Love. Laugh. Learn. Grow.: August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Hurricane Irene

Rain and wind, but I'm happy to report no damage. We were a little worried with all the trees in our yard, but all that came down were small branches and lots of leaves. We lost power Sunday around 1pm and it came back on Wednesday at 2pm. A generator kept us sane!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Acton Fair

Charlotte loved everything about the fair; the animals, food, and rides!

Friday, August 26, 2011

Gak!

This substance is very cool! Charlotte had lots of fun discovering all its amazing properties!

To make:

Step 1: Add 4oz glue to 1/2 cup of water and stir.

Step 2: Add food coloring.

Step 3: In a separate bowl, add 1 tbsp of Borax to 1 cup of hot water and stir until dissolved. Add an additional 1/2 teaspoon of Borax to the water and stir until dissolved again. Continue adding 1/2 tsp at a time until no more will dissolve (I ended up adding 4).

Step 4: Pour the Borax water into your glue mixture and stir well. It will immediately start to clump together. Continue stirring until you have a glob in the center and liquid around it.

Step 5: Carefully lift out the glob and pour out excess liquid. (I would suggest using some kind of plastic platform to set it on).

Step 6: Enjoy!

Adding lots of food coloring. Of course she wanted to add all 4 colors!

Squishy

Slimy

If you pull quickly, it will break apart

And if you pull slowly, it'll stretch out

My mistake! I would use some type of plastic platform to set it on

If you roll it into a ball, it will slowly spread by itself

Next time, we'll make 2 batches 2 different colors and let them "melt" together

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Ouch!

Poor baby :( First, she tripped and hit her head on a piece of granite. Then, later she was trying to open her folding stepstool and pinched her finger. It was pinched so bad I had to pull it out. That seemed to hurt her more than the hit on the head. Not a good day.