The boys love playing chess and it usually involvs replacing some of the pieces with Lego. This should come as no surprise to me, and I smile every time. 🙂

These are L’s pics and he wanted me to post them to the blog. The boys have our old point and shoot cameras and are learning that using flash is not always best. That being said, I guess no-flash pics that are blurry are still the way to go. This shows me that I really have to use my camera more often…it’s just that my phone, well, it’s always close by…

More Action Pack experiments! Yes, there is a ton of fun stuff packed into one volume! We had a great time with this one. I can’t recall how many times I heard L exclaim, “This is just so cool, Mommy!!” but it was a lot and it made me smile. Yes, it was very cool!

We used six different liquids – the blue is coloured water just in case you were wondering. We used a funnel for the boys to pour the liquids in and it worked very well. I love science! Apparently, I am not the only one and Action Pack makes it fun for everyone.

Gotta love that.

~happy day all~

What floats and what doesn’t? This made the experiment even cooler for us all. The boys ran around the kitchen looking for items to drop in. Can you recognize any?

About a month ago, a  friend of mine was having a giveaway on her blog for an issue of Action Pack. Dawn and her family had created a water rocket and the project made it into this Water issue. So, in support of my friend and in hopes of getting a copy for free, I entered the giveaway. Many times I have thought about buying an issue but held back, second guessing myself because I have a tendency to get really excited about new things and then I have all of these projects to do with the boys and they just sit around. I’ve happily discovered that the great thing about Action Pack and Alphabet Glue for that matter, is we can incorporate it into our lessons! I love that! Oh yes I do!

We haven’t tried out the water rocket just yet as we are waiting for nice weather but we did get to quite a few of the other projects and are loving it!

Now X was a bit under the weather with a low fever and phlegmy cough (yum) so the plan was to lay low. But I didn’t want the boys just sitting in front of the TV all day, although it was tempting to get a ton of knitting done, or playing Legos, which is very cool but somehow I felt we needed to be somewhat productive. We had a wonderful day!

I promised X a game of Junior Monopoly from the other day when I ran out of time before work. So, this was first on the list. He always wins far and square but this time, I did, and he was okay with that.

L began working on the Action Packs word search while we played Monopoly. I think we may be ready for the regular edition soon…

Then we moved onto the water crackers. These were so easy! I had to add more of each of the ingredients as we were making ours gluten free and the flour tends to soak up more liquid. Like usual with my cooking technique, I guessed on the amounts of more water, oil and salt and hey, it all worked out. I got the boys to take turns reading the directions and adding ingredients. They should be chefs in no time, which is great, because I’d could really use a personal chef!

The boys added poppy seeds to the dough and used the we grater that we usually use for ginger to make squares!

I was a little worried that the dough wouldn’t hold well for rolling but it did indeed. We even cut out some fun shapes. I found that reusing the dough was tough, literally, so after having some fun with a bit of butterflies and bunnies I cut the rest into the less interesting (but yummy!) squares.

They turned out perfectly! Will definitely be made again and again!

Super yummy in my onion and potato soup too! I added some caraway seeds to one batch, but X was not thrilled with these so they became mine only. Oh darn. 🙂

Next, we moved onto finishing up X’s crystal catcher as he called it. Both boys received these from Santa (I think!) and L’s is finished and in the window. Still have a bit more to do for X’s but these things take time. He’s pretty good with those tweezers, too!

Onto sewing for X. He is making himself a ‘little friend’ as he calls it/him. He has so far added buttons for eyes and make it almost half way around the edges. Yes, these things take time. 🙂 Where is L? Making how to videos for Lego creations, of course! I will try to add one of the videos but it may be too long. That may be another project for another time!

Now we are onto making the watercolours and testing the pH of foods with cabbage water. This was a very cool project indeed! We ended up making all of the colours suggested in the pack but we just haven’t gotten to actually using them yet!

Whew, I’m pooped! What a great day it was. Just goes to show you don’t need tv to pass the time when one of your little ones is feeling under the weather. X is still coughing a bit today but he has his usually sarcasm back in tow so things are looking up!

Happy Friday! Today we are off to purchase some Lego (surprise!) Walkie Talkies with money the boys have earned from their readings. That sounds good to me!

yesterday we were talking about plants for science and the different types of plants and how their physical appearances differ. so the boys went around the house taking close-up pics of all the plants and their leaves to compare. then they began to take multiple pics in a row so I mentioned  that they should try doing some stop-motion. yes, we digressed. now today, I have created a gif from their first try and they are thrilled. the subjects are their Skylanders characters for the wii game. they had a great time and I am sure there will be many more!