Mother Necessity

Who remembers Schoolhouse Rocks? All those catchy little jingles to sing in between cartoons on Saturday mornings. To this day, it's still the only way I remember the words to the Preamble to the Constitution... Anyway, tonight at EJ's school's Invention Convention, I kept singing the Mother Necessity song from Schoolhouse Rocks.

Here are some shots of EJ with her invention--windshield wipers that clean the entire windshield. Ever since she was little, it's always bothered her that the wipers sweep in arcs and don't really get into the corners. She thought the wipers should go up and down. K built her a frame to prototype the design, and this is what she came up with!

She gave demos to her friends...

...and answered all of the judge's questions:

All of the kids received a certificate for one of 10 categories. EJ received hers in the Post-It Note category for "an invention that we didn't think we needed but wouldn't want to be without."

Some of you may remember her entry from last year...the Bubble Gutter. This clever hat kept the soap out of her eyes while her hair got rinsed in the tub. Smart, huh?