tuesday

Maddie started out drawing.

Three-headed Dragon (for Daddy)

Dragonfly (for Mama)

Trev started out with The Encycopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life.

Napoleon (not Bonaparte, Napoleon the dog.  It's a movie).

Mad Science program at the library.

Which was okay... but there was only one thing he demonstated that we haven't done ourselves, and that was looking at an arrow through a clear glass of water.

We weren't sitting center stage, so we couldn't get a good look at it-- but no matter, we know how to do these sorts of things on our own.  : )

The only explanation he gave was that "water bends light", so that was a little disappointing.

But we have a light kit!.... 

Our delivery of our Gears! came today. 

We've been needing another set forever - we have a motorized set, and the motor stopped ages ago, so we've been without a working game.

You know Maddie (the mechanic) loves this one!  (Trev likes them pretty well-ly, too.)

While they were playing I started reading about Light and refraction.

We happen to have clear plastic cups so first I showed them what, exactly, he meant by "water bends light".

Then we played with the arrow - put it several inches behind the cup of water.

Our Light kit (want one? go put your name in the hat) has two forms for making concave and convex lenses, so I just put a bit of water in them (they're for gelatin moldings, but water works, too), and we learned a little more about the behavior of light. (Concave lenses make things smaller, convex ones make them larger.)

Swimming.

Pickin' raspberries.

Gears! again.

Library stories.

Rejuvenation.  Or regeneration.  Same thing, when it come's to a Mama's heart or head.

daisies and catnip flowers and lavender growing near the pond 
and sun-warmed raspberries

and whites on the line and vines heavy with their fruit... aah.

The Three made a whirlpool.  In the pool.

Awesome!

And again. And again and again and again.

Glowing clouds and supper and play and Love.

All is well, then.