Grandpa Visits

Tickle Fight

 Crown Made and Designed by Dagan

Playdough Cupcakes to Celebrate Babies' Birthdays

 

Playland

 

Grandpa Loves Chocolate Cheesecake

 

Reward For No More Night Pull-

 Ups

Lots and Lots of Chess

 Water Park at Granville Island

Bird Photography by Sage

Lollipops- Fuel for Walking Home Across the Bridge

Planting Potato Sprouts

 

Playing Chess at White Spot Against Grandpa

We had so much fun with Grandpa! We went to Playland and rode the roller coaster and the huge slide, ate lots of ice cream and candy, had tickling matches, watched Adventure Time and Lord of the Rings and went to the library. We went for bike rides and to playgrounds, ate at White Spot twice, went to the the Wild Life Thrift Store and got a new toy shelf and ate chocolate cheesecake- Grandpa's favorite. We played at Granville Island, planted sprouting potatoes, made crafts, played a ton of board games and listened to Grandpa tell stories. Grandpa watched us for a few nights while mom and dad got to eat gourmet dinners, stay in a hotel and have conversations with other adults. Thanks for coming out to visit us Grandpa!

Vancouver Public Library

Prizes From the End of Summer Reading Party

Medals- Are they gold or bronze?

Pictures Taken By Librarian at the Lego Party

Every week we go to the library. The boys have their own library cards now. Some of their favorite things to do at the library are

- return books and watch the books travel on the conveyer belt

- ride the elevator

- borrow Captain Underpants, Super Diaper Baby, and Star Wars books

-play a few games of chess

-attend the Lego Party- where thousands of legos are scattered on the floor and the kids make their own creations

-going downstairs and watching where the books are checked in and sorted by the librarians

This summer the boys participated in the summer reading program. On the very last day there was a party where the boys received free books, made their own bookmarks and buttons, got to choose their own balloon animals, decorated cake pops and received special medals. Almost all the books on their reading list were written by Dav Pilkey.

Fun Outdoors in the Summer

George Wainborn Park

 Sunset Beach

CBC Musical Nooners

Click here to view Dancing

Summer in Vancouver is sunny, warm and beautiful, a great time to be outdoors. One of the boys' favorite activities is going to George Wainborn Park. It's just down the street from us. They love biking down the grassy hill, playing tag in the field, climbing on the playground structures and jumping and climbing around the fountain. 

Another place they like to go is Sunset Beach. Each time we go there they make up a new game that involves, sand, water and pine cones. They observe the sea birds, collect shells and bottle caps and we have a picnic lunch. We watch boats, wake boarders, kayakers and sometimes make some new friends.

On Fridays we  listen to live music at the CBC musical nooners free concerts. This summer we heard a Mongolian band, Irish band and Blues/Swing band. The boys love to get up and dance in front of the stage doing cartwheels and handstands. They even bow to the audience when the song is over. It's fun also because the Montessori school goes on Fridays as well so the boys get to chat with the teachers and see their old friends.

Crystals

Sugar Crystals

Plastic Crystals as Counters

Lemon Granita- Ice Crystals

Ice Crystals on Plastic Cover

Table Salt and Vinegar Crystals

Epsom Salt Crystals

Borax Crystals

We have been studying crystals for the past month. Here are some of the results of our crystal growing project. 

Salt and Vinegar, Borax, Epsom Salt, Sugar

Chemistry with the Magic School Bus

PH levels

Thank you Chloe and Bella for our Magical School Bus. We love doing experiments every Monday. It is fun getting to use scientific equipment such as a pipette, petri dish, measuring cup, ruler, PH testing strips and litmus testing strips and recording our findings in our lab report book. We learned about acids and bases and tested the PH levels of milk, diet coke, water, ketchup, baking soda and lemon juice. We also read some Magic School Bus books and watched some Magic School bus episodes on sound waves and on the food chain.

Weekly Baking Project: Coke Float

This week Dagan chose to make coke floats. He was says it was because they got to have coke floats on the Disney Cruise in the Oceaneer's Lab after answering trivia questions. For our coke float we made Philadelphia style vanilla ice cream using heavy cream, whole milk, sugar, vanilla extract and vanilla beans from Papua New Guinea. We located Papua New Guinea on our world map.

We heated the ice cream base to dissolve the sugar, then chilled it in the fridge. We churned the ice cream in our ice cream maker and then froze it in the freezer. Then we whipped our own whipped cream using a whisk attachment and our stand mixer. We talked about how the cream changed consistency. We scooped our ice cream into a mug, added coke, piped our whipped cream on and added a cherry. It was delicious on a hot summer day.