Spring Break Fun

Wednesday Aaron and I spent almost the whole day doing "Science the Cub Scout Way." As the Bear Den Leader, I set up a bunch of science experiments to teach the boys about air pressure and space (Electives 1 and 6 in their books). As Sister Souders told them, "Remember, experiments don't always work out the way you think they should." This is something we always have to take into account when Sister Mueller is leading the experiment. Half the time it doesn't work out right. We taught them how hot air raises and demonstrated the fact with a hot air balloon. We shot off Alka-Seltzer rockets, Mentos and Coke, and then had a couple of modified Space Derbies using paper air planes and flying saucers. All in all I think the boys had a great time.

Yesterday Jennifer said that we needed to go somewhere. Since we had planned to go to the beach on Friday after Ed got home from Chicago, we decided to head in another direction. We pointed the car north and said we would stop at each "Historical Marker" we came across. We made it all the way to Centralia before we actually saw one. The problem was, there were only the signs indicating the historical marker, just no marker itself - only an empty lot. We had a great time making up our own reasons why an historical marker would be needed for the place. We also stopped off at the Great Wolf Lodge to take a look around. Aaron wanted to stay the night, but we had to get back home to pick up Ed from the airport. We raced home to be there in time for Grandma & Grandpa Greenfield to come over and take the kids out for ice cream.

Today, as I said earlier, we are heading to the coast. The weather is supposed to be nice, but I'm not counting on it. We'll bring our coats.