Just sharing a couple of cute pics of the kids!
They're such sweeties!
Monday, August 20, 2012
Cayden's new headboard!
We NEEDED to get a headboard for Cayden's bed.
Papa had a great idea & hooked us up with this old door from the farm.
He told me he had it in his "door shed"....now I'm curious to see what other doors he has & what other projects we can do.
So....here is the starting point.
After priming & painting.....
Cayden now has a rock'n new headboard for his transformers room!
Pretty sweet if I do say so myself!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Kole's Lawn Care
Last night, this dude rolled up ready to mow our lawn.
I had to run out & take pictures to blog.
He's so funny!
He even put "K" flags on his lawnmower!!
So proud of his set up!
Here's Kole rock'n his "Kole's Lawn Care" t-shirt I had made for him!
He said he will wear it for every lawn job he has.
Never seen him so excited as when I tossed that at his face!
:) We love that he's mowing lawn & being an entrepreneur!
Kole does an excellent job trimming & mowing lawns.
If you are looking for someone let me know!!
Racecar matching
Saw this idea on Pinterest too, just can't remember the link.
I made the alphabet in uppercase & lowercase "parking lots" for the boys.
I called out "Big B" or "little z" & whoever had it had to park their car on the matching space!
This was quite entertaining.
Once they got focused they ROCKED at this game!
We shall play again with numbers!!
Nature Scavenger Hunt!
We had a nice cool morning the other day so we decided to go for a hike & take a nature scavenger hunt.
P-dids was NOT impressed with the idea at first. Sidney & C-man were however STOKED to go for a hike & hunt!
It didn't take long & P was in the groove!
Call it his competitive spirit, he wanted to beat C!
Camparing their finds.
Sidney found something yellow!
We ended our hunt at the park with some fun!
2nd experiment - WALKING WATER
We decided to add one more experiment to our day!
It's "walking water"
saw this idea through pinterest too & got the deets on this blog:
http://www.playbasedlearning.com.au/2011/03/walking-water/
http://www.playbasedlearning.com.au/2011/03/walking-water/
We filled a cup with water & food coloring.
Put a long strip of paper towel into it & then placed an empty cup below with the paper towel ending in the bottom empty cup.
We had to do 2 of course & "race" them (boys will be boys) to see who's filled the fastest.
This was a SLOW process, but fun because they would check back throughout the day to see who's was winning. We'd mark with sharpies occasionally to see where we were at & how far the water had "walked"
This was a couple hours in.
About 4 hours in.
This is overnight, our experiement worked & our water travelled from one cup down to the next.
The boys thought this was pretty cool!
Science Experiment
Sidney was napping so we decided to do a little science experiment & make "Elephant Toothpaste"
We started with a baking sheet & an empty water bottle.
Here they are ready for action!
1st: mix 2 Tbsp warm water with 1 tsp yeast in a seperate container.
2nd: into the water bottle we poured 1/2 cup 6% hydrogen peroxide (mine was 3% - I think if I had 6% it would have been "toothpastier" lol) 4-5 drops of food coloring & a squirt of dish soap.
3rd: we poured the yeast mixture into the hydrogen peroxide mixture.
Then we watched in amazement as the mixtures reacted!
The toothpaste flowed out onto the cookie sheet.
Our first round was green, so of course we had to do a 2nd round with BLUE!
Then we had to play in the "toothpaste".
Our experiment was a success & we shall do it again some other time when we need some entertainment!
I found the idea through Pinterest & got the info from this blog:
And the details of the reaction if you want to know:
quoted from the above website!
"The reaction is summarized by this formula: 2 H2O2
--> 2 H2O + 02.
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) naturally breaks down into water and oxygen. It is stored in opaque containers to help slow down this process. Catalase (an enzyme in all living things, including yeast) speeds up the reaction. Dish soap catches the oxygen and makes bigger bubbles and the food coloring makes it look cool. The foam and bottle feel warm because the reaction is exothermic--it releases energy as heat."
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) naturally breaks down into water and oxygen. It is stored in opaque containers to help slow down this process. Catalase (an enzyme in all living things, including yeast) speeds up the reaction. Dish soap catches the oxygen and makes bigger bubbles and the food coloring makes it look cool. The foam and bottle feel warm because the reaction is exothermic--it releases energy as heat."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)