December 2012

Maggie and Willy together at the top of the stairs.

Charlotte, Maggie and Willy.

I took this picture in the dark with a flash. This is Charlotte, NOT going to sleep when she was supposed to, with Princess Cat in a box and Willy harassing her.

Engineering challenge: make a ball go three feet in the air and into a goal that is 18 inches tall by 24 inches wide and 3 inches off of the ground. E first did a sling shot and then a ramp. The slingshot worked, and the ramp nearly worked. the ball bounced once before going in.

Charlotte's second "solution" to the engineering challenge. She first made a lever which flung the ball in (that worked). Then she made this interesting contraption with a spoon hanging from dental floss. She wanted to use the turkey baster to blow the spoon to hit the ball off of a platform.

Milkweed in the flood plain.

Beaver hunting.

Running, camouflaged Ginny

Throwing sticks into the stream for Ginny

Beaver damage!

beaver den??

blowing milkweed - as fun as blowing bubbles.