WE LOVE SCIENCE!

Ava and I had a busy week. She went to school with me a couple of times so that I could get some things set up in my classroom. She kept herself pretty well occupied, but I definitely didn't get a ton accomplished with her around. There was lots of going through drawers, taking things out, spreading them around, putting some stuff back...and repeat.

We also ran some errands: mainly shoe shopping (for her) and school shopping (for me).

This is what happens when she's playing quietly in her room. :)

Look at my new shoes!!! My very first pair of Nikes. Very cute with rainbow stripes.

Learning how to sit down properly on her stool. Instead of backing up to the seat, she much prefers climbing on top and then turning around. Less safe, but much more interesting.

Today (Sunday) we spent an afternoon at the Science Museum in Palm Beach. It's small size and hands-on exhibits suit us perfectly. There's a small aquarium too and Ava signed 'fish' when she saw them.

Playing with the energy stuff. Very cool!

Making gas bubbles to see that even air has matter. What a brilliant kid!

This exhibit shows Bernoulli's Principle (one of my favorite principles!). It's all about air flow. There was a fan blowing upwards and suspending a beach ball. If you put your hand over the fan, the ball drops. Ava LOVED it...almost as much as her mommy.

Playing with the roller coaster with Daddy. After letting the car go, she would get it at the end of the ramp and take it back to the beginning to do it again.

Racing balls down roller coasters. At the end, the balls fall into a receptacle and come back to the beginning (like at a bowling alley). Ava did her sign for 'Where'd it go?'. Then she would take balls and just dump them at the end instead of putting them on the ramps again.

Outside of the museum is a short science trail with cool, big stuff to play with, like this giant kaleidoscope you can climb into.

And bubbles!

Whew! What a day it's been. Relaxing in the hammock while Daddy grilled some turkey burgers for dinner. We had a wonderful week. This coming week Ava's going to have tons of fun playing with Giulia while Mommy's at volleyball camp and Daddy's working. Maybe she'll learn some Latin.