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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Contraption in Action (CIA)
Projects...Projects....Projects....As we approach the end of the school year, it seems like there is a never ending list of school projects to finish up. The first project on the video is a Contraption in Action. It was Nicole's Science Project. She had to create a contraption to get an object from Point A to Point B going through at least 4 simple machines. Lots of time and thought went into this and we're very proud of her results. The second project was a Road Trip across the USA for Social Studies. The parents were invited for lunch today to see the posters, billboards, and postcards the kids created. Way to go. One more week until school is out!
PS Press Play on the video below. You may want to pause the playlist so you can hear Nicole's description
PS Press Play on the video below. You may want to pause the playlist so you can hear Nicole's description
Friday, May 1, 2009
Our Friday Night Entertainment....Can you say "Eeww"?
Dan was out front early this evening and, literally, ran in the house to come get me and Nicole. Attached to our front tree was a cluster of bees. Talk about getting the "heebie jeebies"!
We called the Mountain View Pest Control (Joe) company who came out 1 1/2 hours later when it got dark and the bees were drowsy. Apparently, the swarm was new and the hive was not built yet. There was a cluster the size of a volleyball that had approx. 4,000 bees surrounding the Queen bee. In one minute, Joe doused the tree and the bees dropped dead into a bucket. If we had not reacted quickly, the bees would've built a hive in the tree or a more permanent strong structure (think inside hole of house) and start to build a hive. The bees build approx. half to one pound of a hive per day, so you can see how quickly the weight of the honey and hive could destroy a house. Joe said these were African bees and that a Queen bee broke off from another hive closeby within the day or two so be on the lookout.....
We called the Mountain View Pest Control (Joe) company who came out 1 1/2 hours later when it got dark and the bees were drowsy. Apparently, the swarm was new and the hive was not built yet. There was a cluster the size of a volleyball that had approx. 4,000 bees surrounding the Queen bee. In one minute, Joe doused the tree and the bees dropped dead into a bucket. If we had not reacted quickly, the bees would've built a hive in the tree or a more permanent strong structure (think inside hole of house) and start to build a hive. The bees build approx. half to one pound of a hive per day, so you can see how quickly the weight of the honey and hive could destroy a house. Joe said these were African bees and that a Queen bee broke off from another hive closeby within the day or two so be on the lookout.....
Monday, April 27, 2009
Heidi's Visit and other Summer Fun
My sister in law, Heidi, and her sister Kelli came from Michigan this week and stopped over for lunch and swimming. This was Heidi's first time (and hopefully not her last) and we haven't seen her since last summer. We had fun catching up.
Friday, April 17, 2009
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