Brandon had wrapped his egg in packing foam, packed it into a tin can, stuffed napkins in every nook and cranny around it as tightly as he could and then taped the lid back on. Some kids had attached a make-shift parachute to soften their egg's descent. One person had wrapped the egg in diapers. Another had stuffed the egg into a roll of toilet paper. There were a lot of fun looking packages, a lot of great ideas for padding that ever so fragile egg.
The school had arranged for the fire department to send a truck and some firemen to do the actual chucking of the eggs off the roof. Brandon's egg was one of the first to come down. It made a rather ominous splatting sound. The whole crowd groaned...it seemed fairly obvious that the egg had not survived. I was worried that Brandon would be disappointed. But amazingly enough when he untaped the package and rooted around for the egg, a smile spread across his face when he realized the egg had actually made it through unscathed.
(Yes, Brandon is wearing a pink tie with his t-shirt and sweats. I'm not sure why, exactly. He's been wearing a different tie every day this week. New fashion statement, I suppose.....?)
3 comments:
How cool is that, I want to do that.
What a fun activity for the kids to do. And Brandon certainly has his own style. I can't get Josh to wear a tie if his life depended on it. It's a never ending battle come Sunday morning.
how funny, my first comment on the Brandon picture was "is that a tie?" I even said it out loud! and then you answered my question. We did a drop in 9th grade. I think I bought a great big car sponge and cut a slit in the middle. but I also have memories of making a cone on the bottom of a box that would crumple on impact and absorb the shock. I don't remember now which was mine. perhaps I made the cone one and just admired the simplicity of the sponge one.
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