The Naked Egg Experiment

We did a science experiment by making a naked egg.  We soaked an egg in vinegar.  It melted the shell off but left the membrane intact.  The egg was soft and could bounce if dropped from short heights.  You could see the egg yolk inside and sometimes feel it move around when it was shaken.  We added food coloring to make the egg change colors (learning about osmosis, although the girls didn't quite get that concept).  It started out as just red dye, but they later decided to add blue dye also.  Then we dehydrated the egg by putting it in corn syrup and then salt.  After playing with the dehydrated egg we re-hydrated it in water and then played with it again to see how high we could drop it before it would pop.  Of course the girls were more concerned about being dirty then actually participating - so Daddy had to step in and drop it.  Lilli kept commenting on how "gross" it was when it popped.

Drive-In Movie

 

Daddy made the girls a car out of a box. Lilli found an old key on a key-chain to use to start the car.   Mommy set up the movie and the girls went to a drive-in movie.  They had popcorn and a drink.

Random Pictures from Gramma's

 

The girls spent a week with Gramma & Grampa.  They got to go to the park, the beach, play, swim in the turtle pool, use the sidewalk chalk, and play doctor at the house.  As one picture shows they wore Grampa out as well.  Evidently the girls are quite good climbers.  Mommy & Daddy enjoyed the break, but we were very glad to get our girls back.  Gramma also knit the girls a top and made them each a skirt to go with them.