What a beautiful spring. We love being outside. We have gone to several parks , camped outside and gone to Beech Bend. My flowers have been doing great too. I hope we have more incredible weather , after this bad winter I am not going to waste the pretty days.
We took a glass and put a wet paper towel in it then put a few great northern beans (we didn't have any lima beans) between the glass and the paper towel then put it on the window seal for sunlight. The first photo shows the several experiments we did , the second photo is after 2 days . The photos are in order of days. The last photo is after 6 days. Jack really liked this experiment, he loved how he could see all the different parts of a seed on the last day.
I'm so glad that Jack loves science and experiments. It's hard trying to find new ones that interest him. We are trying to get Jack more active and keep him busy with less video games and more hands on type stuff. He wanted to help me plant my flowers and he was asking a lot of questions about seeds and plants. So we planted and did a few experiments.
We put stalks of lettuce in colored water to see how plants take in water. We isolated an avacado pit , cut open beans to look at the seed coat , looked at several different types of seeds and compared them and the germination bean experiment. We will check back on the germination experiment and the avacado pit after a week or two. We also put socks on over our shoes and walked I'm the tall grass by the trees , then took the socks off and shook them over paper, so we could see the seeds. We did this after reading a book about how seeds travel.
It was such a beautiful day and the rain held off. We went for a walk and enjoyed reading time in the hammock. This is the first time I have had success with planting in the ground and not just I'm a pot. Our sunflowers are starting to come up. I got my first bloom of the season from the perennial clematis, it is the first time I have ever had a perennial come back. Yay
What a crazy busy past two weeks. Jack had his jamboree game then we explored and hiked a little at Lost River Cave. We had to take some silly pictures , of course. We practiced riding our bikes. We planted our seeds and the dog kept laying on the fresh soil , I guess it was cool in the shade. Jack painted some mini flower pots for a little Mother's Day gift for the Grandma's.
We went to the library and it was dress like your favorite super hero day. Jack was Star Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy. The librarian had several fun activities at different tables set up , but of course Jack went after the Legos. We went to Lost River cave again and went geocaching, we got a little wet and muddy , but we found 4 out of 7 caches.
My BFF visited me and we went to a bookfest. We met Diana Galbadon, author of the Outlander series and had our books autographed. It was a short but fun visit.
Then last night Jack and I went to dinner then this really cool , free , interactive show at the planetarium. The show was about light frequency and temperature and infrared. They had a really cool infrared camera and we did a science experiment with an ice cube.
I'm constantly busy , but I love it. I love exploring and I'm so glad that my son does too.
As a science experiment before Easter we dyed our eggs using household items. We had a little kitchen chemistry. Then a scavenger hunt , Easter celebration and bunny cake at Nana's. Followed by some relaxing in the hammock Maya and a good book.
The household items we used and mixed with vinegar was : tumeric , paprika , blue berries , orange, cherry pie filling and instant coffee.
I took Jack and my nephew,Aiden to a Ninja party this week at the library. They made crafts , listened to stories , had a karate demonstration and even got to practice their own moves. Jack had baseball practice after that and I was worried how I was going to entertain Aiden, but he did just fine. He played with Jack's teammates little brothers. Jack said he wants to start Kung Fu next winter.
The weather was beautiful the first half of the week but I knew it would get colder towards the end of the week , so we took advantage. I came home from work Tuesday and said "it's nice outside , let's pack a picnic and go to the park". Jack was excited, we stayed until the sun went down.
People always ask me what I eat in certain situations, since I can't eat gluten. Most people say , well what's left? I say a bunch of food. Example of recent picnic or ballgame food that I have packed:
Sandwich on gluten free bread , a piece of fruit and cheetos , doritos or stax.
String cheese, a beef stick or pepperoni ,a hard boiled egg , almonds and fruit
Kind bar and an apple
This particular picnic, the night we went to the park , I packed:strawberries , a fruity pebble treat and I made my own lunchable with gf rice crackers , cheese and summer sausage. That is just a few examples of quick make and take food. Most of the time I cook at home and just take the leftovers to work for lunch the next day.
Also Jack finally opened his Kinder egg that his Uncle Doug brought him back from Germany. They have. Caution , choking hazzard written allover it because it is a German chocolate hollow egg with a kids toy inside. Jack was so excited that he got a fox. He loves foxes.
Then to wrap up the week. We road the carousel at the mall, then he watched the new movie Home with his Grandma and spent the night at her house. Jason and I went to a comedy show. The next day I took Jack to the farmer's market , baseball practice and to the park to play with friends. He doesn't realize this but we are carefully curing him if his winter laziness. The weather is supposed to be nicer today and we are going on a nature hike and to practice baseball in the yard.
Sadly we did not get to any cool science experiments this week. Jack and I worked on how to write a story instead.
