Donna and I prayed for every aspect of this CC. Our first day we started in prayer and each time we met we prayed. Donna closed our final CC by crying out to God in prayer. We praise God that he allowed this group and continue to pray and praise Him.



Donna, Gary and Grace walked us through the presidents from Eisenhower the present. Donna taught us a dance move for each era. It was incredibly fun.


Donna wore Grace's cape that Grammy had made to show Alaska joining the fifty states.

Peggy and Jana cut the rug dancing!

Bea. Grossed out.

We used a simple machine to learn how to lift a lion today. Lynnea, as usual, did a fabulous job. Thank you.

We were riveted by Dr. Heiman's presentation.


Dr. Heiman-real-life-adventureman spoke with us about his adventures as a geologist today! He's repelled out of a helicopter, been chased by a bear, administered 27 stitches on his own leg and then hiked for many miles, been bitten by a rattlesnake -- while holding on a steep cliff and camped alone for a month! And we thought geologist spent his career in an air conditioned office.


Thank you Dr. Heiman!

Muscles in Motion IV

A new look for our moms? Miss Donna was helping the children improve their fine motor skills today. We used clothes pens to clip fabric onto moms. The look may become the next fashion statement! We'll call it recession wear. Have a tear or a stain? Just switch around the clothes pin and cover it!....or not.

Dispersion

Lisandrea, Jana, Diane and Nancy acted out a fat molecule that becomes emulsified by soap today. Our brilliant moms, lead by Jana, locked arms as a happy fat molecule. Then the dressed-in-black soap, Nancy, brust through their happy molecule and sent the moms out into the vast bowl of milk. A truly Emmy-worthy performance.

Dispersion

We discussed dispersion today. We first poured milk into plates and dropped spots of food coloring into the milk. We observed that the food coloring did not disperse but stayed in colorful blobs in the milk. Then we dropped one drop of dish soap into our plates. Instantly the fat molecules in the milk dispersed allowing the water-based food color to move around the whole plate, mix with the other blobs of color and form ribbons and designs in our plates!

I just loved these pictures

Announcing Caleb Henry B.!!!!

We are praising God for the birth of Caleb Henry. Donna, Gary and Grace are incredibly blessed to have been so lovingly given this precious boy.


Jn

Owl Pellets

We dissected owl pellets today. Owl pellets are the regurgitation of an owl of the hair, fur, bones and other parts of the animal that the owl cannot digest. We found a bird and many pellets with mouse parts.

First Day of Reston CC I

One of Mrs. G's favorite pictures is Stephanie, Clark and Linda arriving for the first day of CC. Stephanie's radiant smile with those dimples always brightens everyone's day.





We made green goo out of borax, water and glue. For art we learned how to draw Mr. Wooden Man.

Class time

Mrs. G. and Mrs. S discussed mirror images in art today.


Miss Michelle the Sweet.


Who could ask for better friends than these?


Christopher and Logan share a smile.



Mrs. M. and Mrs. B explain the concept of bacteria in a fish's body. The same bacteria that keeps them alive helps to decompose their bodies after they die.