Instead of spending morning nap pinning about working out. I think i'll actually work out!

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Fun times on a dreary day

Princess T and I tried an experiment today. I had extremely high expectations and was probably way too excited about it. It was supposed to be fireworks in a glass, it was a fairly simple project to put together and T really enjoyed doing it, and that is what matters. But it didn't work. And mommy was disappointed. So now I'm on a mission to figure out why! I will find a way to make it work. Pictures of that to come!

I found the idea on Jugglingwithkids.com,
 http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2011/08/fireworks-in-glass.html.
Which is a super great site that I have gotten lots of fun ideas from.
Her instructions were,
Supplies:
-Tall glass or vase
-Oil
-Food Coloring
-Water
-A smaller cup/glass
-Fork


Directions:

Fill the tall glass/vase almost to the top with room-temperature water. Warm water is ok, too.  Then pour a little oil into the other glass.


Add a couple of drops of food coloring to the oil. I used one drop of each color (red, yellow, blue and green), but you can use any color combo you wish.  Don't be tempted to add lots of food coloring, your water will turn dark quickly. I am only telling you from experience. =)

So I had gel food coloring. I didn't know there was a difference. We tried that first and although it was very pretty it did not work. 

Here's princess T trying to taste the oil. 

And all this hard work made her thirsty. 

So we finally realized we should be using liquid not gel. So we mixed up a few colors. T loved stirring. 

Here's what the droplets looked like before we stirred. So pretty, I sense a photography project in the future.

and stir stir stir

poured them in waiting for the magic to happen... 

and a big fat nothing. Back to the drawing board. 

So while the project didn't do what it was meant to do, it was still the most fun. Princess T got to mess with things she doesn't normally get to mess with, so it was the best thing ever for her. Great memories were made by all. 

Your camera must be really nice!

Picture this, a surgeon just operated on your dying family member and saved their life. As the surgeon is telling you how things went you are thanking them and you say, "You must have a really nice scalpel!". Sounds a bit silly doesn't it?  Or a race car driver wins the Indy 500 and the headline reads, "he must have a really expensive car!"  Ridiculous right?

Seems silly right? 

Then why do so many people look at a photograph and say to the photographer, "wow! You must have a really nice camera!" or " Your camera must have been really expensive"!  Why yes, yes to both. They probably do have a nice camera, and it is expensive, so why don't they just hand it off to you and you take the exact same photo.  Right? Yeah, that wouldn't happen. While it is true that with a good SLR camera you can take even better pictures than you could with a point and shoot, if it weren't for the eye of the person behind the camera, that nice picture would never happen. 

I am a hobbyist. I in no way take even remotely professional pictures. It's just something I enjoy. But I do study it, and try to learn and I make a point to never shoot in automatic. Because it's disrespectful to my camera. But I have several friends and family members who are professionals and it is their living. They work very hard at what they do and they are fantastic. And nothing is more insulting than when someone says to them while looking at the work that they poured blood, sweat, and tears into, that judging by that picture their camera must be really nice.