Who Needs Science Camp?

We're not paying for some high falutin' science camp! Not when we've got Dr Gunk's Chemical Warehouse at our disposal! The kids were very excited to try out all the different experiments and Dr Gunk (btw, Andrew made that up Nancy, not me!) had prepared. And was she ever prepared! Worksheets, lab reports and supplies all ready & waiting for them to dig into.

They learned about acids vs bases, how vinegar affects an eggshell overnight, grew crystals and some other stuff that I can't recall (aka explain). They couldn't get enough of Nanny's experiments on their vacation this year. I hope she's researching for next year's labs because they are going to be looking for more and probably telling all their friends!

Plate Lickin' Good!

Lovey was on a mission tonight! Poor Murray has been wanting salmon for supper for ages but he's the only one who enjoys it so I rarely put it on the menu. Since it was on sale this week, and it had been so long since I'd gotten it, I decided we'd have some. Tonight was salmon night. I gave very small (maybe a teaspoon full?) serving to each of the girls and waited for the crapstorm to start. Lo and behold, it DIDN'T!!!! Every single one of them ate their microscopic portions and cleaned up their plates well! I almost fell over. Then I remembered what they were playing for: Murray's homemade from scratch blueberry pie or Berry Bliss Cake or fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Obviously, the stakes were high :)

 At another meal earlier this week, the dreaded portion of that meal was under discussion.

Sweetie: Lovey? is broccoli your arch enemy?
Lovey: (scornful face & tone) NO! of course not. beans are!

 That girl really gets into her work :)

Speaking of work, violin lessons have started up again and Lovey is nearly ready to move up to the next size of violin. When she started at age 5, her violin was 1/8 the size of a regular one. Then earlier this year she graduated to the ¼ size and now here she is with that one and her new ½ size! She's so excited to have a new (to her) instrument. Misty says she's not quite ready to move to the bigger one but will be very soon and she found a used one for us to buy so we're going to get it now. Lovey wanted to use it for practice tonight though.

Note to God

Murray was picking the kids up from Sunday School one day & found Lovey finishing up some writing on the chalkboard :)