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{Wordless Wednesday} Seattle Area Child Photographer

April 11th, 2012

As always, check out the other awesome photos at Wordless Wednesday, The Naptime Momtog, and The Mommies Made Me Do It  

 

As always, check out the other awesome photos at Wordless Wednesday, The Naptime Momtog, and The Mommies Made Me Do It

 

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{Wordless Wednesday} Seattle Area Childrens Photographer

March 28th, 2012

As always, check out the other awesome photos at Wordless Wednesday, The Naptime Momtog, and The Mommies Made Me Do It

 

As always, check out the other awesome photos at Wordless Wednesday, The Naptime Momtog, and The Mommies Made Me Do It

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{Happy Spring Equinox!} Seattle Lifestyle Photographer

March 28th, 2012

Last week was the Spring Equinox! In the PNW, we had a gorgeous weekend full of sunshine and temperatures reaching almost 60! But then, the real Seattle spring set in, with grey skies, lots of wind, and intermittent showers. So bring up my mood, here are some pictures I took last year at the Skagit [...]

 

Last week was the Spring Equinox! In the PNW, we had a gorgeous weekend full of sunshine and temperatures reaching almost 60! But then, the real Seattle spring set in, with grey skies, lots of wind, and intermittent showers. So bring up my mood, here are some pictures I took last year at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. We go every year since it around our oldest’s birthday, and I love getting a picture of him in the tulips. These bright, colorful flowers would cheer up anyone’s mood and put you in the mood for spring. Happy Equinox!

 

 There are so many varieties of tulips, I couldn’t pick one as a favorite!

Fields of tulips

 

It was a wee bit cold and windy when we went up, hence the layered scarf and hat look he’s sporting.

 

It had been raining all spring, so there were lots of mud puddles. I saw a lot of this.

 

Accompanied by a lot more of this.

 

I love this – a perspective of my oldest throughout the years. That first year, he was barely taller than a tulip!

 

My, how times have changed.

 

I think the kids were way more interested in the mud than the tulips.

 

So. Much. Mud!

 

We adults spent time checking out the beautiful fields and fields of flowers.

 

The kids spent time checking out the really big tractor. Flower vs. Tractor? TRACTOR WINS!

 

See? It was a pretty impressive tractor, i do have to say.

 

We were able to get a family shot out in the flowers, however!

 

But by the end of the day, most everyone looked like this.

 

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{Wordless Wednesday} Seattle Area Childrens Photographer

March 21st, 2012

Come check out other fabulous photos at Wordless Wednesday, The Naptime Momtog, and The Mommies Made Me Do It

 

Come check out other fabulous photos at Wordless Wednesday, The Naptime Momtog, and The Mommies Made Me Do It

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{Stick + Balloon = FUN!} Seattle Area Lifestyle Photographer

March 19th, 2012

I saw this experiment on the Steve Spangler experiment of the day email and thought “WOW! the kids would love this!” The experiment teaches you about what latex rubber is made of (long molecules), and when you blow up a balloon, some areas will stretch further than other areas. I attempted to talk to the [...]

 

I saw this experiment on the Steve Spangler experiment of the day email and thought “WOW! the kids would love this!” The experiment teaches you about what latex rubber is made of (long molecules), and when you blow up a balloon, some areas will stretch further than other areas. I attempted to talk to the boys about the science behind the experiment, but in all honesty, I think they tuned me out when I brought out the sticks and balloons. :)  This is a very simple set up, but you do need nerves of steel, or at least ear plugs, if your kids really just like popping balloons.

As always, check out Let’s Lasso the Moon, Adventures in Mommydom, and Science Sparks for more kid-oriented science experiments!

 

Materials Needed:

  • balloons (I used 8″ latex ones)
  • bamboo skewers
  • permanent marker (I used Sharpie – do NOT use dry erase, as it came off the balloon easily)
  • oil (doesn’t matter, I used cooking oil)

 Basic Experiment:

You want to coat the skewer with a thing coat of oil (I used a paper towel). Then, push the skewer through the ends of the balloon – near the end that is tied, and near the top.

Not pictured – the oil we used. But it was just to coat the skewer. Simple experiment set up!

 

 

Our experiment: Can a stick go through a balloon without popping?

 

Both boys answered with a resounding “NO!”

We took our balloon

 

Then we drew dots all over it in various places

 

We then blew it up and checked out what the dots looked like. We talked about how the balloon stretches (the long rubber molecules), but it doesn’t stretch evenly. That was why some dots got “faded” and looked bigger, while other dots looked the same. The more stretched out dots meant a thinner area of the rubber.

 

You can really see the different here at the top of how little the balloon had stretched and how much the dot had NOT changed.

 

 

 And the moment of truth...SKEWER THROUGH BALLOON! It totally worked. The bonus is also that when you take the skewer out, the balloon doesn’t pop! (it does hiss air though and deflates)

 

 Here’s a video showing my 3yo doing the skewer pushing through the balloon. Totally fun science experiment!