Garden of Constants

While I was at my conference at OSU, we took the girls to the "Garden of constants". The most promenant feature is these giant numbers scattered about. There are also imbedded in the walkway thinks like pi and boltzman's constants, but these are much less noticeable. At one point I had it in mind that I would take Sammy's picture by these numbers each summer. Then we moved to Kentucky, so it didn't happen. But I thought, as long as we're in the area!

Peter took the girls to Villlage to meet some old colleagues and to the Park of Roses. The Rose festival was not going on, but the flowers were in full bloom. He also wen't to Trader Joe's to stalk up on some of our favorite Chai Mix. Later we let them run around at the mall for a while because were were going to be in the car for a while.

I'm from China!

Sammy and Chalie have been playing a game all morning that they are now calling "China". It started as "house" while we were in PA. Sammy (the mom) sent Charlie Dot to school. She came into the bedroom with her lunchbox and announced "I'm from China!" She repeated this several times while "riding the bus" and "eating her lunch" and then "going home". Now the game is called china instead of house and the girls are wearing blankets like long skirts to get ready for a ball of some kind. I think Sammy is stretching Charlie Dot's patience a bit though. Plus, it is WAY past naptime!

Strawberry Picking

Erika Suggested we go strawberry picking. Apparently in KY, the season ends in late may, but we managed to find a few. The girls seemed to enjoy it, but what was more fun was eating the strawberry shortcake that night. I also made some jam. Yum!

Birthday Bash

Sammy had her birthday party last weekend. Sammy asked for Auntie Em to come and do some "cool" science stuff. We got some dry ice and Emily did all kinds of fun things with it. My favorite was when she made bubbles with the dry ice. They were all smoky and because carbon dioxide is heavier than air they did not act the way you expect bubbles to. We hooked the kids up with "lab coats" (large white button up shirts) and let them do a few experiments of their own. One of Sammy's favorites is the mentos/diet coke trick. I did that with a big soda bottle, then gave each of the kids some smarties and an individual diet coke. They also got to make ice cream with the dry ice. Because it carbonates the ice cream, it tastes a little like a float. We neutralized the acid a bit, so I liked it. Sammy wasn't a fan, so we pulled out some store bought stuff as well.

Random quote from Charlie: "I want my taco naked".

To keep taco filling from going everywhere, we have in the past put the girls' tacos in a sandwhich bag. They have recently be experimenting with just holding it in their hands with no bag, or "naked".