Jon left for Tanzania on January 5th and will return on January 29th. That’s a long time to be alone with the girls! Luckily, they are helpful, like to play together and are always excited to try new activities. Here’s what we’ve been up to so far.
We spent a week experimenting with cars and ramps. They had fun seeing how far their cars could go, and crashing their cars into various toys.
They kept track of their data and made all sorts of conclusions about their experiments.
Sylvia started a whittling class at the Vesterheim Museum. She love. it! Lily got a whittling set for Christmas so here Sylvia is showing Lily a few things she learned.
We got a mushroom mini farm to grow mushrooms right out of a box. But first we had to soak the medium. More photos of our ‘shrooms to come. And I’m the only one that likes mushrooms, so they’ll all be mine!
Yesterday, we spent some time building with toothpicks and marshmallows, and making structures with rolled newspapers.
Let’s just say that construction is not my forte. I did not give great guidance, but the girls learned a lot about building through their mistakes!
Sylvia turned 10 on January 16th. Double digits! Lily made her dessert: raw dough in an ice cream cone with chocolate chips and sprinkles on top. Lily said that they LOVE raw dough but I never let them eat very much. Plus, this recipe didn’t have eggs in it, so it would be fine to eat a lot. 🙂 Sylvia loved it!
With her birthday ring.
SylLy Acres 