Mason found this long 1 X 4 and was playing with it in the house. He would stand it up to “scale” (measure) himself with to see how tall he was, then lay it down and jump over it. Finally he got a great idea. He put it down on the carpet and would walk along the length of it. It is about 7 feet long. He got very excited about his discovery and ran in to tell Whitney.

“Whitney! I know! We can play on this. It is a ‘balance speed’”, he said.

Whitney of course knew better. After he said this a few times, she said, “Mason, for the last time, it isn’t a balance speed. It is a balance bean!”