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Soldier & Pocahontas

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Today's Science Projects

Separate salt from pepper:
http://www.andybrain.com/sciencelab/2007/11/25/how-to-separate-salt-and-pepper/

Lift an ice cube with a string:
http://www.sciencefair-projects.org/physics-projects/lift-an-ice-cube.html

Ben Ten Went to the Pumpkin Farm

Circus peanut cut in half, stuck together with a slice of gummy worm, rolled into a ball, toothpick to make lines, gummy worm slice stem.

Photo Fun

I read in Family Fun magazine about putting colored sticky notes over your camera's flash to create colored photos. We tried it today.

Purple and blue were my favorites:

Sad Dog

While petting Koko, our 11 year old black lab, yesterday, I felt a lump. Took her to the vet, he did a needle aspiration and found some cells he didn't like. We had the mass removed today.

She came through surgery OK. She has to wear the collar for 7 days until she gets her stitches out. Pathology results will take 7-10 days.

Right now she just wants a drink, and can't have any until the morning. She also has that post-surgery odor.

I have to add this photo from better days:

Beach Houses and Ballet Footsteps

The kids are usually crabby when we leave co-op on Fridays.

They got re-energized back at the house. Daniel made a beach house out of Keva Planks. Emily wrote two songs, The Wind and Ballet Footsteps. The Wind initially sounded like the Theme from Twin Peaks meets George Winston. Ballet Footsteps is the video clip below. She initially was teaching it to Daniel, but then decided she didn't want to.

Science Lessons

We did a couple of fun things for science today -- fireworks in a glass, and color collisions.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2077266_make-fireworks-glass.html

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/educational-craft-activities/science-projects/a-mad-scientists-blast-706339/2/

Kentucky Down Under ... as in Australia

We had a great day at KDU today. It was damp, and chilly, but we made the most of it! I still think it is amazing to find a piece of Australia in Kentucky, USA!

My favorite part was bottle feeding a lamb. The kids loved feeding the lorakeets and parakeets as much as last year. We got a much better pet of the kangaroos this year than last. Watching the kids milk the cow was fun, too.

Two Years - Photo Comparison

My, how they've grown in two years!

Give-Away to Bring Freddie Home!

http://lyndishupp.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-first-give-away.html

My friend Lyndi is trying to raise money for the adoption of Freddie, by her family or someone else's. She is doing a weekly give-away for anyone making a donation that week.

This week the give-away is what I'm making, so please help her out! And stay tuned for future weeks!

Good Family Time

We got to do a lot of things together as family this week since Eddie unexpectedly had the week off. We are trying to pack in some good memories, as he will be heading to Equitorial Guinea, Africa, next week, for SIX weeks. 44 days....

Hiking at Fall Creek Falls

Pirates

Now, we just need a boat....

Baby Rattle Baby Shower Cake

I had fun making this!

Camping in the Smokies

Friends Marlaina and Haylee invited us to join them in their camper at the Jellystone Campground near the Smoky Mountains. We took several hikes, toured parts of the park, and enjoyed the visitor’s center. We went to the Aquarium and learned a lot about sharks at an educational talk they offered. It was great fun to sing camp songs, cook out, play at the playground, make friends with other campers, play mini-golf, flush the camper toilet, and the like! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends!