Radio Station Field Trip

Two weeks ago we took a field trip to a radio station broadcast center. It was a short field trip, but the kids enjoyed themselves. They got to see where the DJs talk into the microphones and where they record their ads. I just got the pics, so here are a couple:




A photo of the group (almost the whole group of us).

A few extra pictures for Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa sent a little box of goodies for Nick, as they often do. Here are some pictures of Nick opening his gifts:


Nick loved the pirate santa ornament!


I'm just going to open this one behind my back. (We don't know why he tried to open it behind his back, he may have been trying to hide to avoid the camera, I don't know). Once he did finally get this open, he told Erik that this gift must be for both of them :) So it looks like daddy is going to be helping with the airplanes.



A new game, yahoo!!

Volcano Explosions

Today we finally exploded our volcano, actually, wasn't much of an explosion because we had a hard time getting the baking soda into the narrow mouth of the bottle, but it came up pretty decently.





Coloring the "Lava" (vinegar)




Measuring out the baking soda.

Outside now, here we go!



In goes the lava



Putting in the baking soda



Watch it explode!



Let's go see what it looks like now!

Art Show

Last night Nick decided he wanted to have an art show. He called himself Runner, and gave us a ticket to get into the show. He had set his pictures (quickly done line drawings done in dark colors on dark construction paper) up in the living room.



Nick and his art show.

Volcano Continued

We worked some more on our volcano today. Today's job was painting the volcano! That was fun, and surprisingly didn't take too long or make a very big mess at all either, except for the paint the Nick flicked into my hair :)


Starting painting.


Finishing up.


The Finished Product

Church Program

Nick was in the kid's program at church today. Each of the kids had a small part to say. We weren't sure if Nick was going to get up and do his, because he flat out refused to try yesterday at rehearsal, but today he got up there and said it no problem. I was so proud of the job he did.

E-mails

Nick still loves writing e-mails and they are becoming easier and easier to read. Here are two I got today:
uwinapris

Translation: You win a prize

ugetachriptoobarwrld
Translation: You get a trip to bear world

Now we just need to get him to put spaces in between the words and he'll be all set!