Ayrie’s Place

We’be been sending our oldest son to a little science class on Saturday’s called Ayrie’s Place. If you’ve got a kid, age 4-6, who digs science you should look into it or ask us. $5/class which is great, too. One week the kids studied rocks, one week was trying to figure out what sinks and floats and last week they made fairy houses. Here’s a snippet of the course ‘syllabus’: “Santa’s elves really love fairy houses! These small habitats are made from pieces of nature and other interesting materials. Fairies have been known to visit them and Santa’s elves are good friends with fairies.” I didn’t know that elves and fairies are friends–it’s the sort of information that’s invaluable as a parent.

Here’s Art’s fairy house:

Marshmallow gun photos.

Here are a few more photos from Arthur’s birthday party last Sunday. We made 12 PVC marshmallow guns (for about $10). Cheap fun! Learn how here.

Jessica made each kid duct tape belts which ended up doubling as a holster and ammo holder.
Maura taking a shot.
Jess, with the help of the boys, made a series of targets. You can’t see it here but Arthur decided how many points each hole was. The biggest was 1 point, the smallest 900.
Anthony!!! Look at that complete lack of ammo control. He’s eating a bullet.

At Art’s request Jessica made her first chocolate ROCKET CAKE! Yes, those are black asteroids in space.
Jessica lighting the rocket boosters.

Today Netta became a Toddler.

She has been able to takes steps, sometimes many, for a few weeks now, but today she made the choice to toddle at least half the time.  I consider that a milestone.  Netta is now a toddler.

(Ben adds: Bailey, however, is like a periscope. She’ll crawl around and then stand up to have a look around. No real steps, though. It’s as if she’s making a choice to just take her sweet time. She’s more deliberate about things in general I think. What’s the rush?)