Doesn’t every baby do this?

Are the stripes the cause?

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Katriel ~ 2013

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Marie ~ 2005

 

 

Every Butler baby has spent countless hours on Daddy’s lap at the dinner table.  Or in this case, the ice cream table.

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She knew she was missing something special.
We found her a treat, too.

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Science Geeks?

We’ve had a ton of science experiments going on around here, as well as science projects. 

Nigel made some animal tracks one week.

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And experimented with chocolate and corn syrup to see how an anteater’s tongue works. 

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Stewart had to develop his own experiment using water, salt, sugar, corn syrup.  He decided to measure how eggs float (or sink) as each is used as a solute.  He figured out control vs. variable.

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He also has thus far build a glider, a steam boat and a racer to conduct experiments. 

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I don’t think either of them plans to make a career out of this stuff… but it is more interesting than other years, as you can see.  🙂