Another busy run-around day....

We started off our day at 6:00 am (ack!) and then drove down to Albuquerque to our friend Carol's house, dropped off Jackson and Jenna to play with her kids. And then Jeremiah and I drove over to the Imaging center to have a PET scan done of Jeremiah's brain (see below post for details).

Afterwards, we went back to Carols' and visted for quite a while. That was such a nice time after the not-so-nice PET scan. Jenna enjoys playing with Carol's daughter, Eryn. And Jackson and Jeremiah have a great time playing with Sean. And I just love chatting with Carol. She and I seem to have quite a bit in common and she is just so kind and sweet, too.

We then headed out for a little lunch followed by a trip to Explora for Jackson & Jeremiah's Science Club class. The class was called:

~Playing Around with Polymers (Grades 4–5)
What is a polymer? Do the properties of polymers change when they’re made from different substances? Students investigate the properties of this special material by making a number of different polymers and comparing their bounciness, stretchiness and more.~

While the boys were in their Science class, Jenna and I enjoyed some exploration time together. Like usual, we visited her favorite exhibits and did a few new things, too.

This day we also visited and explored with some of our homeschool pals, Becky, Sharon and Margo, and their kids, too.
I love going to Explora, but it always seems like we spend forever there and we just can't leave, as there is always something interesting that draws me or my kids in for a while.

In the picture below, something new that Explora had laying about for folks to pick up, shake, roll, turn and observe. Jenna spent a bit of time manipulating and observing each one, but especially the tube with the white balls w/ dolphin and shark confetti inside. Then she lined up all the tubes for display.
Jenna gathered up a bunch of balls and then created ramps and race tracks for her then newly created 'race ball cars" to race on.
Jenna likes playing with the plastic tunnel tubes in the toddler room. She races up and down the ramps to put the plastic balls into the tunnels and watch them roll into different buckets.
Jenna practicing her famous future speech. (I think she may have gotten quite interested in watching MLK Jr's "I Have Dream" speech and the President's "State of the Union" speech. She has been making speeches all over the place)
Jax experimented with different types of plastics, cut at various lengths and widths, to evaluate the strength of each type, which is something that manufacturers do when planning their packaging and building materials. Here he is loading weights into the bucket after setting up the plastic polymers.
Another Polymer, the kids melted #6 plastic to create recycled "Shrinky Dinks". This one was made by Jackson.