Martha's Table Service Project Keith is the Den Leader for a Cub Scout group at church. This week, our family helped out with a service project making sandwiches and granola for homeless in the area. They have a food truck that delivers the food to the Homeless. Everyone had a good time and was
carson Carson's Boy Scout Court of Honor Carson has been working diligently in Scouts. At the Court of Honor, he earned: Second Class Rank Fishing Merit Badge (he had to catch, gut, cook, and eat his own fish) First Aid Merit Badge Swimming Merit Badge American Cultures Merit Badge
Clay Sculpture by Tucker Tucker made this caterpillar with some clay, and baked it in the oven so it would harden.
Homeschool Chemistry Lab - Acids and Bases We have continued our homeschool study of math and chemistry into the summer. The boys are doing algebra, multivariate linear sets, and quadratic expressions while Savannah is working on multiplication, division, and speed (timed) additional and subtraction. The more advanced math has made some of our chemistry work possible. We&
Tucker's pack meeting - bottle rockets Tucker's cub scout pack had their last pack meeting before the summer. They did bottle rockets, where you pump air into a 2-liter bottle and then let it go shooting up into the air. Sometimes they would go about 50 feet high!
3-D shapes Aunt Diane sent the kids a 'summer fun pack' with a couple of 3-D shapes the boys constructed. Tucker's is the star and Carson's is the other one ( they have super complicated names for them).
Echo 58v Electric Lawnmower We haven't actually had to maintain a lawn since we left Georgia. Now, with a 1/2 acre lot, we needed a good mower. So we bought a new Echo 58v battery powered lawnmower. It is light enough that the kids can easily operate it. Instead of having
Emergency Barbie Head Replacement Surgery Unfortunately, Barbie was in a catastrophic accident. So Savannah and I performed an emergency cranial transplant. We tied some paracord to the loop inside the head, then used JB Weld to secure it to the inner neck. We'll have to see how well it holds up. Savannah says,
Woodworking Class - Making Pens Carson and Tucker used some of their Christmas gift money to sign up for a woodworking class at the local Woodcraft store. They crafted and turned wooden pens on lathes. Then they polished the pens. Fortunately, there was a Dairy Queen next door to finish off the class.
Tucker's Cub Scout Pinewood Derby It's Cub Scout Pinewood Derby time again! Tucker decided to burn a design into his car using Carson's wood burning kit. His car was fast and had a great, unique style. Carson and Savannah made their own cars, that weren't allowed to compete, but
carson Art Merit Badge for Carson This is for the Art Merit Badge Requirement 7: An acrylic painting based on Bob Ross Medium: acrylic paint A few sketches of a logo I will soon make. It's based on a C. medium: pencil A cool logo I drew with pens. medium: pens Another cool logo
Tucker's Cub Scout Raingutter Regatta Each year the Cub Scouts have a Raingutter Regatta. The Scouts have to design and build their own boats out of recycled materials (things that they would normally have thrown away).
Halloween Costumes We participated at our church Trunk-or-Treat and also Trick-or-Treated in our neighborhood. Tucker made his own costume this year: Tucker used copper wire to bind the seams of his helmet.
Programming Microbits You can buy these small circuit boards on Amazon called Microbits (about $16). They connect to the computer and allow the kids to program the LED array, accelerometers, radio, buttons, etc. on them. It is really powerful and educational.
savannah Random Events Savannah at the grocery store yesterday: Our kids archery bow is in a storage unit, so Tucker decided to make his own bow:
Breath of the Wild figures The kids got a Nintendo Switch recently and have been playing the game "Zelda: Breath of the Wild". Carson saw a DIY video on making a Breath of the Wild felt figure, and here are the results: Carson's is called a "Korok" in the
savannah Family Workshop at the Peirce Mill at Rock Creek Park While visiting the Peirce Mill, some generous volunteers hosted a Family Workshop. They offered to help children make various old time crafts outside of the Peirce Wagon House. Savannah decided to make her own corn husk doll.
The Georgian Hightree by Tucker Knight One day, there was a tree called the Georgian Hightree. It was very tall. It was the tallest tree in the forest! But another day, when it saw that it was tallest tree in the forest, it started to brag to his neighboring trees like Redwood. Thinking that he was
Good Knight Art Tucker's Bob Ross paintings Carson's Bob Ross paintings by Savannah Savannah's family portrait
Building Robots The boys have been fascinated with robots recently, so they have checked our every relevant book from the library, studied, designed, saved up money, purchased parts, and have begun building their robots. It amazes me how much they have learned about electronics and the role of each component. They are
Homemade Candy The kids learned that you can melt hard candies, so they invented their own candy creations.
Knight Family Art Gallery As I returned from work, I was greeted at the door with tickets to the Knight Family Art Gallery. The kids prepare an exhibit of the artwork they had been working on for the last few weeks. As I approached the improvised gallery, Carson, the door man, checked Angela'
Kids' show and tell displays Tucker's stuff, minus his coin collection. Books Tucker has been reading. Savannah's display. Carson's stuff. Painting by Tucker, from a Bob Ross episode.
Bob Ross painting class The kids have done two Bob Ross 'classes' so far. We have this craft table in the basement, so the kids watched a Bob Ross episode and painted along with him.
