Focus on the Now

In an effort to move past the "Character Building" from Friday, Mommy purposely separated Addie's Birthday celebrations from the post and planned to post again soon after and not dwell on the incident but to share and learn from it (just processing my thoughts for the post helped immensely! ;).

On Sunday, the kiddos wanted to do another "Gross Science Lab" but we ran out of time so we four made sure to conduct two experiments on Monday.  The first experiment (chemical reactions and osmosis...a raw egg and white vinegar) won't be ready until Wednesday but the second experiment was instant gratification :)

THIS experiment was about gas expansion: steam and the crazy reaction with ivory soap. Ivory soap has lots of air pockets in it (that is why it floats) and it also has water in it. So when you put it (a new SMALL bar) in the microwave, the water heats up creating steam (and expands) and busts through all of the microscopic air pockets creating a big blob that looks sort of like shaving cream:) Tons of fun and the house smelled clean too.


Expanding in the microwave...how crazy is that!


Ayson said the smell reminded him of the smell of ants when they bite/attack. Good observation, Big Guy!