Roman Road & Aqueduct

An engineering marvel! I was so excited to do this project! I think the kids enjoyed it as much as I did. Way to finish up the semester with a bang.

And my snow bunnies.

End of an era.

probably.

E for Effort

This is one of those cases where I should have known better. But I've been feeling like we aren't doing enough of the hands-on stuff from our history material.
What exactly is a chick pea, anyway? For 87¢ a can it was not great loss, but taste wise I must dub it "Garbanzo Gar-bage"

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* Note: That is the dollar store fork the kids fight over. It has taken photographing it & staring at this post to make me realize there are 3 more of them in the scary jumble of the utensil basket in my silverware drawer.

Surface Tension and Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation has its perks. Earlier this week Race was wide awake at midnight wanting to play. Not to be a party-pooper, I turned on the light & watched while he mastered waving. Slowly and intently he bent his fingers, first away then towards his face, silently studying the movements all the while.





Today's science topic was surface tension. There are lots of fun things to try that demonstrate the principle. Food coloring always adds to an experiment.


Max's handwriting is getting good. Yes, the photo is upside down. And yes, he chose to document that aspect of the experiment.

Last night this boy talked in his sleep. Do you know what he said?
"Mmah, mma ma." Then he was quiet again. Really.

Don't you love those eyelashes?