Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Kitchen Chemistry

Three of us spent time in downtown St. Paul today. While Laura was in North Branch for her Project SEEK class (it's a summer theater class she's taking; you'll know more with the next post), I took Karl down to the Science Museum for his "Kitchen Chemistry" class. He spent the morning learning about chemical reactions, doing acid/base experiments, and "investigating the magic of water, oil, and soap" (he made bubble juice, but the paper his teachers sent home made it sound better). Meanwhile, I was across the street at the St. Paul public library, putting in some quality writing time. After Karl's class we walked over to Matt's building, since he works in St. Paul on Tuesdays, and had lunch on the 29th floor. Karl loved seeing the place where Daddy goes every week, and spent most of lunch time looking out at everything he could see from the huge windows. He even claimed he could see the Lino Lakes water tower. Hmmm, that might be stretching it...

Karl after class (notice the secret scientific potion he's holding).
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Lunch with Daddy.
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Karl explaining the intricate experiments he did that day.
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Karl and I get to come back for part two of his class on Thursday. Thursday's a big day; watch for the super bonus post!
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1 comment:

Martha said...

It's wonderful your children are enjoying so many activities this summer.