Happy “Leap Day”!
“Casserole Days”
“The House” Project Completed
Today is ‘turn in’ day for our youngest son’s ‘house project’ for school. If you remember, the requirements were to build a ‘house’ out of a cardboard box, having four rooms; furnish those rooms with furniture you built, paper or paint each room a different color, and then wire each room to contain two lights, using Christmas tree bulbs that are powered by one 9 volt battery. This electrical system is to be directed to four individual switches, one for each set of lights. We completed the task rather late last night (11 p.m.- half hour past son’s bedtime, but hey! we got it done!) Since this is his first year in public school and he is still labeled as ‘the new kid’ to most, when the assignment was given, they were to work in teams; one person doing the furniture, one doing the wiring and drawing the electrical schematics, and one to build the house, itself – no one wanted to work with him. He asked the teacher if he could do the whole thing himself and have his parents help; the teacher said yes. With my husband’s expertise in all things electrical and my help with miniature house & furniture building, the task was completed: four rooms, 2 bedrooms, a living room, and a study (my son’s choice of kinds of rooms). The furniture, for the most part is built out of cardboard or styrofoam, using cloth for upholstry and wallpaper samples for wallpaper, flooring and ceiling coverings.
“The House” and it’s owner
Top floor: living room/study Bottom floor: 2 bedrooms
Living room complete with wide screen TV on wall
Study complete with computer desk & computer
Top: living room Bottom: bedroom
Top: Study Bottom: Bedroom
It was an interesting project. At the last minute, after all the wiring, fixing, etc. we discovered that those tiny little Christmas tree bulbs can really suck the juice out of a 9 V. battery very quickly! (you will note that the lights are NOT on in the photos). Son had an extra 9V. in his pocket, just in case the whole thing failed at the wrong time. I, personally, think it came out just fine and am anxious to see the final grade and his reactions to the other kid’s and their ‘team efforts’.
Hugs;
Pammie
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Addendum: He got an A+!!! YAY!!!
Saturday Sharing
Just a quick post; it’s a nice day out-semi-sunny, about 6-7 inches of snow on the ground (from yesterday’s massive snowfall) and about 33 degrees (perfect snow-fall temp). In a few minutes I’ll be sorting afghan squares to put together more lovely afghans; am currently working on #58 and I now have enough squares for a good 4-5 more afghans, so I’ll be plenty busy in the next week. I don’t mind-I like the ‘choosing and sewing together’ part best; for me this is relaxing work. As to the ‘sharing’ part, thought I’d add a photo of my 1 1/2 yr. old grandson who’s just learned that stacking blocks can be fun! (he hasn’t quite figured out that stacking plastic, wooden AND a soft cloth block don’t exactly make for a tower that stays up!…time to move out the cloth block, I think!) As you can tell, I’m enjoying being a grandmother and watching all the new discoveries such as speech: the list of known words is growing, especially the “What does a ? say” part…like “What does a pig say?”
Just got off the phone with my dear friend “Momma” and it’s always good to connect with great friends. Last night found me IM’ing with another good friend, Dar; even though we’re all miles apart, it’s nice to know that we can still stay close through these medias.
Well, enough of this sharing-next will find me assisting middle son in his school project (remember the “build a 4 room house, furnish it and wire each room with 2 lights”?) We’re up to the Build the Furniture part; that’s MY realm and I love giving it a good try! Maybe if I think of it, I’ll photograph the ‘end results’ before he takes it to school! THAT’S a good idea! I’ve been bemoaning the fact that we never took pictures of a medieval castle that the whole family built when oldest son was in a private school. We did the whole thing out of sugar cubes-must have used a good 200+, painted them, made all of the castle parts, like a working drawbridge, parapets, a moat (complete with drowning man!), 2 armies of fighting soldiers, men on the tower with pots of boiling oil, etc. It was great fun, a LOT of work, but he got an A++ for the efforts. The teachers were in awe of the detail work; that made us happy. (I love the little details!).
Have a great Saturday!!! (and remember to relax a little!);
Hugs;
Pammie