Nine years ago, that is.
But before the celebrating began...
we played a lot with our new Christmas toys...
and investigated magnets, 
seeing what is magnetic and what is not, 
seeing how many paperclips could be picked up,
magnetizing paperclips, 
and playing with iron filings. 
Math
and handwriting,
because it is fun.
More playing with Christmas gifts.
And then, finally, the celebration...
of my son's 9 trips around the sun.
But before the celebrating began...
we played a lot with our new Christmas toys...
and investigated magnets, seeing what is magnetic and what is not, seeing how many paperclips could be picked up,
magnetizing paperclips, and playing with iron filings. Math
and handwriting,
because it is fun.
More playing with Christmas gifts.
And then, finally, the celebration...
of my son's 9 trips around the sun.
Katie made a beautiful gfcf cake,
and we had a peanut butter cup one as well for those who eat wheat and milk.
(Funny thing is that everyone who tried both preferred the gfcf one.)
so two wishes were made, one for each cake.
Happy Birthday, James.
I meant to tell you - the iron filings reminds me of an experiment I read in one of Janice VanCleave's books - she did it with bar magnets, too, and said the sun's gravitational pull works in the same way - going out and then circling back into it's self again at the poles. Very, very cool.
ReplyDeleteAre you entering for the Science Fair??
Yes, I believe that it is that phenomenon that causes the Auroras (Northern & Southern Lights). Yes, it is cool, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteNo,I am not entering the Science Fair. We have a plan for our science for the year and we have spontaneous sort of unschooling science times, but the science fair didn't seem to fit either for us. I did love the science fair idea, however. Perhaps next time you can have it without restrictions and without the give-away, just a science fair with links for the people who participate, so that everyone can see what everyone else is doing. I would love that idea! Just a thought.
Happy New Year!
-Phyllis