Cassie Countdown: Final Week
Posted by Meg
Cassie has been hard at work knocking off her challenges one by one, each day getting a little closer to piecing together her Hawkgirl costume. Last time we checked in with her, she had unlocked the wings, mask and Hawkgirl mace! So, in the week leading up to her superhero birthday party, how many challenges has Cassie completed?
Cassie unlocked two more challenges, making her costume complete just in time for her birthday party this Sunday!
On Tuesday, Cassie’s challenge was to create her Hawkgirl vest … with me on her team! Together, we got crafty and glued some super-shiny fabric onto a bright green tank top.
Cassie did all the cutting herself.
We used a hot glue gun to stick the fabric to the shirt. Cassie helped set it up, excited to know how electricity became heat that melted the glue. But once we plugged it in, I enforced the “Don’t Touch This, it’s Very Hot” rule, even telling her a story of when I was a kid at camp and grabbed the metal nozzle, burning my hand.
Well, kids will be kids, and while adding more glue to the gun, Cassie reached out and grabbed the front. I know how much those glue guns can hurt, and Cassie was very brave as I rushed her over to the sink to run it under cold water and assess the damage. Tears, cold water and a couple of ice packs later, she was doing fine and learning a valuable lesson about why grown-ups keep telling her not to touch hot things.
After she calmed down, we finished the Hawkgirl vest together. The effect looks pretty awesome!
Next, Cassie had to finish her book, a junior novelization of the Pixar movie Brave. She read the last 25 pages in two sittings, occasionally breaking out her Scottish accent! She finished it in twenty minutes yesterday after camp.
For unlocking her book challenge, Cassie obtained her Hawkgirl green leggings and celebrated in her Hawkgirl wings!
She still has one more bonus challenge to complete to acquire her Hawkgirl action figure. Will she unlock it? Check back next week to find out!
I love seeing these updates and photos of Cassie. She is so cute!