Sunday, March 5, 2017

art fest

The kids did lots of fun art projects at school the other day! You can see the bunny Jane made, and the suncatchers I was helping with drying on the yellow tablecloth. It was a gooey project!

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Malcolm used neon paint on black paper to make a 3D picture, and it actually pops out when you wear 3D glasses!

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environmental engineering

Malcolm is enjoying being in the after-school environmental engineering club. The other day I helped the kids with their carbon-capture project. It involved glitter and a hairdryer, and let's just say I was glad it was happening at school and not my house!

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Monday, February 27, 2017

science Sunday

We had a good time at the science museum on Sunday!

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The chocolate exhibit was really interesting! We brought chocolate to eat afterwards - we knew we would crave it!

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Saturday, February 25, 2017

syrup and sculptures

We made our trek to Parker's Maple Barn with our friends Maddy and Hannah! It was the first day of syrup-making for the year.

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Afterwards we went to a sculpture park in the woods. It was muddy and wet but we had fun exploring the sculptures!

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spring preview

The past few days have been very warm! Most of the snow has melted. I made iced coffee to bring to the playground!

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Even Westie wanted to venture outside.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

snowy park fun

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telephone

It was fun to help Jane's class do experiments with string and cup telephones. The kids were surprised they actually worked! It turned out using plastic cups and fishing line worked best.

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