks about the hottest temperatures (in nuclear fusion), the fastest particles, the lightest elements, largest galaxyies, characteristics of star explosions, or planet statistics.  He got to spend his first day at college and learn more about physics.  Papa invited us to the University of Wisconsin "Wonders of Physics" Day.  He was so excited just to sit in a desk a "colleger" would sit in.

 

 

 

We attended a large lecture with many demonstrations on motion, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, and light.  The professors pretended they were living on Mars. They each had a special alien character and each experiment involved an aspect of the environment on Mars.  He liked this because he has already had me calculate what his weight would be on various planets (along with the weight of Eva, Hudson, and his favorite stuffed animals). 

Some of Luke's favorite experiments were methane bubbles that were lit on fire, ping pong ball bazooka piercing 3 soda can's, levitating magnets, and a liquid nitrogen cannon. 
 

 

Learning about a project in Antartica that studies neutrinos.

Learning about Newton's first law. 

 

Luke in a Faraday Cage learning about radio waves. 

 

 

Luke takes notes about scientific things and puts them in this special notebook.  He eagerly teaches Hudson all he knows.