Super L's First Day of School

The new backpack (Aunt Sarah must be jealous).


The long walk to the bus stop



Waiting (the bus was 15 minutes late)

Getting off the bus after a great first day.



Super L says, "My first day of school was great. I learned the stuff that my teacher knows is dangerous like sticking scissors in your mouth. Making friends is easy all you have to do is say hi and talk to people."

Getting Ready for School

We're preparing a study area for school.





We still have some work to do . . .

We'll get some stools, lights and maybe a small desk for Joshua.

Ape Caves

We went to the Ape Caves. Super A says, "I forgot, all about the Ape Caves. I was so disappointed that there were no man eating apes, to feed Samuel to. I went through a narrow cave and saw a cavern at the end.

(the picture makes it look bigger than it was)

"Only super S and I could fit back here. I wish super L was here."

Super S Says"I made to the very end of the cave and it was tiny.


"The cave was dark and cold, very cold. Also little drops of water, actually big drops of water, kept falling on my head. (but there were no giant fish)"


Super L says, "This little hole was the littlest hole. Last year I was 6 and I could barely fit through the hole. This year was the greatest year meeting new friends. At the big cave it was good, a couple drops fell on me. I tripped and fell, but I am OK. That cave had a small tunnel at the end but I didn't get to see it. "

Super J has nothing to say but this is what he looked like while he was playing in the small tunnel that is a lava casting of a fallen tree. . . .



Here is a picture of all of us.

Super A's B-Day Party

Super A finally had his party today. It was a GAMMA-WORLD party

Super's A and his quests in the time machine.


They were transported to the post-apocalyptic world of 2559. Where they fought a mutant three-headed frog.


Good thing they were wearing the strange black plastic armor.



They defeated the mutant monsters, repaired the time machine and made it home in time for cake and presents.

Super A’s Rust Experiments

Rust Experiment #1:

We wanted to know how metal rusted so . . . we put nails in water, boiled water, oil and air.

After 48 hours the results were . . .

1 Nail in oil . . . No rust what-so-ever

2 Nail in water . . . Bottom of the jar was stained with rust and the nail had a little rust

3 Nail in boiled water . . . Some rust in water and the nail was really rusty

4 Nail in air . . . tiny bit of rust

Conclusions: Nails rust in contact with water and air. Oil may protect nails from rusting. Air may make nail rust because of water vapor in the air. Water makes nails rust given enough time.

Experiment #1.5:

We wanted to know if vinegar would take the zinc off of a galvanized nail. We soaked the galvanized nail in vinegar until it stopped bubbling (it took a while before it started bubbling). Then we put the pre-soaked nail and a galvanized un-soaked nail in water.

Results: After 24 hours

1 Galvanized nail pre-soaked in vinegar: Is rusting.

2 Galvanized nail not soaked in vinegar: not rusting.

Conclusions: Zinc came off of the nail soaked in acid. Zinc is a very good way to prevent nails from rusting.

Experiment #2:

We wanted to know if oil would prevent a nail from rusting and if salty water would make a nail rust faster. We put a nail in oil that was floating on top of water, with part of the nail in water and part in oil. We put another nail in salty water (water mixed with 1tsp of salt) and a third nail in plain water.

Results . . . come back tomorrow.

Today

Super J has been spending a lot of time here.


And our house is definitely starting to smell. We are running out of clothes because all I do is wash Super J's clothes.

We made these cool playdough cookies today. I was totally inspired from another blogger. I wish I could remember who that blogger was. If it was you feel free to say so! Here's the recipe.
Ours look nothing like the recipe's, but what we truly make with playdough (except for mine, I tried to make it look like the recipe, because that's how creative I am with playdough).


This pic. is of the stuff Super A made. The thing in front is a bow and arrow. The ball at the end of the arrow will explode into fire when it hit's it's target. The thing just behind the arrow is the guy that shoots the arrow. I don't know if it uses it's arms or legs for shooting.



Here are pictures taken after I put Super A in charge of taking pictures of the cookies.

That's pizza on her face. We had just eaten lunch.

The flour we used for the cookies.

Cookies going in. You can also see from this picture our top secret pizza sauce recipe. Shhh... and how often I clean the oven. Again shhhh...

I guess there was other stuff on the table? Oh wait, that's the floor.

A pot? Hmmm...that has nothing to do with the cookies.


And what the heck is this???? I didn't even know we owned something this shade of yellow! If you know what it is you win a prize!! But since your answer will be non-verifiable we won't actually be responsible for sending you a prize. Seriously though, don't let this stop you from guessing.


I am racking my brain as to what this is.....

Sweaters

I found these two beautiful sweaters on Linky Thursday from StacySews. (Link to StacySews is no my sidebar). I would love t make them. They are gorgeous. I'm afraid, though, if I were to start making these beautiful sweaters they would just end up halfway done and then they would sit for 5 or 6 years before I'd get around to finishing them...or not.