Middle Child had his Science Olympiad this afternoon. He and his teammate's task were to drop an egg from 30 feet up while: hitting a target, having long hang time, and not cracking the egg. Let me state for the record that I am just thrilled that he wanted to so something academic outside of the classroom.
A small crowd of parents gathered to watch their kids and mine was last to go. It was simple construction of a dixie cup, string, and three plastic grocery bags. There were rules to the whole thing but I won't bore you with them.
I thought Middle Child and his teammate did well. When the winners were announced (only first and second place go on the "regionals"), Middle Child was not in the mix. Ok, we thought, that's ok. The two GIRL teams that won had some really cool designs. But Middle Child made the mistake of looking at the scoring: his team was 1/2 a point away from second place. He was devastated, took one look and me and started crying. I tried to help him hold it together in front of his school mates but he buried his head in my shoulder for a bit.
Youngest assured Middle that we still love him no matter how he placed and that our family was much better than any Egg Drop competition.
When we got home, Middle Child smiled at me and told me he had fun with the project.
I live for these moments.
Cat
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