3rd Grade!

Who knew it could be so stressful. Well not only has JT had benchmark test for the last two weeks, but he has also had to finish up his science fair project(plus all his regular work like spelling which one of his words is inauguration and sad, but true I only know how to spell that because it was on his list this week). For his project he decided to see which type of soil would grow the best flower. We learned that it is worth your money to buy Miracle Grow potting soil at least it is over just sand or plain top soil. Here are the flowers the first day he planted them:

Here they are on day 18. The Miracle grow ones are on the far right:

JT brought the information home on how this was suppose to be done in early December, well between me being sick, Christmas and JT having surgery I kind of forgot how it was suppose to be done. I knew he had to journal it so I was having him right down every time he watered it and how much water he gave them and if it rained and the observations that he made and the measurements. The problem is I didn't look to see how the journal was suppose to be put together once we started so he had to go back and rewrite a lot of it:

Then on Sunday he decided to get started on his back board. We used my Cricut to cut out his title and a picture of pots and flowers and I printed out some of the pictures we took:

He decided he wanted to finish it all on Sunday so we were up to about 2:00 in the morning getting the whole thing done. He wouldn't let me type up the info for the backboard, he said the teacher said that parents were not to help unless it was with something dangerous and anyone who knows JT well knows he will not brake a rule unless it was one said by me or dad, well I wasn't about to stay up all night while he chicken pecked out all his notes, so we copied his notes from his journal and printed them out and glued them to the backboard. I just hope he doesn't get counted off for neatness:
I am so glad this is over at least until next year. You would have thought I would have this down after having to do it last year too when he was in 2nd grade. I don't get why they have to do this, when I was in school it was optional, but he has to do it or take a zero for a grade. Oh well, its done now I'll try to quit gripping.