What do you do when your three-year-old has croup? Well, first you cancel all classes and playdates, let everyone lounge around the house in their jammies for as long as they want, and watch more TV than we usually watch in a whole week. And when that gets old, you break out the marshmallows! 
For a science experiment, of course! 
Henry has a horrible croupy cough and feels pretty crummy, so yesterday morning, the boys and I piled into the guest bathroom with a stack of books and turned on a steamy shower. One of those books was about levers (because, if you don't already know, Will is slightly obsessed with machines and how things work). And at the end of the lever book was an experiment that involved launching marshmallows into the air. Brilliant.
So Will and I created a lever using a paint stick and a pencil and tried launching marshmallows with the fulcrum set at different points. Will loved it and recorded his data into his science journal. One of our marshmallows landed by Weezie. 
Henry didn't care at all about the experiment. But you know he loved those marshmallows. Even when he's sick, Henry is still sneaky. 
And when the science experiment is over and you don't know how you're going to make it until bedtime, which is still seven hours away, you decide to let Will open a birthday present two days early. Fortunately, we picked a good one. Gramma and Grampa got Will this awesome Trio Wizard's Castle. The boys absolutely love it! 
We built the castle together and then the boys played happily with it. And the best part is that we can take it apart whenever we want and build a different one. 
It even came with a dragon!
Gene came home last night after work and running errands for me and announced that his car said it was 108* outside. Maybe being stuck at home with marshmallows and a new castle wasn't such a bad thing after all.
For a science experiment, of course! Henry has a horrible croupy cough and feels pretty crummy, so yesterday morning, the boys and I piled into the guest bathroom with a stack of books and turned on a steamy shower. One of those books was about levers (because, if you don't already know, Will is slightly obsessed with machines and how things work). And at the end of the lever book was an experiment that involved launching marshmallows into the air. Brilliant.
So Will and I created a lever using a paint stick and a pencil and tried launching marshmallows with the fulcrum set at different points. Will loved it and recorded his data into his science journal. One of our marshmallows landed by Weezie. Henry didn't care at all about the experiment. But you know he loved those marshmallows. Even when he's sick, Henry is still sneaky. And when the science experiment is over and you don't know how you're going to make it until bedtime, which is still seven hours away, you decide to let Will open a birthday present two days early. Fortunately, we picked a good one. Gramma and Grampa got Will this awesome Trio Wizard's Castle. The boys absolutely love it! We built the castle together and then the boys played happily with it. And the best part is that we can take it apart whenever we want and build a different one. 
It even came with a dragon!
Gene came home last night after work and running errands for me and announced that his car said it was 108* outside. Maybe being stuck at home with marshmallows and a new castle wasn't such a bad thing after all. 
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