Sep. 28, 2006
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Joey and I baked a cake today. He read the ingredients list and directions. He also put the ingredients into the bowl and mixed them with the mixer. Then he poured the batter into the pan. He basically did it all on his own. The only thing I did was seperate the egg whites and put the pan into the oven. When it was done, Josh decorated it with frosting and sprinkles.Of course, Daddy loved it. Josh wants to make a jet backpack. He thinks that if he shakes up a 2 liter of soda, then puts it in a sling that he wears on his back and has Joey open the cap, the pressure will shoot him off into the air. I wonder if the backyard is big enough for this mess or if I should take him to the park for this little experiment. I think I'll take him to the park. I signed the boys up for a planet co-op. I figured I'll use this class as a guideline for a unit study on Planets. So far, it's been great. The boys have learned about Galileo, and some really neat stuff that they wouldn't have learned in school. I don't want to know what the neighbors thought of us dropping objects from the roof! What I think is also neat is that it coincides perfectly with the space shuttle launch from a few weeks ago (which we got to see from a few miles away, which was really cool) and the recent decision regarding Pluto's status as a planet. Since every book we have shows Pluto as a planet, the boys love pointing out that the books are now wrong and that they're going to have to rewrite them. Hmm. Maybe I should have the boys write their own book about the demise of Pluto. Maybe in January or February, when funds are a little better, I'll be able to take the boys to see some of the famous craters in the U.S.
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Oct. 26, 2006 - Classical Astronomy
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