science with dad

a week or two ago, ryan and two colleagues treated afton's class to a CSI science experiment.

 they used magnetic stirrers to pull iron out of cereal.

below you can see the bowls of cereal on the stir plates.

i thought this was really fantastic, because you can actually see little strands of iron when you remove the goopy cereal!

 they also had to see which powder and liquid produced a reaction.

 we also took a few pictures with friends.

(not part of the experiment!)

below is the last station where they tested pH strips.

the kids were trying to determine who left the mess on the kitchen table that morning. 

below are the suspects and their recorded observations.

you'll notice that i am one of the suspects. 

i was guessing that ella left the mess. 

turns out that you can't trust science, because the conclusion was that mom left the mess.

everyone knows that would never happen!

scenes from the susan g komen, race for the cure

 wonderful, wonderful friends

minus the finlinsons! 

(i think they went to get a hot dog!)

 three beautiful girls.

 aft and ash all decked out in the proper pink attire!

 look!  those pink signs say "In Celebration of...Amy Hulse"!

 the two e's with my sweet ry.

our little family.

aftie told ryan she hated doing this.

ryan said, "get used to it.  you'll be doing it every year until you're 95".

i love my family and friends!!!!

happy flag day!

afton was chosen to perform in a small group of violinists for the school flag day assembly.
she was pretty excited for this opportunity!
great job aftie-girl!

so many things!

we have been doing so much the past few weeks. 

here's a quick recap.

 this is ella on the uneven bars.  she's standing on the bottom bar and jumping to grab the top bar!  i couldn't believe it!  she loves gymnastics and can't wait for class on friday. 

 this week we went to Talking Leaves Bookstore to have Chris Van Allsburg sign our copy of his latest book.  Chris Van Allsburg is the author of The Polar Express, Jumanji and many other books.  his latest book is Queen of the Falls, a story about a lady who went over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.

 we've had some hot and humid days.  luckily we had lots of popsicles, a hose and friends with a pool!

 afton's 4th grade put on a musical the other night, called ROCK!  she is the tall lady on the back row of the bleachers.  she was in the chorus and had a really, really fun time!

ry and i ran the corporate challenge on thursday night.  we ran for team honeywell.  good thing they had us on their team.  we were pretty amazing. 

that's a joke.

but we did have a lot of fun! 

a goal

i swiped this from the ladies at http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/

here's why.

i think i'm going to get a degree.  i think i'm going to start this fall.  i think i'm going to be a graphic designer.

i think it will take a while.  i think that's okay.

i think it's never too late to try something new.

i think my friend cynthia and i will carpool.

i think we will have fun.

i think we will be even more amazing than we already are.

i think we are confident.