3.14.14....HAPPY PI DAY!!!!!!!

Today is Pi day! Pi is the circumference any circle divided by it's diameter. Everybody the Greeks are the first ones to figure it out, but read this!

Usually in math we write pi with the Greek letter π, which is the letter "p" in Greek. You pronounce it "pie", like apple pie. It is called pi because π is the first letter of the Greek word "perimetros" or perimeter. But it was not the Ancient Greeks who first discussed the value of pi. Mathematicians in the Babylonian Empire, about 2000 BC, had already figured out that pi was about 25/8, or 3.125. By about 1700 BC, in theMiddle Kingdom, Egyptian mathematicians calculated pi to be about 3.16. People have been gradually getting closer ever since, with early contributions from mathematicians working in China, India, and the Islamic Empire. By 263 AD, the Chinese mathematician Liu Hui had calculated that pi was 3.141. (from Kidipede website: http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/)

This is Pi to the millionth. http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/pi_archive/Pi10-6.html. If you to print this, you would have 165 pages of numbers! Pi actually has over 5 trillion digits! That's very, very huge!

Pi is very funny. Why do people make such a  big deal out of it? It's only used for one thing - for a circumference of a circle. I have no idea why that's so important.

Today is also Albert Einstein's birthday. He came up with the theory of relativity. I know what a theory is, but do not know that is....He didn't start speaking until he was 4 years old. I only started when I was 3. He played the violin and he didn't like to wear socks. I think he was pretty cool. He was also smart.

Albert Einstein. I think I have his hair.

Albert Einstein as a kid. He sorta looks like Daddy.

We went outside today. As least it wasn't a blizzard or refrigerated....It was nice out today. We planted watermelon, lavender and wild flower seeds. They're in pots in the dining room. I really want watermelon. We got the baby ones that can grow on a trellis. So hopefully this year we'll be able to grow some. 

Torture!!! I pushing.

Us planting seeds.

That's all for now. I want my snack. And I'm sleepy...

Stay tuned 'til tomorrow.

TO BE CONTINUED...