Mathematical Geniuses

All three of my boys love math. I don't get it. Recently, they've each had some successes I'm going to brag about now.

Tyler participated in 2 Math competitions this year. Yes, they get have teams that get together and practice doing math and mathy things. Then they go to a big gathering of these teams and take tests. Math tests. And they like it. At Math Counts, Tyler did not place, but he did get a very cool T-shirt, certificate and trophy. (I didn't get a picture of him w/ his swag, but he was happy.) Then at SumDay, the second contest, Tyler had a top ten score on the Geometry-style test. He was pretty happy about that too since he thought it was pretty hard. All the kids got T-shirts and he also got a ribbon for the top ten. He goes to Mth Club every week and now I think he's looking forward to starting Honors Algebra II next year. He's a genius.

Ryan, who is just as smart but just doesn't love school as much, took his state assessment test this last week. We get notes from the school telling us to make sure the kids sleep enough and get good breakfasts so they'll do really well on their testing. I don't worry about it. Ryan always gets top scores. This week he made goals for how well he wanted to do and he passed his goals! And he got a super-high score on his math assessment. He called Todd at work to tell him all about it. He's a genius.

And Justin. The 3rd grade had a Multiplication Olympics and there was all kinds of hype. Justin, lacking no self-confidence, didn't study or worry about it at all. He came home with a certificate, candy, a medal, and a torch! He's a genius.

And for a bonus, here's a picture of Justin as Harry Houdini for his class Wax Museum. The kids got to learn about a famous person's life and then dress like them and tell about them at a special presentation at school.