Cat's Cradle, by Maddie Ekin

As you may have noticed, almost everyone has a picture on the blog depicting them doing or showing off a completed Jacob’s ladder or cat’s cradle. Madeline, Melina, and I have taken it upon ourselves to teach everyone (especially the boys) to complete these string games. Noah was first, setting the record as THE SLOWEST LEARNER!!!!! I taught him on an hour long car ride and he barely learned it by the time we reached our destination. He had a problem with flipping his wrists so we all helped him do “wrist exercises.” Finally, though, by the end of the day, he learned it so well he became an honorary girl. Next was Talbot, who was taught by Madeleine, was “Not as bad as Noah” (Madeleine quote). Next I taught Sam. WELL, he kept randomly dropping strings and picking strings up, and trying to fix things that, frankly, didn’t need fixing. Finally, at a Friendly’s restaurant, Sam mastered the elusive Jacob’s ladder skills. At that same fateful restaurant, I taught MR. HARVEY!! He, being Mr. Harvey, got it on his first try. Currently, while I am writing this, Melina is teaching Jonathan. Hopefully, his picture will be posted soon too because a picture means success and success is good.