tonight i took the boys
and met some friends
at a free holiday chemistry magic show
that was put on at a local college.
it was run by a guy
who was a perfect combination of
the absent minded professor
and
rick moranis in honey i shrunk the kids ;)
this was him getting ready to fire the cannon
which never fired ;) haha
it was essentially an hour and a half of fun experiments
among other things -
they combined dry ice and soap
they electrocuted a pickle
they made fireworks
and made them jump around the stage -
although that wasn't supposed to happen quite the way it did
and we heard that phrase quite a few times ;)
they played with chemical reactions and color
they washed people's hands with dynamite soap
and
they started carbon dioxide on fire.
it was so fun
because nothing seemed to go as planned
yet they just went with it.
you could see that this little man just loves what he does
and loves to just have fun.
as i watched him,
i thought about our morning.
we were getting ready for school
and ben put an acorn in a cup and heated it in the microwave.
after realizing what he was doing
i stopped him
obviously
i asked why in the world he would try to microwave an acorn
and where he even got an acorn in the first place ?!?!
and he said
'i just wanted to see what would happen'
i just have this feeling that someday,
ben is going to be wearing the tie-dyed lab coat
and HE is going to be the one randomly mixing things ...
just to see what happens ;)
p.s. thanks to jen for the pictures ;)
what was i thinking leaving my camera at home?!
