There is a beautiful spot in our yard that needed pictures taken in it.
I grabbed the closest willing kid and set up my camera on the tripod.
These were all taken with a remote.
I have the remote set to delay so I am not pushing the button during the picture.
Check out Ashley over at Under The Sycamore to read more about Embrace the Camera.
Here is my shot for the day!
Check out Emily and Ashley’s blogs to see what “Embrace the Camera” is about.
We built this solar oven from a science kit as well as one from a shoebox.
We modelled the shoebox oven after the Pizza Box Solar Oven found here.
My youngest built the one from the kit.
While my oldest built his from scratch.
I cut out the top flap for the shoebox and helped tape the aluminium foil as well as the ziplock bag we used for the top.
I added packing tape to try and keep the stick from moving around.
The boys wrote down what they thought would happen in their science journals.
We put pieces of cheese in them and waited to see how long they took to melt.
This is how the boys killed time waiting.
45mins later the shoebox won!!!
It took the kit oven ten more minutes to melt.
This was a fun easy project!
I am hoping we can try popping popcorn or making s’mores on the next sunny day as well as think up ways to improve our oven.
Have you ever made a solar oven?
What did you use to make it?
I would love to make one like this!
Ashley and Emily are doing the Embrace the Camera challenge this week, go check it out.
Mornings keep changing around here.
There was a time when mornings meant a quiet moment with my youngest curled up in my lap.
He rarely does that any more.
He wanted to show me what his man he made out of pipe cleaners could do.
He can play with something simple like pipe cleaners for hours.
I gave him a couple more so he made a fish and fishing pole for his guy.
Of course the fish kept jumping up and attacking the guy.
He plays with a rubik’s cube like it is alive.
The colors talk and interact with each other.
His imagination never ceases to amaze me.
Being a mother is a beautiful thing.