Friday, February 8, 2013

Science Experiment

We are doing a unit on Marie Curie in homeschool right now. Early in their married life, Marie's husband Pierre did research on crystals. So, in honor of Pierre Curie, we grew some crystals of our own today. Here are the results:





Pinspiration

A couple of years ago, my dad built a fireplace mantle for me as a Christmas gift. This year I saw an idea on Pinterest and asked Dad to make me something similar for Christmas. I love how it turned out! Now I just need to purchase some baskets for the shelf.

The Pinspiration 

Our version

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Ketchup

This post is not about catching-up. It's literally about ketchup. (And about testing out the blogger app on my phone.) Tonight Henry really enjoyed dipping his dinner in ketchup... And rubbing it on his hands. And face. And hair. He went straight into the bath after dinner.