Science Rules

Today was a rainy day. One that kept us indoors. I was attempting the futile effort of cleaning the house. Futile in the fact that as I cleaned each room the girls dug things out and messed it back up again. In that effort Chloe brought some of her science equipment down from her room (thank you Auntie Kim and aunt Cherie). They had a grand old time experimenting and examining.

We played around with chromatography, examined salt crystals, and the always favorite, baking soda and vinegar. Never met a kid who didn't like to watch that.

One of the gorier moments occurred when we let the dog out and realize there was a hornet crawling on the inside doormat. I grabbed the shoe (you can read about the high heeled shoe on an earlier blog post if you are really that bored and cooped up on your own rainy day) and squashed the bug. Since it was on the rug it died but was still pretty well preserved. Chloe decided to scoop him up and check him out up close. It was really neat to see her so interested in the body of the hornet. It took me back to my own advanced bio days and dissecting the cat.

All in the name of science.