Pi Day!

My Aunt Susan always told me that "Nerds make the best husbands." I took her advice and married a high quality nerd (takes one to know one). My Prince-Nerd-Charming is a certified Math Major and lover of all things Pi. I love this about him and as a devoted wife I want to find ways to show him that I love and appreciate him. Because Aunt Susan was right, he really is the best husband!

While up at Western Washington University I was made aware of the math holiday revered by Math Majors everywhere.... Pi Day... March 14th....as in 3.14.


The past several years Rory celebrated Pi day with the youth group. They had Pi games, a Pi art contest and of course lots of Pie to eat. They also talked about God's infinite love that extends far beyond what we can calculate or imagine. It's irrational.

Getting our picture taken with Albert, he too was a big fan of Pi.

This year we took Pi Day to the next level, and declared it a family holiday. Since Rory's Birthday is so close to Christmas this is a replacement celebration... And truthfully he would much rather celebrate Pi Day.

So here is what we did:
We made Shepherd's Pie for dinner.
We helped Daddy memorize to the 130th digit of Pi.
We got Daddy a Pewter Pi Lapel Pin. (A special present for daddy)
We also got a Math Adventure book- Sir Cumferance and the First Round Table (A book to share as a family. So Daddy could introduced the concept of Pi)
We traveled to Silverdale Library to participate in their Pi Day Celebration. Where we got to throw pies at a Picture of Albert Einstein, make a house of cards and have lots of fun!

 Next year we plan to make a pie and Pi digit Cookies with number cookie cutters.