The Providence Children’s committee took the kids to Space Tag in Ellisville for their Valentines Day party. Everyone had fun!
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Emily learned about the Blue Dog art of George Rodrigue and painted her own Blue Dog!
I have had many problems with Harvey the RV’s whole fuel system. I decided to permanently fix the gas tank so it would never rust or have any problems. I used KBS Coatings tank sealer system. The only problem: the tank is so big (40 gallons!) it is not easily handled to swish all the liquids around to clean and seal. I ended up creating two ‘caps’ for each end of the tank, and put a floor flange with an 8″ 3/4″ pipe sticking out so I could rest the whole thing on a pair of saw horses. Like a giant rotisserie, this let me slowly rotate the whole tank around and get to all the corners and edges very easily.
The playground at PCS has several inches of pea gravel on the ground. Everyday, Ian and Emily come in with quite a collection of pebbles in their shoes. They pull their shoes off and pebbles fall all over the floor. How can they walk around with all these rocks in their shoes?
We have had problems with MJ scratching and biting. She scratches ALL THE TIME. She bites so much that she has worn her teeth down. Plus, slobering all over herself makes her stinky. We decided to try an E-Collar from PetSmart. The collar goes on easy enough, and MJ was receptive as long as she was getting attention.
However, it quickly became apparent that she did NOT like the collar. While she is not scratching, she is also not moving. She sits there with her head low and just looks at you. I think she is giving us the ‘guilt’ trip and feels like we have betrayed her or are punishing her. Hopefully she will realise that she can still do all the things she normally does, just not bite and scratch.
Wow! We are so proud of Keighly! She got first place in the 6th grade science fair in the ‘microbiology’ category. Yay!
Keighly’s project was “What Location at PCS has the most Bacteria?” She swabbed several locations around the campus, then grew the bacteria in petri dishes. We observed the growth and took pictures over 17 days to determine which place had the most bacteria. What place had the most bacteria? The Toilet! Shock!
Look at that medal! Science! (Thumbs up by Emily)
Keighly tests the “Cone of Shame“.
Incredi-Mom gives blood regularly and has the t-shirts to prove it. I have never given blood yet, but tonight would be the night!
Yay! Look at that excitement!
“You will feel a small stick”.. Yup, that’s what I felt alright.
Once the blood starts flowing, it fills a bag under a digital scale that keeps it in motion so it won’t congeal. Some others had problem filling their bag, but I filled mine in no time! Take that people with thick blood!
Yay! I’m bleeding! The glove they gave me to squeeze had one finger that would raise everytime I squeezed it. Somehow that seemed wrong, like I was giving them the finger or something.
I filled my bag in record time!
We are still waiting on the results to see what blood type I am and my cholesterol level.
It seems like just 10 days ago that Emily lost her first tooth. Now she says the one next to it is wiggling! We let it ripen for a few days, but now it’s ready to come out.
Pop! This tooth came out much easier than the first. A little blood, but much less pain.
After a rinse with some warm salty water, all is well and the tooth is in the pillow ready for the Tooth Fairy!
Ian and Emily spent lots of time in their room, and eventually emerged with some Bendaroo creatures: a spider, a snail, a flower, a Christmas ball, and another snail.
The Incredibealls! 