Science Fair

We found a science fair on Saturday, and it was free. I decided I would take the girls, and it was awesome. We made slime, brush bots, chap stick. We taste tested popcorn for saturated fats, and tried dry ice cheese puffs. We saw lots of crazy bugs, and even pet a giant beetle. The favorites were the brush bots and the slime.

This was the kit they used for the bristle bot, but I am going to try to see if I can find the stuff locally and do a tutorial on it.
Aren't their bots the cutest!






And the slime! The girls love the slime!



Ingredients: ½ cup glue and two Cups Borax
1. Mix ½ -cup water with ½ cup glue. In a separate container, mix ½ cup water with 2c. Borax (Borax can be purchased in the laundry detergent aisle).
2. Now, stir the Borax mixture while slowly adding the glue mixture.
3. It should immediately come together to make slime. If it isn't quite right try adding more of the Borax and water.

Nap struggle

Oh the joy of having a toddler that thinks she is too big to nap. Her brain wants to be awake but her body is so tired. And then when she finally succumbs to the sleepiness it is to late to nap, so I have to fight her to stay awake.
Sigh, deep breath because this child is making me seriously consider spiking my coffee.

Hairbow holder

A frame, some chicken wire, and a staple gun.


Easy and instant! Now the girls will stop making bow trails. I still need to find the rest of the bows, maybe I should check the cats tail or the sock drawer.

Trouble

Someone has been particularly sour about the fact my recovery has been so slow. In fact she head butted me in the stomach twice today. It is such a good thing she is cute, and it is also helpful that there is a bar of Salazon chocolate with ground coffee and sea salt.

Folk Music

Papa played a day gig, so we got to go see him play. It was such a good time. Claire loved dancing to the music.

Cheese sticks!

This is cheese.


Cheese meet apple corer.



Get close, closer.



There you go. You two make a great pair, and even better the two of you combined make cheese sticks!



Hooray for happy lunch boxes!



Emma will tell you she is allergic to cheese, but that the allergy will be lifted if the cheese is a cheese stick. Momma is magical, she can make ordinary cheese into cheese sticks sans packaging! So hooray for happy moms too.

Care package

A family friend sent the girls' a care package. It was so sweet, and full of craft supplies. The way to creative young girls' hearts is by sending them craft supplies. To top it off send them notes with confetti inside, because that truly is awesome.






Thank you Mrs. Julia!