Girls' Week Round 3

We really did have a marvelous time.  We watched Persuasion and Anne of Green Gables and the sequel to Anne of Green Gables.  All chick flicks all the time!

We baked quite a bit.

We rediscovered the potholder looms. 

These looms (we have two) have remained derelict and unloved in the depths of the homeschool room for years untold. No one ever showed the slightest interest.

They are now both in daily use. 

This is a problem for me because I need to declutter the homeschool room.  It is full of stuff that might catch some kid's interest some day and then they'd do something wonderful. 

I had finally convinced myself that I  needed to let go of the stuff that no one had shown an interest in...

What's your definition of something wonderful?

To me it looks something like this...

Did I mention my grandmother is a master weaver?  (Did I mention she reads my blog?  Hi, Grammy Ann!)

Klenda did these with no instruction, just playing around with different warps and wefts.

 You know what this means, right?



I can never get rid of anything.

Girls' Week Round 1

 We had a great time last week while the boys were off at camp.  It was Girls' Week!

We made bath fizzies!  Bath fizzies are fantastic!  At last, sweet smelling science!

The principal behind bath fizzies is actually the same as a baking soda and vinegar volcano.  Seriously, they even contain baking soda!


Here's the recipe:
1/2 c. citric acid
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup corn starch
 Optional:
powdered food coloring
1/2 tsp almond oil
fragrance

Mix it all together and then start misting with water while you stir.  When it's just damp enough to hold together when you squeeze it, pack it into molds and let it dry for an hour.  Turn them out of the molds and let dry overnight, then seal in bags or bins.

Really, that's it.  You have a dried acid (citric), a dried base (baking soda), and a binder (cornstarch).  Here's the interesting part: acid/base reactions only happen in the presence of water!  As long as the acid and base remain dry, they will not interact.  Drop it in the bath, of course, and it's a bath bomb!

In other girl news, Mumpy gave us a Top Styler!

Klenda practiced on Leena:

Leena did a great job on Klenda, too, but I didn't get a picture (bad mom!).

Mad Scientist Girls' Night

We had a crazy fun week last week! Tons of stuff, and not much time to blog, but I'll try to catch up.

First off, or Girls' Night, we broke open the Tasty Science Kit.

Best tasting chemistry ever!

I pretty much let the girls run with this. It never ceases to amaze me how intense kids are when experimenting on their own.

They did a bunch of the experiments in the kit and then came up with the idea of creating pop rocks. Tasty science, indeed!

Super Girls' Night

We added another girl to Girls' Night! It's my lovely and talented friend, whose blog name shall be Rose!

She has two fantastic boys and a great husband, but sometimes you just need some girl time...

She can do make up (in styles more recent than the 80s!)!

She likes tea!

She is super artistic and creative!

She's always upbeat and encouraging!

She's a great addition!!!

Last night we were making jewelry (and drinking tea and dancing, of course) and she got me through a craft project I had been wanting to do for 4 or 5 months.

Specifically, some time ago, the Emperor brought me roses. The flowers had died, er, dried quite nicely, and I had wanted to do something with them.

With a little extra girl encouragement, we hot glued them to a plastic Christmas ball, and added ribbons and pearls!

So pretty!!!! And just in time for a Valentine's decoration!

Rose thought of the pearls and that's what takes it over the top IMHO.