We could science that!

I was husking corn on the cob the other day and low and behold, there was the cutest little caterpillar! I called Justin and Ty over to see it and Justin exclaims, "We could science that!" He suggested that we keep it and give it some food and then wait to find out if it would become a butterfly..."but it might not happen, Mom!" We gave it a nice chunk of the corn the little guy had already munched on and set him out in the garage in a container (with air holes, of course!). That was a week ago and Justin hasn't mentioned him since. I keep forgetting to check on it. Travis just told me the caterpillar is still alive....

Justin's little friend game him a "Science Experiments for Kids" book for his birthday back in May. Justin loves this book and likes to look through it and mark the pages with projects he'd like to try one of these days. He begs me to do science experiments with him. I think they are pretty cool, too, but I always try to pick out the easiest and quickest experiments to do with him. Well, yesterday, Justin asked Travis to help him with one. He had picked out the one called "Fly a Hot-Air Balloon". Justin collected all the supplies before bed last night and was ready to go for it first thing in the morning. We were planning to go to the zoo, so we told him he'd have to wait until we got home. Right after we arrived home, Justin pulled Travis over to the "science lab" and 2 hours later, whoa-la, a hot-air balloon! And it flew, too! Travis got the best payment for his hard work when Justin said, "This is the best experiment EVER, Dad!"