Dropping Eggs...

When Bryson brought home a note about the first annual class Egg Drop, he was so excited. Every day he would say "Remember, Mom. We've got to work on my Egg Drop!" The big event was supposed to be on Friday, and we didn't actually get to work on it until the night before. B was a little bit stressed, but I've done this three times before. Once when I was in 8th grade (we dropped our eggs out the second story window at the Jr. High... mine survived!), and once for each of my girls when they were in the "other" school. We've never had an egg break, and I KNEW this time B's egg would be just fine as well!

His class has been talking about gravity. It was so cute to hear them talking about it on the day of the "Drop." They had really learned a lot (I LOVE his teacher). They knew things that I had never even heard (or possibly just didn't retain...?) B was super excited. When we made his, he said it HAD to be an army guy, so he drew a cute face on it, and made his box camo with the words "U.S. Army" on it. I also did a bit of research online to find out how to make a better parachute than we had in the past. Ours never really worked... in fact the only reason our eggs survived in the past was due to the massive amounts of soft, fluffy packaging we had used. This time, not only did we have bubble wrap, but we had a sweet parachute that really worked!

And here he is... "Army Guy!" - and B-man, of course!

Don't you love his "official" army vehicle? B really worked hard on the camo effect.

B was in the first group to go upstairs and let their eggs go. He could hardly contain his excitement! That amazing lady right next to him is is awesome teacher. LOVE HER! And LOOK... the parachute really worked!!

Bryson enjoyed watching all the kids drop their eggs. There were some fun and interesting contraptions that people came up with.

Then it was time to head back into class for the BIG REVEAL! They each took turns opening their contraptions to see if their egg survived.

B pulled his out, unwrapped the bubble wrap (as if there was any doubt as to the state of his Egg Guy) and found him safe and sound. Not a scratch, dent or crack in him. HE SURVIVED! HOORAY!

I couldn't stay to see all the eggs, but I really think they had a great time with this fun activity. I enjoyed watching it... especially the cute kids and how excited they were. So fun!