Wednesday, July 24, 2013

X day 2013



There are not many words that begin with x, and, thankfully, no one in our family needed x-rays on this day... Please excuse the exceptions to the initial-letter LotD tradition: most of the words in this post just make the "x" sound.

G & J got some exercise at the Y.

We went to the library, where E found several "Exit" signs.


At Best Buy, J & G checked out the Xbox.



The kids watched the original X Men movie on DVD.


We noticed the THX and 20th Century Fox logos.



(J's middle initial may or may not be a nod to Professor Xavier.)

We did some scientific experiments...

T's hypothesized that the number of times a bouncy-ball bounces is directly proportional to the height from which it is dropped. He decided that errors in the experimental setup (uneven floor, difficulty achieving a straight drop and counting bounces) produced inconclusive data.



We also experimented with viscosity by measuring the amount of time it took a marble to fall through a column filled with various fluids.



As you can see, the kids were all extremely excited.


T chewed some Extra gum.

Because the power at our house was out (due to the thunderstorm on T day), we slept over at the kids' grandparents' house. There was a beautiful cross-stitch pillow on one of the beds; E saw a pretty flower basked made with lots of little x's.



bedtime story = A Summertime Song by Irene Haas


(which has absolutely nothing to do with the letter X, but is still a very lovely book)

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