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She Got Me Pregnant: Episode 19Dana and Helen of Mombian blind you with science this week as they demonstrate a bunch of experiments and explorations for kids. Watch them use marshmallows, blue gooey stuff, really long words to describe peanut butter, and gummi bears like you've never seen them before (including one variation just for adults). They also point out the very lesbianish cartoon mom in a popular book of kids' science projects. Whether you're a parent or a cool aunt or godparent, you'll want a few of these in your repertoire. Plus: An honor for Lesléa Newman, author of Heather Has Two Mommies, and a sneak appearance by Dana and Helen's cat.
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Yay Science!
AW! You two are the coolest lesbian moms ever. =]
I would have been in heaven if my parents took me to the exploratorium when I was a kid!
This was a really nice vlog. I don't have any children...and I won't have any for a long time, lol...but I DO have a nephew (almost 3) that I absolutely adore.
I'm always trying to be the cool-spoil-'em-rotten-with-fun-and-love auntie. I take him to the park and the zoo. I read to him...I pump him full of sugar right before I give him back to his parents! haha
Thanks for giving me more material to amuse him with! I will definitely be digging around my sister's kitchen with my nephew conjuring up our own little experiments.
Can't wait to make the playdoh! lol
-claymore-
Wow! great ideas!
Science IS fun! How did the gummi shots come out? ; )
Yay for plasma physics and astronomy and history! Your son's toothpick and marshmallow sculpture reminded me of an asymetric lithium niobate crystal. That said, I will definitely have some
tricksfun experiments to share with my nephew in the future. My sister will be so pleased with the blue goo....not. : )I guess I'm a Rheopectic girl then!!! XD
WOW!!! I have been temporarily teleported to my Beakman's World glorious days!!!
This is the first time I ever post on this Vlog and you girls are the coolest!!! I don't have any kids myself (allthough I have an evil plan to repopulate the world with my LGBT offspring one day), but I do have a nine year old cousin who's my favourite little person at the moment (I do love kids in general though).
Her parents are dropping her this afternoon for me to babysit so I guess I'll try the gummi bear thing with cocoa milk (let's see how that turns out).
Oh and if you're interested I have another "scientific" suggestion for crazy shots... my ex girlfriend claimed to have invented them, but she was a liar so I wouldn't give her much credit...
She called them "Cerebritos" (little brains), and all you need is some Bailey's and some redcurrant juice or syrup (I don't know if you have it here in the USA).
Thing is you pour a shot vase nearly full of red currant syrup and then add a little Bailey's in it... I don't know the technicallities (hey! History major here!), but the thing is the Bailey's turns into a little wobbly mass resembling a little human brain (if you get it right).
So this are my science tips so far!!! Ahahaaa hahaa!!!
Now that I've discovered you girls I'm gonna go watch the rest of your Vlogs for more enlightment!!!
;-)
That's great baarlijan xen! In the US we call them cerebellum's. Fill the shot glass 3/4 full of vodka, a splash of grenadine for color, and then we pour in a little Bailey's in and it looks like a little brain sitting in the glass. ;-)
Aha!!
I knew she wasn't that smart!!!
Mmmmm VODKA!!
I'll try the american version... sounds better for my blood sugar!!! XD
Thanks Leibug ;-P
Great ideas
Wow. Great ideas all. I think I know what I'm serving at our next (adult) Halloween party.
An "asymetric lithium niobate crystal," hmm? I think we're not the only scientists around.
Oh, and you all might want to check out the Web site that goes along with the Science Explorer book we mentioned. It has some selected experiments from the book.
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Dana Rudolph
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
http://www.mombian.com
That brought me back
That reminded me of when I was a kid. The corn starch-water mixture was called oobleck in our family. I know that's a substance in a Dr. Seuss book, but I will always think of it as the mixture that straddles solid and liquid.
That reminds me of something my brothers and I would make outside sometimes. We figured out how to put the perfect mixture of dirt and water to create a quicksand-like substance in things like used coffee containers. We'd put sticks up on the top and watch as the soil atop grabbed it and pulled it under. Fun, and a way to get a kid outside.
My older brother also came up with an interesting dessert by trying out a simple experiment (not for everyone, though): he's put a heap of peanut butter in the middle of a piece of bread, wrap the bread around the peanut butter in a ball or sack type shape and stick the thing in the microwave for an amount of time I have forgotten. It was just heated peanut butter and bread, but it was pretty good.
It's the glory of kids' experiments--they will sometimes yield interesting results.
Ave Messer, 66, B24, GO SHASTA!!!
kitchen experiments
It has been said by many a chef that cooking, and the art of cooking is just edible chemistry. So a big shout out to chemistry and cooking, and fun experiments with kids in the kitchen!