There’s a steep little hill near the top of our driveway. The kids tried out some different homemade sleds on it–cookie sheets, sheets of cardboard, and finally cardboard boxes, which were definitely the fastest. You can’t really tell from the pictures, but they fly down the hill in those boxes. I tried going down a couple […]
A couple of weeks ago, Caleb got a crystal growing kit at the science shop in Nederland. He mixed up some potions and set them on the counter. We watched them change and grow each day, until they finally became 2 beautiful, sparkly crystals. Here’s the amethyst. It’s a sweet, grapey purple. Caleb started it on […]
Caleb comes home today…so of course we made you-know-whats. Since I’m still figuring out this high-altitude baking thing, I found a chocolate cupcake recipe especially designed for my 8200′ above sea level. As you can see, it worked–hooray! the cupcakes actually rose. Need I mention Zia’s favorite part? The little scoundrel happily licked both beaters, […]
Snow’s coming, although you wouldn’t have known it from today’s warm rays. I made Caleb pose in his newly knitted ski band anyway. He looks good in it, don’t you think? While waiting for ski snow, a slide is the next best thing. Caleb is on his way back to New Mexico today, to spend […]
Last weekend we headed out to the Cool Science fair at the UC campus of Colorado Springs. The day was perfect, and Pike’s Peak towering above us added – just a little – to the beauty. First of all, we got some giant bubbles going to set the mood for the day. Caleb and Zia […]
