It has been ever so long since I have updated the blog, although we have been taking pictures, and living "the life", it does seem difficult to find the time to sit down and write about it all (not to mention the time it takes to upload). The last couple of months have been extremely exciting ones for the Lee family. There have been birthdays,DI tournaments, trips, Easter, more DI tournaments, more birthdays, theater, more trips, and coming up in the near future, more birthdays and more DI tournaments!! I have finally chosen some of the pictures to blog from DI and our family pilgrimage to Yankee stadium.
I am starting with the first DI tournament in Andover that was on March 8th. Sophie's team did a challenge called "DI've got a Secret" that involved a optical illusion, and Hannah's team did "Hit or Myth" that involved proving, or in their case, disproving a myth, fairy tale, or urban legend.
They chose the myth of Hansel and Gretal and did experiments to prove that a candy house could not survive in the forest. The tournament was long, but fun and Hannah's team ended up winning first place and the honor of going on to states in Worcester. Sophie's team came in fourth which was great for such a young team, but the result was a river of tears!(luckily I don't have any pictures of this)
I am starting with the first DI tournament in Andover that was on March 8th. Sophie's team did a challenge called "DI've got a Secret" that involved a optical illusion, and Hannah's team did "Hit or Myth" that involved proving, or in their case, disproving a myth, fairy tale, or urban legend.
They chose the myth of Hansel and Gretal and did experiments to prove that a candy house could not survive in the forest. The tournament was long, but fun and Hannah's team ended up winning first place and the honor of going on to states in Worcester. Sophie's team came in fourth which was great for such a young team, but the result was a river of tears!(luckily I don't have any pictures of this)
DI Regionals
In this picture Hannah watches her team mate Evan play chess:
In this picture Sophie is the cool hippy teacher:
Here is Sophie's team taking a bow:
I didn't get a lot of pictures of Hannah's team performing but here she is giving the results of their experiment:
Sophie and other Chelmsford kids march into the gym for the award ceremony, this is about 1/2 hour pre-tears:
Yankee StadiumBetween DI tournaments we made a pilgrimage to New York to see the Yankees play in Yankee stadium before they move to their "new and improved" stadium next year.
Gene and Sophie were thrilled. Hannah enjoyed being the black sheep in the crowd, a role Sophie usually plays as a Yankee in New England.
Gene and Sophie were thrilled. Hannah enjoyed being the black sheep in the crowd, a role Sophie usually plays as a Yankee in New England.
Here's a picture of the 59th street bridge to set the mood:
The following are a series of photos taken of my two yankee fans outside the stadium.
They are all so cute I couldn't chose which one to use, so I included all of them :)
This picture tells you Sophie's favorite player. A good thing to know when looking at the rest of the pictures.
Hannah giving her best evil Red Sox fan face:
The Yankee fans make themselves comfy!
Hannah gives a snooty "I don't give a damn about the Yankees." pose with Komo.
I caught you smiling!
Sophie points as the players come out onto the field
Here's Johnny!
Here's Johnny again!
Here's Sophie wearing her cotton candy
No explanation needed:
Play Ball!
Here's Johnny scoring a run!
The obligatory picture at the end of the entrance ramp:
We were expecting rain, but the umbrella came in handy for the glaring sun. We all ended up with sunburns!
The Tampa Bay Rays won the game! yeah! But the Yankees came close to tying it up. Here's Hannah screaming "Nooooooo!" as the Yankees give it their most valiant effort!
There are no more Yankee pictures because shortly after the game everyone quickly realized they were hot, exhausted, dehydrated and cranky, so the photographer had to tend to other things. Of course, a trip to Dylan's candy shop on the way home made everyone much happier!DI States
Hannah's team was awarded first place at the DI regional tournament which meant her team advanced to the state tournament at Worcester Polytechnical Institute in Worcester, MA.
It was an exciting day for the kids, more exciting as the day went on. Gene was sure to get more pictures of Hannah's team at this meet.
Hannah and her teammate Kelly prepare for their performance:
The team introduces themselves:
Hannah publicly embarrasses me by wishing me a happy birthday on stage. This resulted in the whole room singing to me. Ugh!
The puppet show in action:
one of the pages of their power point presentation:
Who says that DI isn't an athletic event????
Just check out the next three pictures!
After all that running a cupcake sure tastes good!
The kids were happy and surprised to win a special award at states, the Renaissance award,
for the design and thoroughness of their experiment. It was quite an honor.
for the design and thoroughness of their experiment. It was quite an honor.
But, what was more exciting (maybe) was the fact that they won 2nd place overall and a chance to go to Tennessee to compete with the best in the world Here they are jumping up in excitement during the award ceremony. We're off to Tennessee!
Here they are claiming their hard earned medals. We couldn't be prouder!!!So, the whole team, the whole family is off to Tennessee from May 20 - 25 to perform in the GLOBAL Tournament!!!
More DI pictures to come in June!!!
