Happy autumn! Colors, sounds, smells, yummy things.... autumn is wonderful. We are enjoying the view of the mountains and all the orange that is appearing. In 2nd grade this week we talked all about the sounds, smells, sights, and tastes of autumn. I love little seven year old brains. I will be the first to say that children can wax very poetic, and often do when given the chance. It is very enjoyable to me. Some of my favorites this week were:
"Autumn leaves fall off the trees and move through the air like gliders"
"Autumn sounds crunchy and crispy"
"Leaves carpet the ground like fallen snow"
"Leaves are like a blanket on the ground"
Fun craft idea for those who like colors, words, and things gooey. This activity followed our "sounds, smells, sights, and tastes of autumn" discussions.
Corn Syrup Leaves
Materials:
- card stock (draw or copy your chosen leaf design onto it)
- corn syrup
- food coloring (green, yellow, red)
- wax paper
How To:
- Cut our your leaf.
- Place it on the wax paper
- Pour about a quarter-half dollar size amount of corn syrup in the middle
- Quickly bask in the glory of gooey and spread it all around your leaf
- Before it dries place your desired drops of food coloring scattered around your leaf
- I love to mix yellow with green, or yellow with red (I love orange!)
- Swirl it around and make beautiful colors and designs
- Let your leaf dry for about 24 hours
- Lick your fingers and eureka! You have a shiny and beautiful autumn leaf! As well as spiked blood sugar levels. What more could you want?
In school we write one word on the leaf in marker that describes what autumn sounds like, looks like, smells like, or tastes like. Make sure you use a dark marker. Do the writing before the gooey fun.
ENJOY!
Now, onto my technological prowess. It's a big step for me and so I would like to share it. Yes, I made a class website. I know, I know. You're thinking Tod made my class website. That is simply not the case. I figured it out, and I conquered! There are many wonderful educational links to games if you would like to check them out. I am rather proud of myself and will leave out the part about my lengthy conversation with the URL people... I might have had some holes in my technological abilities, but I'm a problem solver so here it is!
Here's a Robbins' update with pictures:
Uncle Tod torturing, I mean playing with, William
Tod planned a date to the Freedom Foundations Concert and is relaxing after all that hard work! It was a lovely concert in the Tabernacle. Way to plan Tod!
Tod's birthday celebration was fun. He had a fantastic cake thanks to Dad Robbins. We forgot our camera on my birthday, so.... this is the cake update for both of us.
I hope Tod made a wonderful wish because he worked hard for those candles! Happy Birthday Tod!
One last update. We think we have harvested the last of our peppers. They are pretty and yummy. We think we became plant geneticists... or just planted different kinds too close together because they are a wonderful rainbow of colors and flavors now!
Happy October ladies and gentlemen!
Tod's birthday celebration was fun. He had a fantastic cake thanks to Dad Robbins. We forgot our camera on my birthday, so.... this is the cake update for both of us.
I hope Tod made a wonderful wish because he worked hard for those candles! Happy Birthday Tod!
Pamela and myself had quite the lovely time in Washington for our July 6-15 (for me), 19th (for Pamela). I now anxiously await her arrival from Portland on Thursday (what murder!). I have placed in this post a picture of my anxiety to the left of this paragraph.
They even sent us on our way with a cooler full of delectable treats and breakfast foods for the morning. There was slight communication lapse between us and the resort, however. Apparently there was also a "promotional deal" going on. We were placed in that category. The next morning as we attempted to check out they would not take our key until we had "the tour." This was a silly and ironic moment for us since Tod has now memorized the number of another time share company that calls him at least two times a day. Our favorite part is that this company already gave us their "short presentation", failed to follow through with a free weekend trip, and told us it was the last chance in this universe for us to get such a deal. Apparently, we have been so fortunate to get a 2nd chance! Oh please, how many times do we have to tell them that we can't even afford a car right now? Let alone a time share... but hey, the best deal in life is to "own your vacations" right? Ha.
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