Let's experiment

Tess encasing herself in a bubble

Let's see how long our magnetic chain can be

the kids were together only briefly inside the ambulance. All sorts of buttons to push

fishing magnetic fish

Rerouting water pipes. She spent a lot of time here

turns out Maya went to a science center too up north with her father

 

With different interests and individual rooms having different age limits, Shanna could not take the kids by herself to the Science Museum and have everyone enjoy themselves. I kept Tess company while Shanna had the boys. She would be fixated on a single activity like rerouting water in a series of pipes. Should I encourage her to move to a different activity (so much to see) or let her experiment on her own without interruption. (although given that all the schools were out, plenty of kids kept grabbing her pipes but she would stand up for herself and yank them back). Two hours passed quickly. She did not want to leave.

 

A brief respite from winter. Two days of sunny 60 degree weather but with very strong winds. The road through the woods was impassable due to falling limbs. Our mailbox was blown over. I did bike early in the morning before the winds became too strong and almost was run over by a workman backing out of a driveway. I raced up to him knocking on his truck.

 

Sorry I didn't see you.

 

You didn't see me because you didn't look!

 

I also told him to please clean up his construction site. The trashbin is way over the top with construction debris that ended up being blown all over the neighborhood. We had insulation strung out over our bushes. At least they aren't trying to burn it.

 

Finally my hands healed enough for a manicure (they were shredded in the accident). I now have candy pink shiny nails.

 

Mom's group tonight. Peach melba pie will be my contribution.