The Amazing Inventor

One  day a boy was a great inventor.  He had made ten cars, five kites that fly on their own, windy or not windy.  Whenever nighttime came, he dreamed about making a mistake in  building something.  One  day he decided to take a walk in the woods near his house to see what he could find.  At first, he didn't know what he would see whenever he reached before he went to the forest.  A green leaf fell on his head in  the middle of the forest.  Whenever he got home, he had brought back sticks and the leaf that fell on his head. He  made  a toy tent out of the leaf, which was very big, and the sticks. He had four leftover sticks and two  leaves that where shaped like a head and were very small and were stuck on two of the  sticks.  So he  used the four stick and the  two head-shaped leaves and one marker to make two people. So he liked his tent and two people. 

And so he tried to make a jet pack. The first and second time it did not work.  And the third time, it did work.  So it was on his completed table.  That night he did not dream his normal dreams of making mistakes in his work.  Instead, he dreamed that he got lost. 

The next day, he built a boat to go across the river in the middle  of the woods.  Whenever he got across the river, he found that there was a hut there.  Not the kind that someone would  live in, but of the kind that no one lived in.  So he made it his secret hideout to invent things.  He brought his jet pack there, the tent, and the people.  Then he went home to go to sleep because it was bedtime.  The next day, he went to the hideout and found that the jet pack, the tent, and the people were missing.  And he found that where he left them was by a window that was open, facing the river.  And so he went down the river. and found the jet pack acting like a boat with the people and the tent on top of the jet pack.  It was stuck at a dam.  And he brought them back to the hut.   The end.

The Fire Cat

 

I never knew that a cat  could have spots. I liked the book.  The fire  cat wanted to do something big.  He did in the end. Read the book to find out!

 

 

 

Absolute Zero

This video (from Nova) was about people making things very cold.  I liked the Bose-Einstein condensate the best. It's amazing how it could defy gravity.  I think that if a man grabbed another man's hand and then put on a ring of Bose-Einstein condensate, they would both freeze. 

Giants

I watched a video on the computer about giants and this is a link to them.  I was most amazed at how big the people were.  One was even taller than the ceiling in my house. I was also amazed that their bodies changed so much because of their enormous growth. 

Snow Day!!!!

We got about 6 inches of snow and finally got to play and sled in the snow.

 

A Couple of Big Turkeys ")

Joshua made this beautiful turkey to decorate our Thanksgiving table out of a Pringles can. Keith said he made a Pilgrim and Native American out of cans as a child. I looked for a template online and could not find one, but I found this site that offered a cute turkey template. He had a blast doing this! He put the turkey together all by himself.

How to Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

I found a wonderful post on The Simple Dollar about making your own liquid laundry detergent and thought that I would give it a try.  It turned out wonderfully, but it didn't start off so well.  I started the water boiling on the stove while I helped Joshua shred the soap.  I looked up and out of the corner of my eye I saw flames!  I had caught my hot pads on fire by turning on the wrong burner.  Keith was sick and was soaking in the tub trying to feel better when I yelled out, "I'm on fire!"  I have no idea why I said that, but it came out.  I quickly poured some water on the hot pads, turned off the burner and all was safe.  Joshua told me, "Wow, that's the first fire we had."  I took this as an opportunity to "teach" the kids what to do in case of a fire. :) Ahh, teachable moments...