Fort Rickey

On our visit to Gramma's we visited a neat children's petting zoo called Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo, located near Rome, NY. I used to go here as a...

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Exploding Paint Experiment

I believe I saw this experiment at Familyfun.com, but I cannot find it now. It sounded like it would be really fun for the boys since it involved a...

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Inflating Balloon Experiment

I've seen this experiment several places, so I take no responsibility it. We've also done this experiment a few times before and each time it gets...

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Inflating Balloon Experiment

I've seen this experiment several places, so I take no responsibility it. We've also done this experiment a few times before and each time it gets...

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Balloon rocket

Here's another balloon post for you, except this time on a much smaller scale! We've done this several times since I saw this idea in a few of our...

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We finally got Rain!

We finally got Rain!

We've had a pretty dry summer here. This is a good thing because we haven't had to mow the lawn for about 5 weeks, but our garden is suffering,...

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Life in the Country

Visiting my dad is always special for me. There was something special about growing up in the country where the school bus sometimes couldn't get up...

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Will this fall? (experiment)

Here's another photo from a few months ago....Cutie Pie was fascinated with making bridges for a while this spring, building them with whatever he...

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Bugs

As you probably have already guessed, my boys seem 'into' science. Mostly dinosaur-related and tangible experiments, but they also like to read...

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Breakfast Time!

The other day Cutie Pie wanted to help with breakfast.He is an awesome butter-spreader! He is getting so coordinated! Things you might not think...

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Butterflies

The boys and I like to go to The Strong National Museum of Play on days when it's rainy and we haven't been there in a while. A couple of weeks ago...

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More Chalk Play #2

Once again it was a beautiful week! We spent a lot of time outside in our driveway riding trikes and bikes and kicking the ball around! We also...

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