Madison's Summer Report! Part2

During the last week of our Summer break we were able to fit in a few more Science Experiments Anna found online...:-) BUT most of them did not have successful results...

One of them exclaimed that with simply Baking Soda and Hydrogen Peroxide you could turn ordinary Mountain Dew into a glow stick...

 

So we tried and eagerly anticipated the amazing results...but they never came...apparently it is a trick where they put a glow stick at the bottom of the Mountain Dew and just neglect to mention that part...

 

Another one Anna found involved drawing a picture with glue...

  

Sprinkle Kosher Salt and then...

By dabbing paint the paint is supposed to spread throughout the drawing...

This was a bit of a dud as well...

Then we tried one I (Dave) had done in my classroom and even this one doesn't work...it is a simple illustration of diffusion using gummy bears...the gummy bear in salt water shrinks a bit and the gummy bear that sits in tap water expands to like 20 times its size...but perhaps due to the heat in the house...all the gummy bears disintegrated...very disappointing!!

 

And lastly, don't think we posted this experiment we did right after Violet was born...

Making moon dough using cornstarch, shaving cream and food coloring!! 

This one was a bit more successful!!

Madison was able to use it like playdough and cut out shapes...

Another thing we put some effort on teaching Madison until Violet arrived was playing Tennis but unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of her cuteness... I will do better in the Fall though:-)

And lastly our little fish really became like a Dolphin this Summer so see it yourself:-)

After our Sea World trip we took back in June Madison turned into this amazing Dolphin girl and started to spin in the water, dive down to the bottom to pick up toys, etc... She pretty much started to do these things on her own so we really can't take the credit for it...:-)

Here Madison is getting comfortable standing on a body board...:-)

 

Sometimes this happens but it's okay...:-)

Here Madison is getting thrown far by Daddy...:-)

Here Madison tries to swim like Daddy...:-)

This is nothing new but Madison jumping into the pool with Daddy...:-)

It was tough to film, but Madison also loves to dive down and retrieve her diving sticks...she often comes up doing a spiral like a dolphin :-)

Hope everyone had a great Summer!!

Madison's Summer Report! Part1

Before we officially end our fun filled Summer of 2013 we want to share a few more things Madison enjoyed or accomplished:-)

Madison helped us out by washing our cars sparkling clean! Big benefit of having a pool is she can put on a swimsuit to enjoy all kinds of mess outside and magically get cleaned after jumping in the pool! * of course she gets pre-washed down with a hose if the mess is severe:-)

 

During our first visit to Sunset Beach Madison made this Seashell Castle with a little help from Daddy:-)

Madison is either getting ready to go exercise or help us wash the white rocks(our front yard project we will report in a separate post...). For some reason she enjoyed wearing the 80's headband... It makes her look extra cute, don't you think?

We don't know who she is getting this from but a class clown may be in the making!? We hope not!

I would like to think she got this from me, but one day she just decided to paint and she turned into this 4 year old Artist!! Her use of all the colors is just amazing!! is what I think:-)

Madison's very 1st work was quickly put into a frame for our wall... It's not for sale;-)

One day we got a little bored and ventured out to Santa Ana for this really cool playground complex called Atlantis Play Center where you pay $2 each person and there is tons of different play areas including this water play area... We just beat huge camp groups by about 15 minutes so Madison got to enjoy the water playground for that long before we all got squeezed out! We were glad she did not waste any time getting wet:-)

With the 2nd child we had to be more outgoing quicker than with the 1st... Violet did okay but we definitely had to get going before Madison was ready, but she was very understanding when bribed with an ice cream stop...:-)

This Summer very social Madison made a few new friends in the neighborhood and after dinner they visit each other in the front yard playing with bubbles, talking, etc...

Here she is returning from a jog around the block...don't worry she didn't cross the street herself :-)

Part 2 coming soon!