Mrs. DeColli does this fun thing every year where she invites the parents of her students to come in and be a "celebrity visitor" for the day!
It is ADORABLE to do because the kids are JUST.SO.EXCITED to see you and have you there!
Brian decided to go forth and bring liquid nitrogen to freeze things for them to see, which tied into their learning about the states of matter!
First things first - transporting liquid nitrogen from Uncle Air Liquide's house to the school. Apparently, we needed to do it in a truck. So we got one:
Which meant Brian spent the entire day singing, "I drive your truck..."
Here's all the goodies in the back:
I think I made 3 trips to Walmart in a span of 18 hours to get everything we needed.
Brian - serious about driving his truck
We planned to do the following "safe" experiments:
Blowing up a ballon and dipping it into the liquid nitrogen to show it shrink and re-expand
Dip flowers into it to show how we could break them because they were frozen
Freeze a banana
Mix boiling hot water and liquid nitrogen to make fog
About 40 minutes before our "go time," we decided to make ice cream.
THANK YOU YOU TUBE!
We popped into Walmart (yea for being right next to the school!) at 10:25 to pick up all the ingredients (heavy cream, half and half, sugar, and vanilla extract). Showed up at school at 10:50am - and away we go!
We started with a presentation in front of the kids!
Michael had to get up in front of the whole class and practice "public speaking." He had to answer all these cute questions like:
"What thing does your dad do that you like the least?"
"Give me Noogies."
"What do you like to do with your mom?"
"Play video games."
"What do you like to do most as a family?"
"Play games."
Then - it was outside to do the experiments!
LOVE Elizabeth's (red head in the background) face on this one!
Cryogenic Michael:
I have to say, the biggest hit was making the ice cream. We mixed the ingredients, and then mixed the liquid nitrogen with the cream/halfhalf/sugar/vanilla. It was SERIOUSLY the best ice cream we have ever had. The kiddos LOVED it:
Our school principal, Mr. Brunner came out to eat ice cream and watch as well! Because that's the kind of principal he is, involved!
We love Mr. Brunner!!!
All in all, it was a success. The kids loved it. Mrs. DeColli loved it. And we loved it!!!!
Here's our certificate of participation:
Mrs. DeColli told us we had to put it on our fridge. Michael made sure we followed instructions!
Afterwards, Brian and I had a date lunch at our fav little spot, Mi Cocina. We picked up Michael in the truck, which Michael wanted to keep. And then spent the rest of the afternoon returning everything!!
What a great memory and day it was for our family!
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