Visit to Ames for a day

We spent a night and a day in Ames. Grandma let the kids do experiments! She got out lots of mini paper cups, and let the kids choose what to put in each (dish soap, milk, lemon juice, vinegar, Dr Pepper), some Grandma chose some herself. Then, they submerged old pennies in each cup to see which substance would do a better job cleaning  the penny. They loved this! They didn't just get to observe, but Grandma even provided gloves so they could get their hands in and be very proactive with this.  We discovered that vinegar and Dr Pepper work great at cleaning pennies. To end the activity, Grandma mixed vinegar and baking soda to make a mini-volcano. To watch the video clip, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHeRATIYQG4.

It was warm enough to play outside, so the kids went of course to the playhouse in the backyard. They had a picnic snack. They sure love it out there!
Early in the morning, watching cartoons. We could only find cartoons in Spanish, but they didn't seem to mind. In case you were wondering, Olivia was posed there, and stayed only long enough for the picture. She does not sit and watch TV.
We enjoyed a great day at Grandma and Grandpa's. Some more highlights are getting balloons at Hickory Park, playing in the band, and walking to the park with Grandpa in knee-deep snow and getting wet and cold.