Back to Reality - 2020

The FIRST week back to school for the kiddos (after being off for 2 full weeks) and back to work for Amy and Adam.  We were all happy when Friday afternoon rolled around!!!  We enjoyed time at home and went for a hike on Saturday.  We hope that 2020 is off to a great start for all or our fiends and family.

The elementary school is participating in the second year of "One School One Book."  Last year, we read about a pig that went on an expedition to the South Pole and this year we are reading, "Kenny and the Dragon"





The Wednesday cub scout meeting had the kids building a tower - working as a team AND only using their left hands.




Learning about pulleys


Meanwhile, Addie worked on her Uni the Unicorn Activity book on Wednesday


Saturday was the Scout pinewood derby but Addie really did not want to go...SO the girls stayed home!
Addie working on her blank comic book: stories about cats


Then we learned about chromatography: - the science of colors


Watching the green food coloring dye separate into blue and yellow


Experiment 1 was with tap water and Experiment 2 was with tap water plus salt - better color separation with salt water


Next we investigated the candy coatings on a few favorite snacks:
Skittles on the left (2 purple and a green) and M&Ms on the right (red and green)


Meanwhile, Ayson was not feeling very well at the pinewood derby


His car did win one of his heats and came in 2nd for the 2nd heat!  His car placed 7th overall :)


The pinewood derby cars


On Saturday, it reached a balmy 62 degrees!  So, we took a walk to the creek Saturday afternoon:)
Addie holding a cool rock that she wanted her picture taken with :)


Posing like Daddy :)


We spotted a few dandelions!!