Science is fun

We had a science fair yesterday and the day before. The day before was the science fair for the Two's. Yesterday was the science fair for Pre-K. There were different stations for the kids and parents to visit.

For the Two's Science Fair there was a volcano table, a moon dough table, a magnet table, a water/magnet table where you could fish and a pine cone table. Mason's favorite was the volcano and water/magnet table. He liked making the baking soda bubble and erupt when he squirted colored vinegar on it. For obvious reasons, he also liked the water/magnet table. He liked splashing his hands in the water more than fishing for fish with a magnetic fishing rod.

For my science fair there was a bubble station, spinning airplane station, paint station, ice & oil station and a rain station. I did all of them expect the paint station. At the ice and oil station, I dropped an ice cube into the oil. Daddy says that station is about density. Uh...okay. I just thought it was cool to drop ice into oil, watch it melt and separate. My favorite one was the airplane station where I made a looper airplane. When you throw it the airplane spins.

Hot wheels and s'mores

Mommy mentioned that Grey (really, it's uncle Edric) has been really into Hot Wheels lately.  So this evening we went to check out their collection and tracks. Mommy wasn't kidding! There was a super crazy, long track in their family room. The beginning of the track was taped to their humongous TV. There were sideways loops, an upside down loop and a jump too. It was a-mazing!

Mason and I LOVED it. As soon as we walked in, we made a beeline for the Hot Wheels track and cars. We loved it so much that we didn't want to eat dinner. But mommy said that we had to eat dinner. Otherwise, there would be no dessert. And dessert was going to be something really yummy and fun.

Turns our dessert was making s'mores at Auntie Luann's house (she's auntie Char's neighbor). They were having a s'more party in their front yard to welcome the Japanese Exchange student they were hosting for a couple of weeks. I had fun roasting the marshmallow and even more fun eating the s'more. So did Mason. If you look really carefully in the picture, you'll see that got marshmallow all over his face.

After eating our s'more, I told daddy that I wanted to go back to Grey's house so we could play more Hot Wheels.

Boys Day Out

Since Mommy was sick this weekend, Daddy took us out for a boys day. He wouldn't tell us where we were going. He said it was a surprise. The last time we went somewhere that was a surprise, we ended up at Disneyland! Hmm...maybe we were going there again. A kid can hope, right?

Well, daddy didn't take us to Disneyland. Instead he took us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We practically had the entire place to ourselves! There was no one there. I guess Sunday afternoon is a good time to visit. We got to go around the aquarium twice and see all the fish and sea life. And mommy got to rest!

Conspiracy?

We were supposed to have Mason's 2nd bday party today, but mommy and daddy canceled the party. Was it because we weren't behaving? Nope. Was it because mommy changed her mind? Nope. It was because Mason and I are both sick.

Mason got sick first and then me. I told mommy that he got me sick. Mommy and daddy took turns taking care of us. Mommy stayed home on Wednesday. On Thursday, she had to go to Utah for a work. So, daddy got lucky and had to take care of both of us because I woke up with a fever.

Daddy thinks it's a conspiracy. Whenever mommy leaves for work, we manage to get sick. He thinks she purposely gets us sick just before she leaves. But it's not true. We don't get sick EVERY time she leaves.  Just 80% of the time. :)

Anyway, we're both on the mend. Mommy and daddy are working out when to reschedule the party.

President's Day/Chinese New Year Gathering

Uncle Eugene and auntie Jean hosted a President's Day/Chinese New Year gathering at their house. Since Mason and I have never been to their house before, I asked mommy if they had any toys for us to play with. She said probably not. So, we packed up our Thomas the train toys and headed out to their house.

Once we got to their house, we got red envelopes from Auntie Jean and Uncle Eugene. Auntie Jean also brought out a box of Thomas trains that belong to their nephews. Woo hoo!

While mommy gobbled up dried squid (yuck) and pineapple cake, Mason and I played trains and snacked on fruit. We also tried playing a new game called mah jong. It's a game that po-po used to play when mommy was a kid. Mommy "washed" the tiles, which means she nosily spread the tiles around the table and then stacked them up. Mommy said the sound of the washing tiles reminded her of when she was little. Po-po would play mah jong late into the night while mommy and uncle Eddie would fall asleep to the sounds of washing tiles.

Auntie Jean taught me to match the tiles, recognize the Chinese characters and count in Chinese. I was more interested in matching the tiles than the characters and counting in Chinese. After a while, I lost interest in matching tiles too. Eventually, Daddy Mason and I made up our own game. We stacked the mah jong tiles to make a pyramid and an airplane.

Thanks for hosting a fun gathering uncle Eugene and auntie Jean!