Exploding Penny Experiment

This week we learned how to think like a scientist. Katie took the lesson to heart more then her brothers and today decided to create an experiment and see how it would work out.

Aim: To try and make a penny explode (you'll see why I let her try as you read on)

Method: To mix a variety of items found around the kitchen with her penny and see if it will do the trick.

Materials: 1/4 c water, pinch of salt, tablespoon of flour, tablespoon of all purpose flour, tablespoon of salt, and a 1 teaspoon of wheat flour and 1 penny (because that's all she could find at the moment).

Results: Very watery and dirty flour that she says is turning cool colors because of her brilliant ingredients and mom says because the penny is dirty so don't eat.

I suppose she could bake it and put a new spin on the term "penny loaf". It decidedly did not explode (good news for mom, bad news for Katie). She says its because she used the wrong ingredients and thinks that using bread flour over all purpose next time might yield better results.  Never fear little girl, you now know one way a penny will not explode and have a set of endless possibilities before you :)

Happy Valentine's Day

The children made these valentine's day cards to give to their family and friends this year. They picked out the picture and what to have it say, the color and font.
Happy Valentine's Day!!!

New Favorite Picture

Last weekend I went and took some fun photos of this sweet family that lives across the street from me. I think this is my new favorite photo.