Reese's Birthday

Shareese turned 9 today!  Here are some things about her:

Favorite colors are orange and black . favorite food is ramen . Book worm . likes soccer . prefers to do things herself rather than wait for help . walks or rides bike to school . likes cats . eats like a bird . silly and sarcastic . likes to build forts in the living room . struggles to keep her room organized (says she likes the piles of stuff like books) . good at practicing her piano . working on memorizing times tables and reminds me to practice them with her . thinks about her future as a grown-up and is already making plans . likes cute stuffed animals . favorite subjects in school are science, art, and math . likes to listen to Imagine Dragons . likes to play Minecraft and watch "Dragons Race to the Edge" on Netflix . hates brushing her teeth . likes cute shoes . does chores without being asked so she can have screen time . artist .

Today she got a ride to school (so she didn't have to carry the 30 juice boxes she brought with her birthday treat all the way!), got to go to a friend's house right after school, then came home, opened presents, and got to pick where we ate for dinner (Golden Corral), came home and read Harry Potter with Mama and Liam before tucking into bed to do some more reading before lights out.  I realized we forgot to measure her (she grew almost 2 1/2 inches this year) and take a picture, so she got out of bed to do those things (in her pajamas)!  

Love you, Baby Girl!  Happy birthday!

The Friday after Reese's birthday we had the Heath cousins and family come over to have ice cream cake with us.  When Reese heard I was doing an ice cream cake for Liam's birthday, she pictured a cake with ice cream on top.  When she saw that Liam's cake was actually a "cake" made out of ice cream, she asked for what she had pictured in her head for her birthday.  We did the ice cream cake, but this time, it was just topped with ice cream sundae stuff.

Shareese Birthday Party

Reese wanted a science birthday party this year.  Not gonna lie, I had a bunch of fun putting this one together.

Our house became the "Shareese Birthday Lab".  Safety first, the kids had to put on a lab coat and get an I.D. badge before coming in, and had to put on safety glasses while we did experiments.

The kids got to color their I.D. badges, make molecules out of a chemistry modeling kit, and watch a little Bill Nye while we waited for guests to show up.

Then we had 5 experiments:

Sink or float: we practiced making hypotheses and then testing to see if we were right about what would sink and what would float.

I made sure the kids knew that you don't ever eat or drink in a science lab, and has some labels made up special for some of our chemicals:

Colored Milk:  We watched some cool color swirls as we observed the interactions of molecules

Slime:  We talked about states of matter and then put a bunch of liquids together that formed a slime that had properties of both a liquid and solid!  We talked about why that is.

Elephant toothpaste:  We talked about a chemical reaction and then got to see it in explosive action!

Bubbles:  We talked about water and surface tension, then experimented with different things to see what kinds of bubbles we could make. I had a big batch in a kiddie pool so there was plenty for everyone to play with.

Then we had beaker cake and presents and the kids got to take home all their sciency stuff!

Thank you so much Gramma Leah, Aunt Shelly and Uncle Matt for helping with this party!

And happy birthday, Shareese!