Not what I asked

As soon as I got off work, Leon and I ate as quick as we could and headed to a town almost an hour away.  Well, we ate quicker when I set up the GPS as we ate and saw that we were going to be late if we took much longer...  

OUT TO THE CAR!!!

I thought I knew better than the GPS and took a way that I was more familiar with but it turned into a NOT so familiar way and the twists and turns of the old country highway almost made me want to throw up.  

Robb beat us there by almost 30 minutes and went in a different entrance.  

I went in another one carrying a sleeping child who had insisted on bringing a "man purse" (bucket) of Grossery Gang toys.  It was hooked on my arm.  

We got inside JUST as Meri's Jazz band started their first of four songs.  

Wow, that was cutting it close!

Leon eventually woke up and then wow baby!  He was wired.  He climbed all over Robb and all over the floor with his toys.  

 

Meri's band did great and I enjoyed hearing their renditions of past songs and of a new one that I hadn't heard before.

Afterwards, we met Meri up in the high school cafeteria and Leon showed her all his little toys while Robb and I met with the parents of a friend of hers.  Apparently Meri and said jazz friend are taking a road trip to a concert this weekend and I wanted to feel more comfortable about the situation because Meri didn't want either Robb nor I to drive them.  So, yep, we're talking to her parents...  We feel better now about it.  She's going to have a lot of fun.  

Leon chit chatted the WHOLE way home!  I love talking to that kid...

Dinosaurs and dragons were chasing our car the whole way.

This morning, Leon was in his skivvies and wanted to do experiments in the sink. 

He wanted to do them on the counter, but I said no. 

He also wanted me to drink it.  As delicious as that looks, I'm going to have to say NO again.

 

The experiment was over and I was back at my desk...  I just heard water running in the kitchen and I called in, "What are you doing with that water?"

answer, "Well, I'm not doing experiments!"

That's not what I asked, but good.

Rub a Dub Dub - Soap & Soda fun!

On Saturday morning I had a full bottle of Dawn dish soap sitting next to my sink. But it was not to be.

Here's what transpired...

My brilliant daughter Meri, who wants to be a Forensic Scientist someday did some experimenting. Then when she had success she invited a couple neighbor kids over to show them. She pulled out a big bowl and put a smallish jar in the center of it. Luckily we had 1.5 gallons of white vinegar on hand from a rocket science experiment of Ryan's from 8th grade. Yep - 6 or 7 years ago. We keep refilling our vinegar bottle when we remember we still have this honking huge one... Sometimes we don't remember. We don't go through THAT much vinegar around here!

Any ways - Meri measured out a teaspoon or so of baking soda into the jar, along with a few drops of food coloring and a big squirt of my dish soap, then poured in some vinegar. Not too much.

It starts to foam over the top of the jar in the prettiest colors into the bowl! So cool! Had the 5 year old from next door gushing at the mouth...

Whoa! Wow! So cool!

Then when it dies down, she adds a new color, a little more of each thing and does it again.

Our dishwasher pump went out the day after the Sears guy was here last week, so I've been having to wash dishes by hand all week. My fingernails have never looked so good, but I can't WAIT until he comes back tomorrow!

Side note: If you buy a dishwasher, those warrantees are AWESOME business! Especially if you buy the kind that I bought. My husband thinks its a piece of junk. It's top of the line I tell you! And oh so pretty! Ssh!So anyway - back to the dish soap thief. She left me HALF a drop of soap for the dishes.

Sigh. The things I put up with to make my kids happy...

Here's a look at her experiment.

It was SOOO worth it!