Brand Rhea

Rhea at Central Express

Rhea the rock climber

Rhea effortlessly scaled a 25 feet 5.5 grade wall today at the Redmond Athletic Club.

Then while playing with the harness, she started sending little waves up and down the rope.

She asked, “Papa, is that how sound travels? Is that why they are called sound waves” and amazed me. So while she crept up the wall, her science took a leap.

Good girl.

Checkmate

Rhea and  I sat down for our customary Saturday game of chess.

I left my queen out as is the practice playing a junior. Then, rather pompously, I added, "Rheu, you can take another one of my piece off if you want"

She pondered the board, a tight fist under the chin resting on her knee. Much like Rodin's Thinker. Then, her eyes gleaming, she swiped my King off the board and said "I won"

Ouch!

Rhea’s reaction to “biggest snake…” video

If you are active on any social networ’s I am sure you have seen this video.

 

What you have not seen is rhea’s reaction to it :) enjoy.

Larrabee camping

Rhea chilling out.

Rhea makes it to Quest

Rhea got selected in the Quest Pull-Out program for accelerated learning and she earned herself a shinning new 20” lavender bike.

She celebrated her mini-milestone by riding 11 miles on the Sammamish river trail on Saturday. On Sunday, we got the bikes out again to go to the library and she found 4 Secret Seven  books at 25c a piece! Since I was not carrying cash on me, I took her to the nearest ATM.

“Do you have money in all the banks in the world?” She asked. “No Rhea”, I explained, “All the banks are connected to each other.”

“Even the ones who don’t like each other?” split second question.

It amazes me how her little mind groks the situation, digests the information and zeroes down on what can be the fundamental problem in a system. Quest deserves her.

 

Sammamish River Trail

Rhea, the aeronautical engineer

Rhea built this 250 part helicopter working patient over 8 hours.

Rhea's first tournament win...

Education Hill Tournament, 28th Feb 2009, Horace Mann Elementary, Redmond, WA

 

Round 4, and in her overall 9th tournament game, Rhea came back with the "I won" look in her eyes.

Rockwell did well. 4th place in Grade 1-3 group and 3rd in 4-6 group.

Grade 1-3 , Fourth place trophy                                         Grade 4-6, Third place Trophy

The Norman Rockwell Chess Team

Rhea's first chess tournament

Wilder Tournament, 7th February 2008, Woodenville, WA

 

By 8:30 in the morning, the gymnasium at Wilder's was buzzing with chesslings. Kindergartners to K6 settled around their school tables, wearing school colors. Parents with rolled up camping chair, backpacks with books, laptops, chargers, health food, thermos.  More fathers than mother. Equal number of girl and boy players. Most girls carried either a DS (pink) or a iPod Nano . Most boys carried some kind of a ball. Everybody looked determined.

 

A Swiss league with 5 rounds.  Most kids made it through the 5 hours without getting cranky. Can't say the same thing about the parents though.

 

Rhea lost all her five games. Though she was in high spirit through the end. She came back with a Norman Rockwell Chess club tee, an invaluable tournament experience and will to go to the next one ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President's day

Today, Rhea's class held a Presidents Wax Museum with each tiny tot - dressed like a president - reeled out amazing facts about their life and times.

Rhea was Jimmy Carter

 

Other cuties....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                     (Ms. Thome as William Taft)