Titanic Footage

Our most recent topic in early 20th century history has been the Titanic. Ben has taken a real interest in this sad story and has made a (what else) LEGO tribute film. Go check it out on his blog and leave a comment. He'd love to hear what you think!

Do It Now! Does It Again!

You've heard of Batman, Spiderman and Superman...now there is a new superhero in town. She's older, she's pinker and she makes a mean chicken soup.

Introducing Old lady Man

Watch for Old Lady Man 2-Dr. Crazy Hair's Capture!

Awake Yet?

Maybe this will help.

See, I told you so. May I introduce you to "Wooster", our alpha rooster. His contemporary, who has not crowed yet but certainly will soon, has been dubbed "George Michael". That's what you get for not speaking up. The good names get taken first.

Super Why, Indeed

Here is an example of what the boys get up to when I'm not supervising....

I See A New Use For My Fondue Pot

Ben finished up his time at Ultimate Survival day camp on Friday, and had a great experience. The Nature Center has always provided worthwhile programs when we've gone there on field trips, and this extended visit for Ben was no exception. They had the kids learning some very important and very useful wilderness survival skills. On their own, the kids had a chance to build shelters, start fires, navigate with compasses and forage for wild edibles. All very cool stuff. On the last day, one of the highlights was trying out some of those wild edibles. The tastiest of these was chocolate covered crickets.

Mmm..Mmmmm crickets! Finger lickin' good!

Of course if you don't have the comfort of chocolate with you in your survival situation you'll just have to eat your crickets the way God intended...lightly toasted and totally naked.

Here is the recipe Ben came home with scrawled on his course book:

Ben also brought home some "extra" crickets for us to dip in chocolate and enjoy as a family snack. They reminded me of a Nestles Crunch Bar. Not bad at all.

Here is a movie Ben made about how to prepare crickets:

Musical Monday-Buttercup Performs Zoom A Little Zoom

Ben did this video of Buttercup just for fun. The music is from a 1950's album called Singing Science-Space produced by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer. You can find more catchy science tunes here.