It Really Is the Little Things...

...that bring such joy. I noticed this in my refrigerator the other day and it made me laugh. Does Nalley not have an editor? How did they not catch this? Ah, well, I'm glad they didn't because it made my day. :-)
Mmmm...now let us all go snack on some Crunchy Dill Wholes.

Ubleck!

G has a friend over today and I thought the boys would get a kick out of Ubleck. It's just a thick mixture of cornstarch and water, but it's fun to play with as it sometimes behaves like a solid and sometimes like a liquid.

I also found this video clip from the Ellen Degeneres show that I thought was great!

Now go out and have fun with Ubleck!!

Now You See It, Now You Don't

We decided to do a science project today and found this in More Mudpies to Magnets by Elisabeth A. Sherwood.

It is a project on discovering what dissolves in water and what does not. We filled five glasses with warm water and chose five kitchen ingredients to try dissolving; sugar, salt, cinnamon, powdered sugar, and corn starch.

We found that the sugar, salt and powdered sugar dissolved while the cinnamon and corn starch just settled at the bottom of the glass. This project gave us the opportunity to discuss such vocabulary words as dissolve, solution, settle, and sediment.

Handwriting Worksheets

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but if so, I think it's worth mentioning again. I've found a great website for making your own handwriting worksheets. You can use whatever words or sentences you want, type them in, and it makes a printable worksheet. G and I both like it!

Pretzel letters!

"Look Mom, a D!" G was excited to find that he could make letters out of his snack this afternoon.

Strawberry Soup

I got this recipe from Lee Binz at The HomeScholar. It's a great treat for Valentine's day or any day.

Ingredients:
1 bag, 20 oz. frozen strawberries
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon vanilla

Puree all ingredients in a blender, and pour into a serving bowl. It is great with plain or strawberry flavored yogurt, and you can use sugar or sugar substitute. Cover and chill 2 hours or more. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Valentine Cupcakes

It was G's idea to make Valentine cupcakes, I swear! I'm just going along for the ride. It seriously has nothing to do with my cake fettish. :-)