Physics lab today was two air carts bumping into each other and then going in opposite directions. (An elastic collision.) One poor group was having a terrible time with their data. It looked okish, not great. They took it again, same thing. We finally looked at it very closely.
Cart 1 bumped into Cart 2 at time = 0.25sec.
Cart 2 bumped into Cart 1 at time = 0.50 sec.
Hmm, well that isn't ideal. I sent them to work at a different computer, since time travel really messes up conservation of momentum.
(It turns out a computer restart probably would have worked. Why don't I think of that sooner more often???)
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Wednesday: Grandma's birthday
In keeping with our birthday celebrating tradition, we made mug cakes for Pat's birthday today.
The biggest problem was the Joshua woke up from his nap on the wrong side of bed. Oh my. I did something wrong about every five minutes for the next two hours. I also made Isaac cry when I took out some of his checkers and then won the game. (It was his first time; he did a good job besides being to invested.)
Anyway, we trying Face Timing Pat to sing Happy Birthday, but when that failed we just ate the cakes. There was no way I wasn't giving it to Joshua with the mood he was in.
Joshua finally broke out of his mood when Isaac opened some new Legos and let Joshua watch/play for a little bit. Phew.
The biggest problem was the Joshua woke up from his nap on the wrong side of bed. Oh my. I did something wrong about every five minutes for the next two hours. I also made Isaac cry when I took out some of his checkers and then won the game. (It was his first time; he did a good job besides being to invested.)
Anyway, we trying Face Timing Pat to sing Happy Birthday, but when that failed we just ate the cakes. There was no way I wasn't giving it to Joshua with the mood he was in.
Joshua finally broke out of his mood when Isaac opened some new Legos and let Joshua watch/play for a little bit. Phew.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Tuesday: and the thunder rolled
"Who took my slippers??" I questioned.
Joshua broke out into a big grin and went to get them. As he picked them up, near a window, lightning flashed. A second later, when he was in the middle of the room, the thunder rolled. It was loud, but not the crack of really close lightning.
Joshua freaked out. He dropped the slippers and ran to me as fast as possible, cuddling with me for minutes. For the next 20 minutes we heard heard the story.
"By the TV."
"Thunder scared me"
"Outside"
"Loud"
"Scared"
Anyway, bed time rolls around and he's still a bit out of sorts. There is still some thunder rolling around, but not very loud. I put him in bed anyway, and tell him that we'll be downstairs. Two minutes later he's done. This feels real to me and he was so scared earlier. I put him in a sleeping bag in the basement office. That way he can see us but can still go to sleep and Ben and I can play Warcraft.
It worked well, as long as it doesn't become a regular thing.
Joshua broke out into a big grin and went to get them. As he picked them up, near a window, lightning flashed. A second later, when he was in the middle of the room, the thunder rolled. It was loud, but not the crack of really close lightning.
Joshua freaked out. He dropped the slippers and ran to me as fast as possible, cuddling with me for minutes. For the next 20 minutes we heard heard the story.
"By the TV."
"Thunder scared me"
"Outside"
"Loud"
"Scared"
Anyway, bed time rolls around and he's still a bit out of sorts. There is still some thunder rolling around, but not very loud. I put him in bed anyway, and tell him that we'll be downstairs. Two minutes later he's done. This feels real to me and he was so scared earlier. I put him in a sleeping bag in the basement office. That way he can see us but can still go to sleep and Ben and I can play Warcraft.
It worked well, as long as it doesn't become a regular thing.
Monday, February 27, 2017
Monday: mostly Joshua
Joshua was rather photogenic today.
He snuggled with Ben (and bear) after eating nothing for dinner. (He had just finished his snack a few minutes before dinner, and he usually doesn't eat much.)
This was right before nap time. He had the required things: bear, elephant, wipe, water. He had some semi-optional things: blue bear, teddy bear. He had a new thing: EE. Lately when he gets out of bed he attempts to gather all of them up into his arms. I wish he'd at least leave the water there.
Story time before nap time. Joshua set it up, because if it was up to me there'd be more cuddles. Teddy Bear had a coaster and a seat too.
We all wore orange shirts with black pants. Ben wore an orange shirt too, but was out the door before Joshua was dressed.
He snuggled with Ben (and bear) after eating nothing for dinner. (He had just finished his snack a few minutes before dinner, and he usually doesn't eat much.)
This was right before nap time. He had the required things: bear, elephant, wipe, water. He had some semi-optional things: blue bear, teddy bear. He had a new thing: EE. Lately when he gets out of bed he attempts to gather all of them up into his arms. I wish he'd at least leave the water there.
Story time before nap time. Joshua set it up, because if it was up to me there'd be more cuddles. Teddy Bear had a coaster and a seat too.
We all wore orange shirts with black pants. Ben wore an orange shirt too, but was out the door before Joshua was dressed.
After bath snuggles. During this time he pointed out that lots of things have butts: kitty cat, Mom, Dad, Joshua, Isaac, Puppy Dog, Grandma, Grandpa, and bears.
Friday, February 24, 2017
Friday: exercise
Ben and I have been trying to do a little bit of exercise every day after dinner. It isn't a lot, but it's something. The kids have been enjoying it because we've been using them as our weights.
We also went to story time today. For one of the books Isaac asked Joshua if he wanted to sit on his lap. It ended up being more of a between his legs, but it was still cute. During the second book Joshua wanted to do it again, but Isaac declined.
We also went to story time today. For one of the books Isaac asked Joshua if he wanted to sit on his lap. It ended up being more of a between his legs, but it was still cute. During the second book Joshua wanted to do it again, but Isaac declined.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Thursday: quilt
My quilt is hanging up at QuiltCon! QuiltCon is a large quilt show for the Modern Quilt Guild. It is one of the biggest ones in the US. Now, to be fair, my quilt is hanging in a special exhibit to which all the applicants got in.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Wednesday: projects and outside
We started the day with a project. The goal of the project was to come up with an automatically closing door for the basement. Flurry likes to come in to say hi, but she doesn't close the door very well and all of our nice warm air quickly escapes. Ben and I have been mulling this over for a while, since we didn't want to harm the door. I finally figured out a solution.
Command Hooks. Seriously, why didn't I think of them sooner? There is a string that goes from the doorknob over the command hook on the door then over the command hook on the wall and down to the mug. I was hoping to have a light rope instead of string, but we didn't have enough on hand. If the string stretches too much I'll replace it at that time. I also covered the mug with some left over batting to help stop scraping against the wall.
After the first try, the system works very well! The door also stays open if you open it all the way, which is a nice bonus. However, Flurry hasn't tried it yet so it still needs to pass its final test.
(Update: Flurry got in!)
We went to the Nature Center with some friends after rest time. It was a beautiful day, so it was nice to get out.
Joshua has his hat on because "sometimes I'm cold."
Command Hooks. Seriously, why didn't I think of them sooner? There is a string that goes from the doorknob over the command hook on the door then over the command hook on the wall and down to the mug. I was hoping to have a light rope instead of string, but we didn't have enough on hand. If the string stretches too much I'll replace it at that time. I also covered the mug with some left over batting to help stop scraping against the wall.
After the first try, the system works very well! The door also stays open if you open it all the way, which is a nice bonus. However, Flurry hasn't tried it yet so it still needs to pass its final test.
(Update: Flurry got in!)
We went to the Nature Center with some friends after rest time. It was a beautiful day, so it was nice to get out.
Joshua has his hat on because "sometimes I'm cold."
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