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Rainbow sugar cookies
Rainbow sugar cookies
karmat


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Collection: October Slice of Life
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: canton, nc
Date: Oct 26, 2007
Galleries: Family, Children
Date Uploaded: Oct 26, 2007

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 So, in Bible, Travis (and Kristi, when she chooses to listen) has been learning about Noah and the Ark. This led to some cool science and art experiments about how colors mix together (primary and secondary) and how rainbows are formed.

Since we have finished that bit for now, we made a rainbow of the edible kind. :) The picture is actually for Trav's "school" record type thing I am keeping, but it is a slice of our day.

Now, I know that all parents think their children are just absolutely freakin' genuises, and I guess I am no exception. However, despite my thinking that my son is incredibly bright, today he surprised me.

We had finished coloring the dough (dang, I hope the food coloring comes off our hands eventually), and were rolling it into the "bows."

Trav: We need to do red first.
Me: Why?
Trav: It's the first color in the rainbow, silly.
Me: Oh. Which one is next.
Trav: Duh. Orange.
Me: How do you figure that?
Trav: Duh. (He likes this word) Orange is, like, between red and yellow.
Me: So, yellow is next.
Trav: yes.
Me: And then?
Trav: And then green, blue, and purple. Mom, your purple looks more black.
Me: yea, I know. probably needs more red.
Trav: yea. more red with the blue will make it more purple.

Now, we covered the color wheel, and the "splitting" of light to get the colors, but I never explained the correct order. How he knows it is beyond me. :)

I think I like this homeschooling thing. :)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/29/2007 07:53:12 AM
Very cute...This will become more of a treasure as time passes, I'm sure. Kudos to you for all of the energy that you put into educating your kids. Seems like it's paying off!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/28/2007 08:59:02 PM
Smart boy!! Love your sweet story about your adorable kiddos! I think it's delightful to see kids and parents interact together, seem's like the kids always end up teaching us something we didn't know!
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 10/28/2007 05:29:28 PM
Cool story maybe somewhere along the line Travis picked up on ROYGBIV?
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/27/2007 07:29:26 PM
I so love to see kids learning as they are in this wonderful collage- nice work !
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED
 10/27/2007 09:50:05 AM
Very cute collage!
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II
 10/27/2007 02:35:25 AM
Looks like they're having such a good time. Clearly, Travis is an Einstein in the making!! Cute collage - and great slice of your life.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 10/27/2007 02:32:19 AM
homeschooling rocks .. i never did it for my daughter but my nieces and nephews were home schooled by my sister-in-law cathy .. she's my brother's wife .. anyway .. they actually got heaps more done, did it all heaps quicker and have turned out the most wonderful young adults ever .. they went to high school, but were home schooled up to when they were about 12 years old .. the idea that they dont socialise with other kids is total rubbish if the family have friends and extended family .. good on you .. it can be difficult i know, but i reckon the results will speak for themselves as they grow up with minds of their own ..
trav is definitely a genius by the way .. !! :)
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 10/27/2007 01:33:18 AM
What a great story. Kids are amazing, like little sponges. :) A very cute little collage.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 10/27/2007 12:44:34 AM
That is such a cute story! Sounds to me like Travis does in fact qualify as a bona fide genius :)

I love it that you love the homeschooling as much as they do. That says alot about how succesful it will be in their lives!
I have a really great young friend I was kinda sorta mentoring for a while, and she got a full scholarship to a prestigious private university, and has now graduated with honors, and she was home schooled all her life. Never went a day to a public or private school.

Blessings on every minute of all of your quest :)
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/26/2007 11:10:32 PM
Great story and it looks like a good time (with some education thrown in!).
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/26/2007 07:27:28 PM
Nice composite of pictures. Looks like your children had a great time learning about Noah's ark, and the colors wheel! What a fun project!
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Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/26/2007 06:07:13 PM
Can you tell I didn't resize carefully. :)
Gotta love artifacts!
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