Monday, March 10, 2014

What To Do On A Rainy Day?

On one rainy weekend day, I set up an invitation for experimenting with baking powder, vinegar, and food coloring. I knew a mess was about to be made in the kitchen. So I was prepared with lots of towels and a relaxed mental attitude. First, I showed Logan what happens when you put a scoop of vinegar and a scoop of baking soda into an empty cup. He was hooked at one try, and ready to experiment on his own. I thought he would follow suit and pour scoops of each ingredient into the middle cup. But in normal Logan fashion, he did it his own way**. Taking handfuls of baking soda and dropping them into the vinegar. Next was adding color. I put a couple of scoops of baking soda and a few drops of food coloring into a cup, and gave him a squirt bottle of vinegar. Logan was loving every minute of this enormous mess. After about an hour and a gallon of vinegar, Logan was satisfied with his experimenting and size of the mess. He helped clean up the cups and left the heavy duty work to me. 


The invitation

Intrigued by the chemical reaction.

"This is going to be a messy day, I'm going to love it!"

Getting serious in his experimentation.

"Hmm, I wonder with this does?"

"Oh yeah, we're is messy mode now!"

I love Logan's smile on this one.

Focused

Adding everything together.
**I wonder why I always think Logan will do things the way they are supposed to be done. Logan is  like Sinatra, and does it his own way.

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