Sipping science

April 23, 2015 | Stacy

We’ve been reading about Thomas Edison. The story goes that he once mixed chemicals together and saw a tremendous number of bubbles form. This led him to believe this creation of bubbles could elevate a person off the ground. So he had his friend drink it. (He was about 8 at the time.)
Our science guide had us create our own bubbly chemical reaction… homemade pop!

I love school at home.

Doesn’t she look scholarly?

April 23rd…

April 23, 2015 | Stacy

(speechless)

The world is a safer place…

Image | April 22, 2015 | Stacy

A rainbow

April 22, 2015 | Stacy

and a garbage can
and a neighbor’s car
and a light post…

We see some pretty great rainbows out our front door…
Sadly, it is probably the worst view from our house that we could have. 🙂
All those fields around our house would make prettier pictures.

But we like it when we see them. How can we not?

A baby with an apple…

April 21, 2015 | Stacy

Because it is cute.

She was so pleased with herself.

Daddy’s birthday

April 20, 2015 | Stacy

Daddy had to travel on his birthday, so we celebrated a day early.
He had helpers for his gifts.

And we ate some of the cupcakes from Tab’s party to celebrate in his absence.

Tabitha’s 9th birthday party

April 18, 2015 | Stacy

It was a gorgeous day out. Seventy degrees and sunny.
We had all day to prepare and everyone worked together.
The party was scheduled for 4:00 – 7:30. Which is really cool. Except in my head I thought it was 4:30 – 7:00. Which left me sort of surprised as cars started pulling in at 4. LOL. It was even on the calendar!!!

They played a few games in the driveway. Johanna was a party guest, along with all the big girls.

Katriel hung out with us most of the time, as well. But she didn’t get into the games.

These girls were so fun and funny.

Time for dinner. Pizza and fruit. Survey says, most 9 year old girls don’t like pineapple… (because that was all that was left just about.)

After dinner we handed out aprons for each girl.

And we started frosting cuppycakes. On Thursday Nan had made 72 cupcakes. We put them in these little boxes (you can really buy ANYTHING on Amazon). Then Saturday morning John and I made frosting. Lots and lots of frosting. Lots.

The girls were super creative.

Because we wanted them each to get to take home their creations (and because I enjoy making frosting?) we had a regular cake to sing over. I had no ~~time left~~ creative juices left to make a “fun” cake, so Tabitha provided Lego girls to doll up the cherry frosting. Her smile tells me she is okay with this.

Some of the finished products.

As fun as it was to party with the big girls, Hanny was excited to see a new baby in attendance. She asked the baby’s mommy if she could hold her, and the mommy said yes. ♥

When Katriel figured out what Hanny was up to, she wanted a chance, too.

The party ended around 7:30 – I think. And we have a lot of cupcakes around the house as each of my girls made 6. I think we will freeze some. Because that’s a lot of frosting!

Cute as a kitten

April 17, 2015 | Stacy

I have to share this photo. I love her “real smile.” The one she offers when she is not hamming it up.

The light switch seems to have gone on for reading. It’s an exciting time for her.

I always tell her how exciting it will be when she can read the Bible all by her own self.
♥

Tabitha is nine!

April 16, 2015 | Stacy

Her day started with her wake-up song.

And she was greeted downstairs with balloons, a garden flower, and – um – whatever that was that Daddy hung from the light fixture (looks like a forming blood clot IMO).

She got the morning off school, but did have some work in the afternoon… Mostly she enjoyed listening to her new Adventures in Odyssey CD that Nan brought over in the morning.

For dinner, Nan, Nene, Ba and Poppy joined us to celebrate both Tab’s and Daddy’s birthdays.