Friday Things #458
1. The two mornings this week that Isabelle was at school, Dominic asked to work on projects from his Kiwi Co. boxes. I had such a great time with him both mornings; one day he made a bow and the other was a little science experiment on how colored water can travel up a string and color paper flowers.
2. I forgot to share the kids’ Valentine’s morning last week… they loved waking up to bags of special snacks and stickers!
3. Early morning couch snuggles while I make breakfast 💖
6. I’ve been hearing a lot of Eagles songs while shuffling through radio stations in the car lately and they remind me so much of high school. I had their greatest hits and can remember putting it on in my room on Saturday afternoons and laying down to take a nap before going out to do whatever it was my friends and I were doing that night – usually, a school basketball game, hanging out at someone’s house, or the movies. I love that certain music can conjure up such vivid memories!
7. Speaking of movies, do teenagers GO to the movies anymore? I realize the last couple of years have been abnormal but before that? Is going to the movies still a thing? I feel like we did that nearly every single weekend my freshman and sophomore year of high school.
8. Another week, another Wordle spinoff for you! This one is for all of you geography lovers; it’s called Worldle and you try to guess the country by a silhouette shape. If you’re wrong, you get directional clues. You can read more about it here.
9. We watched Reacher (Amazon Prime) this past week and loooooved it. Highly recommend!
10. TGIF! A little throwback to me and Einstein (for those that are new here, he was the Golden Retriever I had from before my husband I started dating. He passed away a few weeks before Dominic was born in 2016). My husband found this picture on his phone this week ❤️
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The boy looks extremely smart. Diy Sonic exe is quite simple with him.
I’ve been watching Reacher on your recommendation and find it extremely violent, even worse to me than Ozark. These people have obviously been formed, traumatized and become dysfunctional due to their seriously sad lives. And maybe it’s the ready availability of guns which I’m not used to in Canada. I find it disturbing.
On another note, I love Wordle.
Hope all is well, I too missed your Weekend Dish and immediately went into Mom mode and wondered if anything was wrong.
Is everything alright? I didn’t see a weekend dish.
I missed it, too.
Not as popular but album Long Road Out Of Eden by the Eagles is great .. check it out.
We enjoyed Reacher also.
Love your sweet kids and that you share the joys of everyday life activities with us.
Thank you for recommending Wordle. I checked it out and am hooked!! Yesterday I managed to get 19 in a row. Looks like I need to get a life. haha Love your site, the photos make me smile, and the recipes are wonderful.
For the Wordle fans there is also Dordle (2 words at the same time), Squardle (6 words in a square) and Nerdle (a math version).
Enjoy!
I LOVED the Einstein throwback! I know how much you miss him, just as much as I miss my Big Sam. Thank you for sharing your family (two and four legged ones) with all of us. You are special people.
Gosh, I loved seeing the throwback photo of Einstein. He was such a handsome boy.
Dominic looks so serious working on his experiment.
Another fun and simple activity your kids might enjoy involves the concept of chromatography…the separation of colors in a suspension.
The materials: white coffee filters…the type used in old Mr Coffee machines, a set of water based markers, an eyedropper and a small glass of water.
The task: make a tiny circle each color of the rainbow plus black on a filter, spaced a couple of inches apart and squeeze one drop of water onto each circle.
The water droplet will spread and as it does, colors will begin to separate.The primary colors…red, yellow, blue… will simply dilute but the secondary colors…green, orange, purple… will separate into the primary colors that constitute them.
Diluting the black dot is very interesting as black is made up of an array of colors.
The activity is slightly messy but if contained on a cookie sheet or plastic place mat, it is quite manageable.
Enjoy the weekend!
Happy Friday, Michelle.
Dominic’s science experiment reminded me of one we used to do when we were kids and I did with mine. If you actually take live flowers – we did it with daffodils in the spring – and do the same exercise, put the ink in a cup and put the stem in, you will get similar results. It’s also fun for the kids to see the color actually move through the veins in the flower.
The details I cannot remember – whether the ink was diluted to make it flow more easily and if we used food dye to change colors. But, I’m sure it can be found somewhere on the web.
Love the picture of you and Einstein.
Einstein 💙💛💙💛
Thanks for the heads up on Quordle! My son (26) and I had been doing Wordle, and now we’re hooked on this one. He likes to do them together, so this one gives us a few more chances. :)
May I ask where your round dinning table is from?
Thanks, Shelly
😊my teenage son still goes to the movies, on dates or with friends. Probably not as much as I did at his age but it’s still a thing. It’s a lot more expensive so that’s a factor as well.
Your family is just right. Friday pix are always a treat! Be well~~Marsha
We also loved Reacher! So excited for season 2!
I also recommend Jack Ryan (Amazon) if you haven’t tried that yet.
Einstein! Such a great picture. I think of him every time I see a picture of Duke.
Loved Reacher!
What a sweet surprise Einstein was this week! Thanks for sharing.
My kids are loving all the puzzles you’re sharing!
I’ll have to stay away from Worldle—last week you got me & my son hooked on Quordle! It’s addictive!