October 28, 2019

Jed and I did a fun experiment for school today in his study of enzymes.

We cut up a fresh pineapple and pureed it in a food processor,

then we boiled Jell-O and divided it among these three mugs.

The orange mug held just Jell-O;

the light green mug held Jell-O and a tablespoon of the pureed pineapple;

the dark green mug held Jell-O and a tablespoon of the pureed pineapple 

that had been cooked for five minutes.

All were placed in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Can you guess the results?

Of course the Jell-O in the orange mug jelled just fine;

the Jell-O in the light green mug did not jell at all because of the enzymes present in the pineapple

(it was a watery soup);

the Jell-O in the dark green mug jelled just fine (and was mighty tasty with the fruit!) 

because cooking the pineapple destroyed the enzymes that would have interfered with the jelling process.

Three cheers for edible science!  :)

October 27, 2019

I took our granddaughter home this afternoon after church and lunch out, 

and babysat all four grandchildren while my son and his wife went out for the evening.  

This is the first time I've seen my oldest son on his birthday since Jed was born, 

if I'm not mistaken.  

I'm so very thankful to be just an hour and a half away from them now.

October 26, 2019

I finally got to one of our granddaughter's soccer games this morning.

It was a beautiful day and such a fun way to spend a Saturday morning.

And they won!

Our grandson shared his hard-won football medal.

And our son shared his super-cute baby.  :)

Our oldest granddaughter's birthday is the day after Jed's,

and I had told all the grandkids when we moved here that I wanted to celebrate their birthdays

with a special time at our house, with each of them alone.

It's hard to say who was more excited about this first celebration, her or me.  :)

She loves to help in the kitchen, so the first order of business was to bake a birthday cake for her dad,

whose birthday is tomorrow.

Next up on the schedule...

playing grocery store with the shopping cart, food items and cash register I bought recently.  

I loved this more than you would think.  :)  

We took turns being the storekeeper and she grew tired of it before I did.  :D

Not included in this pictorial are playing hairstylist, 

reading, 

shopping for dress shoes for church tomorrow morning, 

reading some more,

cooking dinner, 

eating cake

and 

opening birthday gifts.

She's a little obsessed with mermaids right now and this was one of her gifts.

The evening ended with a bubble bath in a huge jacuzzi tub.

Spoiling grandchildren has to be one of the sweetest pleasures of life.  :)

October 25, 2019

Jed and I were both sick on his birthday.  

He got over it quicker than I did, 

and wanted to wait till I felt well enough to celebrate, 

so that's what we did tonight.

I used magic candles that relight and laughed my head off watching him try to blow them out.  :)

October 22, 2019

We finally got to one of our grandson's football games tonight.

It was hard not to enjoy the girls while he was playing.  :)

They won!

October 12, 2019

We babysat all four grandchildren at our house last night for the first time ever, 

and 

it. was. awesome!

As was this new 'do for me, courtesy of my oldest granddaughter.

:)

October 11, 2019

I love this glass pumpkin, especially when the sun shines on it.

October 3, 2019

Jed finished the driving portion of driver's ed today!

 It was a little surreal to see him driving up to the parking lot.

Ms. Jeffries, his driving instructor, was so nice!