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Daphne’s classmate had a Mad Science birthday party yesterday.  It was awesome!!  The Mad Scientist host did a water trick, which ended up with green water ‘disappearing’ into the powder that is in diapers.  It can absorb 500X its weight in water.  He let all the kids touch it.

This may be the best  picture I ever took of one of my kids (and she was kind of hyper from three nebulizer treatments and a good nap).  They learned about chemical vs. physical changes in matter.  Daphne was really amazed at a some paper he would light on fire and toss in the air.  Poof!  It disappears.

And she laughed  at an air vortex he poofed at each kid (like your airzooka, Dave).

They made slime to take home.

And she got a pair of rainbow glasses.

It was a pretty cool party.  They are good about getting 3-4 year old kids to think about big ideas using simple analogies.  They learned about different kinds of molecules (“molecules are like building blocks!”).  For solid molecules the kids had a group hug, sticking together.  For water molecules the kids jumped around near each other.  For gas molecules the kids had to separate themselves as far apart as possible.

There was some fun with a blacklight towards the end.  It’s funny how mesmerized little kids (and their parents) are by turning the lights on and off over and over again.