A not so dangerous….

We did experiments before and this one is not quite so dangerous (;  .  But it is a lot of fun!

Andrea and I went to Science Sleuths.  We had lots of fun!  We did lots of fun things. We were studying senses.  We used all of them.

One of them was that we had a juice taste test.  With nose plugged, I guessed grape, apple, blackberry and apple (they had two of the same ones).  With nose unplugged, I got grape, orange, blackberry and apple.  It should have went grape, orange, apple and apple!

Then we had a piece of paper that had a 1 inch by 1 inch square in the middle.  We looked through it Focused on something, like someone’s nose.  Looked through the hole and brought it closer to your eyes.  The one that peeks through it is your dominate eye.  The first time I did it I got left.  The second and third time I got right.  I’m thinking my dominate eye is my right eye.

We touched bobby pins to our cheeks, our forehead, our lips, the back of our neck one shoulder, one elbow the back of a hand, a palm a knee and a shin.  We counted how many tips we felt and it was a rating of one or two how sensitive our skin was in those places.

Testing AudreyWhen we got home we did this experiment.  We  put blue food coloring through a hole on a piece of paper.  Then we counted how many white dots were in the blue area.  If you counted them you could figure out which category you are.  The categories are non taster (15 spots or under), average Painting dotstaster (16 to 34 spots) and super-taster (35 spots or more.)

Counting dotsI am a non taster.  Everybody else were non-taster that we tried this experiment on.  We thought Audrey would be a super taster because she doesn’t like grapefruit and super-tasters are more sensitive to sour than average and non tasters.

Blue tongueIt probably means that Daddy is a non taster too, because everyone else in this house is.  We followed all the directions, unless I missed something.

A word of warning:  Do not paint on yourself except for your tongue–it disappears quickly there.  Do not paint on the bathroom sink or Momma’s washcloths, or the table, or your  clothes.  If you do, your in trouble!

Scout Popcorn Award

Part of flag carriersRecieving awardA few days  ago  I went to round table !   It is something that scout leaders do to get ideas  I do not know why it is called  round table.

I got two tickets to a Notre Dame basket ball game.  The hockey tickets were gone 🙁 .  I got them  because  I was one of  the first to fill two Popcorn order forms.  Notre Dame is playing Delaware State.

                           who should I root for?

Christmas Surprise!!!!!!

EntranceA few  days ago we went to the CREATION  Museum in Kentucky!!!!!!!!!!!!       😮       8)         😉

We went  because   it was a Christmas Surprise from Oma!!!!!!    The Christmas Surprise was ffffffuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got to meet Ken Ham

I also met  Ken Ham  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He wrote a bunch of neat books about Creation and evolution.   He writes about how evolution is not true and God created the world in 6 – 24 hour days.  Creation is  true!

The 7 C’s of CreationWe learned about the   “7 C’s of Creation”.  They are  God Created everything.   Adam and Eve ate the fruit that God them not to and caused Corruption to the world.  Catastrophe happened when there was a world wide flood and God judged the world.  Noah and his family survived on the ark, but everybody else died because they chose not to listen to God.  Years later God Confused peoples languages at Babel.  The people where trying to build a tower that reached up to heaven.  Jesus Christ came as a baby and died on the Cross for when we disobey.  Then he rose again!  Consummation is when Jesus returns to the world.  He is going to take people who believe in him to heaven and judge the world.  Then he will  remake the world. It’s going to be perfect!

All of us holding a snake

My favorite thing was…give me a  year to think it over.  Because there was lots of neat things and I don’t know which one was my favorite.Another snake

A albino snakeFish eating fish

Here  are some things I saw.  Here is one of my favorite fossils–I call it fossilized meal! 🙂

There are lots more pictures and I will show you on another blog entry.  If you go on to Andrea’s blog, she will have some more pictures!T RexPoison Dart Frog

“Loch Ness” Monster?

Thanksgiving Poem

Thanksgiving Poem

by Mark

The turkey says

Gobble Gobble Gobble, Help me!

 The people go

Gobble gobble, “I think I ate too much!”

First lego leag

Robot!Tomorrow  I’m having a First Lego League  competition.  I asked Adrian if it would be fun.  He said,  “NO!”  I’m not so sure about that.   It will be at Memorial High School Fieldhouse from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  You are invite to come if you want.  We don’t have a very detailed schedule yet.

Here is the schedule we have;

9:00 I have to be there to check in and decorate our pit areaThomas and Mark practicing!

10:00 Judging our presentations and explaining our robot (I am going to be a news anchor for ECA News)

11:45 Coaches meetings

12:00 Welcome Ceremonies

12:30 Robot Performances Begins (There are different teams and we each do a few rounds)

Showing Andrea the old master program4:00 Top 3 Creative Research Presentation Perfomances

4:30 Recognition Ceremony

5:00 Clean up and go home!

Gettysburg Address

President Lincoln and his sonToday is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.   Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address to dedicate one of the places where the Confederate and Union armies fought.

They were fighting over slavery.   One side wanted to keep slaves and the other side did not.   It was the biggest battles of the Civil war. There were a LOT of casualties 🙁 .

I learned the Gettysburg Address.   Adrian learned part of it and so did the girls! I recorded lots of times, but only three of them worked.   Daddy edited it and here is the final result!

Here it is in an MP3 file so you can listen to it.

My Version of the Gettysburg Address

 

two fun posts

Today IS  UNCLE   JOSH’s  BIRTHDAY.

I have a Story I know  you will love yesterday Daddy  and I   were  daring   each other  to see  who   could eat the most Tabasco Sauce.  I won by two or three spoonfuls, because Daddy put some dressing on it that looked exactly like hot sauce, only not so runny.  My reaction when I found out what was on the spoon was “gimme the real stuff!”

Happy Birthday Uncle Josh!

Vote!

Tomorrow is Voting Day in the United States!  It is important because it decides who will be the President of the United States (and other important jobs).

John McCain and Barack Obama are  both running for President.  I don’t know too much about them, but I do like the one better than the other.

If you do not vote, you are letting everyone else decide for you.  If you do not vote, NO complaining!

If I could vote, I would look for a good Christian who believes that Jesus died on the cross and rose again.   Someone who would ask God for help on decisions.  He or she needs to be honest.  Someone who has had experience in being a good leader.  I want him or her to be kind to his family.

I would not mind if a girl is elected if she’s the does the things above, but if she doesn’t that is different.

Momma and Daddy are going to vote and I am going to go with them.  If you go vote, please tell me!

If you don’t live in the United States –or can’t vote like Uncle John– could you please tell me what kind of Government is in your country?

You are allowed to vote if you are a US citizen and 18 years old or older.  You need to be registered.   I can vote in 8 years if it is on my birthday or after!

P.S. The 4th of November has been canceled according to my parents.  You are allowed to vote and then sleep.  It has been canceled this year because it’s my birthday and I am turning double digits.   AAAAAAAAH (says my mom!)  But for my birthday being cancelled I say Argh!  (That’s why I am being a pirate today!)

P.S.S.  If you see Auntie Shirley (at the bookstore at Concord Mall) or Auntie Lefkia (from Swaziland 🙂 ) tell them Happy Birthday.  Momma calls them my birthday twins!