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We gave Amelia a science kit for Christmas.  We have done some little experiments with paper airplanes, air, and the spectrum.  We started a longer term The Cress Garden experiment this morning.  You grow some seeds on a wet paper towel for several days, and watch them.  So, we made a chart to track her observations.

Her observations for today were:
2/20/10 Saturday

“A seed is like a speck but it grows”  and

“It looks like seeds are made from wood”

She remembered I won a little light up magnifying glass at a workshop, and asked for it to make her observations.

Will keep you posted on her progress!

2/21/10 Sunday

“The seeds get bigger each day.  Each seed has a little yellow line.  I think they are roots.”

Not bad!  She also noticed a clear goo ball around each seed.

2/22/10 Monday

We forgot to check the seeds this morning before school.  Got back to it before dinner tonight.

Amelia said “Some of them have buds!  They’re green.  Some are fuzzy.”

She drew some tiny ones with a root and a seed case still connected to the new green leaves, and I showed her how to draw an enlarged image of the fuzzy part of the root.

The science went haywire, and with a flick of the wrist, ended up all over her and the floor.

She was squealing and squirming like BUGS! were on her.  I told her it was just like vegetables, called her Daddy in to see her squealing and squirming, but it didn’t really help.  Pretty hilarious.  All was salvageable and maybe we’ll even grow new and more interesting things from stuff on our floor that got into the dish.

2/21/10 Tuesday

We had a lot of green stuff tonight.  She found some numbers tonight.  She counted 6 leaves on one of the stems, and measured one entire plant at 1 1/2 inches, or about 4 cm.  She couldn’t understand what a centimeter was, but had no problem with inch.

She said “A bunch more leaves turned green! (please put an exclamation mark there) There are more leaves on the seeds and roots.  Maybe the seeds are glued to the paper towel.  (she tried to pull one off, successfully) Hey, the fuzz feels a little slimy.”

Amelia made this beautiful card for her friend’s birthday.  Left to right are Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine, Ariel, Belle, Cinderella and Pocohontas.  Art takes time.  This took two days.

Inspired by an Arby’s kids meal toy, these are Amelia’s secret passwords.  Shhhh.

A great job accessorizing. 

Blurry but fabulous.

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Highlights:

• Everyone is present and smiling, even the upside down spider.
• Check out the orange ghost in the upper right
• Frankenstein is *awesome*

This picture is a few weeks old, from Daphne’s classmate’s birthday party. But I just love the photo.

Bebe bough the girls matching twirling dresses, which they tried out Saturday.

A few weeks ago, I ran across this article on BoingBoing…

DrO says: “I wanted to point out to you that some people on LiveJournal came up with an idea of inserting dry spaghetti into hot dogs, then boiling it, and coming out with amusing culinary constructs that kids seem to love.”

I found the pictures really strange and almost unsettling, but had a hunch that at least one of my girls would like this strange food.

Told Allison about it and she was skeptical, but made them last weekend. And they liked it even better than I anticipated, especially Amelia. I called them “spaghetti monsters”.

Ready to cook.

Ready to serve.

Nom nom nom.

Big hit!

Daph was more interested in sweet corn.

The girls stayed home with Mama (with bonus friend Catriona!) after the morning recital. One of the girls in this picture didn’t take a nap. Can you guess which one?

(Taken at 8:08pm)

Unseasonably warm temperatures today in Richmond. The girls went for a mid-afternoon walk.



(And, yes, that outfit is a polka dot jacket over a princess dress over pajama pants).

Grandma taught Amelia how to decorate Christmas cookies.

Before bed, Grampy helped Amelia and Daphne lay out reindeer food so that Santa’s reindeer would know where to land.

Tomorrow’s the big day! Amelia insists that Santa knows she’s been good.