Colin wanted to make his own Lego Movie. The film has a few plot holes, but the story is still incredibly better than anything Michael Bay has ever made. And I expect many sequels based the fact these plastic legos are far better actors than anything seen in Twilight movies, and they made a ton of those.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Science Experiments!
On the bucket list for summer, Kevin added science experiments. What he had in mind was explosions, but I can not do more than Mentos in Diet Coke. In response to his request, I am signing both Colin and Kevin up for the St. Louis Science Center science classes at the library. (They are free, and have one on robotics and one on explosions!)
In the meantime, I did two experiments that I was ready for with no prep at all. The first was a chemical reaction involving salt, vinegar, and pennies. The boys made some predictions, and one guessed that the pennies would be clean. Not super exciting, but anything science has a certain interest level.
The second one involved food coloring and celery. (I usually have celery on hand since I like them in my salads.) The boys filled the glasses, made predictions, added the color to two glasses, and of course Kevin put those predictions on a chart. I always have a control, so the third glass is normal water. We only did food coloring, but I am thinking on boring days we will redo the experiment, and add sugar and salt to other glasses to see what happens. (If you caught that, I implied that these experiments will make the day LESS boring.) I love my kids.
In the meantime, I did two experiments that I was ready for with no prep at all. The first was a chemical reaction involving salt, vinegar, and pennies. The boys made some predictions, and one guessed that the pennies would be clean. Not super exciting, but anything science has a certain interest level.
The second one involved food coloring and celery. (I usually have celery on hand since I like them in my salads.) The boys filled the glasses, made predictions, added the color to two glasses, and of course Kevin put those predictions on a chart. I always have a control, so the third glass is normal water. We only did food coloring, but I am thinking on boring days we will redo the experiment, and add sugar and salt to other glasses to see what happens. (If you caught that, I implied that these experiments will make the day LESS boring.) I love my kids.
When we left for vacation, the leaves had some color in them. It was neat to see the celery with so much color when we returned. Also, we trimmed the red celery and the control celery. I noticed that those glasses had less water after a week. Interesting.... SCIENCE!
Saturday, June 21, 2014
We have art!
If you look at our house, it is a constant work in progress. The walls need to be painted (badly), the front porch needs to be redone, and kitchen needs to be remodeled (we are always thinking about that one), the carpet needs to be replaced with hardwood, and so on and so on. However, it just doesn't seem to get done.
What has 6 thumbs and interrupts everything?
So we celebrate when we get some artwork up. It looks simple, but it requires us to agree on what we like, buy it, and then after a few weeks finally hang it up.
Here are the outcomes.
This is actually pretty old. The Family Rules have been hanging in the kitchen for a few months, but I wanted this post to look like we had done more than reality. I love this list though, and have been wanting one for a year or so.
Today we finally hung up some blue prints that we purchased a few weeks ago. There were some pretty fun prints to buy, and I loved to Lego ones. But Kevin and I each chose one print. He chose the Wright Bothers, and I chose the Starship Enterprise. The are hanging on either side of the opening from the living room (tv room) into the family room (toy/Lego/games room). I was too embarrassed to get a picture with all the toys in the background, so you have to settle for this.
What has 6 thumbs and interrupts everything?
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| These guys. It is them. |
So we celebrate when we get some artwork up. It looks simple, but it requires us to agree on what we like, buy it, and then after a few weeks finally hang it up.
Here are the outcomes.
This is actually pretty old. The Family Rules have been hanging in the kitchen for a few months, but I wanted this post to look like we had done more than reality. I love this list though, and have been wanting one for a year or so.
Today we finally hung up some blue prints that we purchased a few weeks ago. There were some pretty fun prints to buy, and I loved to Lego ones. But Kevin and I each chose one print. He chose the Wright Bothers, and I chose the Starship Enterprise. The are hanging on either side of the opening from the living room (tv room) into the family room (toy/Lego/games room). I was too embarrassed to get a picture with all the toys in the background, so you have to settle for this.
The other ones we hung today were just ordered two weeks ago. They are movie prints. Again, we each chose our favorite. They are hanging in the dining room. Do you know what movies they are from?
The blue prints and the movie prints were both purchased from Woot. We are finding out that we love the artwork on that site! We have gotten art, sleeping bags, and a vacuum from there in the last 6 months.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Baking Cookies
Last weekend we finally made our last batch of cookie mix that we received a while ago. (We had made and eaten the first batch months ago.) As usual, it was a family affair.
Gwyn and Kevin added the ingredients, Colin wrote down the list of ingredients, and daddy assisted them in all of that. My primary job was taking pictures and eating the cookies. :)
Gwyn and Kevin added the ingredients, Colin wrote down the list of ingredients, and daddy assisted them in all of that. My primary job was taking pictures and eating the cookies. :)
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