Apparently I just needed a kick in the butt (like the thought of a second day at home with both of them needing a lot of attention and supervision) for me to find my happy place and get back into my 'groove'. So with a still not school ready Noah at home, we've had quite the adventure around here today. Probably a little more than I should have given my current pain and fatigue level but, meh! It was fun!
After breakfast we got started on a couple of experiments. I had frozen some small ice blocks overnight, which we sprinkled with salt. I then gave them some colored water and pipettes and...
We had a blast seeing the rivulets made in the ice by the salt (check it out here for the instructions)
Then we put those "rainbow seeds" to use by creating a rainbow in a jar! We talked about sugar, density and what happens when you add less dense items to a base
We got our skittles mixed in and the water had to cool (the temperature of the water effects the density) and took a beak for Nita
Dear Detectives,
Since its founding, 44 men have
served as President of the United States.
We are hearing rumors that quite a few of them came from the state we
believe Nita to currently camped out in.
In fact, we believe that is tied for first as to the total number. Further, though “Old Dominion” is the
official nickname of the state, it is sometimes called “Mother of Presidents”
as well.
Nita seems to be tracking us very closely
right now, so we do not want to say too much.
Instead, we are enclosing a word search with what we believe to be the
names of those Presidents. Further,
there are instructions on the puzzle on how to use it to uncover a further
clue.
Good luck, Detectives!
MOMG Intelligence
They're still thinking Virginia but are waiting for one more clue.
Then it was back to the skittles. This was so neat!
And it actually worked!
Then we set out to do some art projects for Great Grandma Minna's birthday
Mikayla did these
And Noah made this dragonfly
We took a lunch break and then decided to try our hand at....
They both loved this. I would definitely make this again. It does stiffen up eventually but it's almost more like a putty than a dough. I would also recommend lessening the amount of oil if you try it on your own...
Like I said, a good time had by all
They also took a few minutes for us to fill out their NCAA brackets. Noah has Dayton and Kentucky in the finals (with Kentucky winning) and in true Mikayla fashion, she picked Butler only because it made her giggle hysterically to say Butler....
Later this afternoon we tried making Homemade Facepaint
Wouldn't recommend this one.... Found that the food coloring stained their faces and took quite a bit of scrubbing to get off. Which now has Mikayla's face broken out a bit. But, live and learn!
Just before Grant came home I gave them a bag of mini marshmallows and told them to go to town....
I did equip Grant when he got home
Shortly after this, though he'd been fine all day, Noah started complaining of an upset stomach and got sick. He's still running over a 100 degree fever so no school yet again tomorrow. So no school. Again. *sigh* It's frustrating because he's fine otherwise, and then all of a sudden. Same thing happened about when Grant got home yesterday. We're waiting to decide about them going to Rockford until tomorrow night now...
We did sample Nita's creation - YUM! Wherever those peanuts are from, they're mighty tasty.
So looks like I'm home with the big one in the morning while the little one is at school. We'll see what we come up with... So until then :)
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