Ready, Set, Go!: November 2010

Okay, so I remember the last time I blogged on our family blog, that I promised to do a blog post devoted entirely to Glen. I have to forego that for now, but will do it next time. He's been up to some amazing things. Stay tuned...

Now, onto our firstborn son, who just turned 6 and is loving it...

We had a blast celebrating his birthday as a family and then a few weeks later with his friends. We had a science-themed birthday party and our birthday activities were centered around doing short, easy science experiments.

To kick things off, I cut out bow ties (with scrapbooking paper) in advance and had the kids decorate their own "mad scientist" bow ties. After each child (and parent, haha) was done, I glued a clip onto each one with my trusty glue gun. The drying time was quick and each of wore bow ties for the rest of the party. Then, we had 5 science experiments, present opening, cake and ice cream and the finale science experiment.

We decorated our dining room and front room with green and orange colors and hung pictures of various famous scientists on our wall.

We also had an erupting volcano cake. I got the instructions for that at http://beyondwonderful.com/recipes/desserts/cakes/volacano_erupting.html . I modified it a bit to my liking. ;)

I don't normally buy dry ice (which the recipe calls for) and found it at the grocery store for about $1 per pound. The smallest size I bought was 5 pounds. Never, ever touch it with your bare hands! It's extremely cold stuff. We kept it up and out of the way of curious and inquiring children.

Enjoy the pictures and video of Joseph and his party!