Avi - 12/17/2020

Avilene ate blueberry bagel and ate peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate three large servings of hamburger & sausage pizza with the meats, peppers, olives, pineapple, and tomato sauce.  We serve the whole wheat pizza crust on the side and she ate that, and she ate pineapple on the side too.  She always loves how we do the pizza.  

(Some of the following will be a repeat from what you read in Svea's Blog.)  "Science with Lauralea" has become quite the hit with the 4 oldest kids!!  That's all they talk about every Thursday morning (and frequently during the week) before we begin.  Lauralea had to run get something before we started and Nora said, "Don't take too long!"  Haha.  Last picture:  We did 3 experiments this morning and the theme was "Chemical Reactions" with a Christmas bent.  This first one was just for them to observe.  "Bobbing Jingle Bells" using a soft drink that was carbonated.  We probably put a dozen "Christmas" jingle bells in the container in the middle of the table and when the liquid hit they all rose to the top, then descended to the bottom and then one and sometimes more would suddenly rise to the top. Then back to the bottom.  Repeat and repeat.  It continued for an hour and then we put in fresh liquid and they started all over again. 

Second Experiment:  We called this "Crystal Growing" and it's starting to work as I'm doing the Blog. It said about 3 hours so the kids can frequently watch to see it develop.  They twirled pipe cleaners around a marker to make them curl.  Then we put Borax in the glass and added boiling water (no, the children were not in danger) and stirred while the Borax dissolved.  Then we put the pipe cleaners in the glasses and now we wait to see if it works.  :)

Last picture: The one below was "Peppermint Oobleck."  Basically water and cornstarch and the crushed peppermint candy just for smell.  Water and Cornstarch together make a solid and a liquid both.  Crazy.  For example when it's sitting still in Avi or Atley's bowls it looks liquid, but I could hit it with my fist and NOT splatter.  Haha.  I think Lauralea and I were having as much fun as the kids with this one.