Learning something new

What fun!

Six Months!

can really fly.

It's getting cold now & I'm dreading the winter weather. School is keeping me hopping. Letting the kids set their pace has me a little out of breath. I try to keep up. The housework has definitely been getting bumped to the end of the things to do list a lot lately. Race is getting me up a lot at night still, so staying up a little later hasn't been an option. Most nights we we're in bed before 10. Closer to 9.

Yesterday I got enough REM sleep to have a dream about the daisies coming up three times bigger than last year. Already?

Photo troubles.

hrmmnf.

Whatever floats your boat

This week we made the butter tub paddle-wheel boat. We read about:
~ Galileo and potential energy (dropping a rock on the kitchen floor)
~ Joule and the conservation of energy (chanting "Energy cannot be created or destroyed...")
~ Steam engines. I love pouring over the photos with all the parts labeled with descriptions of their functions.

We also played with rubber bands to see how they store energy. Making a rubber band ball is harder than you might think.


Our butter tub was less than perfect for the task. I'm guessing that rounded corners made the size of the paddle too small.


Here is a gratuitous dog picture. Hello dog.