SteelyKid has a new prize possession: a training-wheel bike! You can’t quite hear what she says at the end of this, when she stops the bike, but it’s “That should be a full video!” She knows her fan base. On the way back, she wiped out (the first bad crash on the new bike) and… Continue reading Mobility on 2+2 Wheels
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Rocketships Don’t Have Hands
An astute observation from SteelyKid, as part of her jumping game: With bonus photobombing by The Pip toward the end.
Preschool Science
SteelyKid takes a bunch of enrichment classes at her day care, none of which are explicitly science. I was, however, thrilled to discover that they were doing actual science in her computer class though. The “Featured Image” at the top of this post (sorry, RSS readers, you’ll need to click through) is a cell-phone picture… Continue reading Preschool Science
Playground Physics
The playground outside SteedlyKid’s day care, amazingly in this litigious age, has a merry-go-round, a rotating disc with a really good bearing. The kids can really get the thing flying, which is kind of terrifying at times. But on the bright side, it’s an excellent venue for the physics of angular momentum: In the embedded… Continue reading Playground Physics
Strong World-Saving Ninja Girl
In the car, on the way from day care to campus to watch a softball game DADDY: So, what did you do at school today? STEELYKID: Daddy, I’m a superhero. They call me Strong Ninja Girl. Strong World-Saving Ninja Girl. DADDY: Because you save the world? STEELYKID: Right. And M____ is World-Saving Rainbow Girl. And… Continue reading Strong World-Saving Ninja Girl
Sunday Morning, Chateau Steelypips
The Pip is getting really into books these days, and SteelyKid has been into them for a good while now (she’s four-and-a-half, after all…). At some point last week, she asked about my writing, so I got down a copy of How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog and showed her her name in the… Continue reading Sunday Morning, Chateau Steelypips
A Plan and a Story
OK, here’s my idea: We put a leash on Emmy and we put her up on top of this rock that’s on top of all these other rocks. Then she jumps down into these petals. so she’ll be safe. And you pull on the leash so she jumps down a little faster. I’m down here… Continue reading A Plan and a Story
Why, SteelyKid? What Are We Going to Do Tomorrow Night?
OK, Daddy, guess what? Here’s my idea. We get a stick of wood and we put a timer on it, then we get a big rock and put it on the end. We have to put feet on the big rock, so it can stand on the stick. Then when the rain comes down, down,… Continue reading Why, SteelyKid? What Are We Going to Do Tomorrow Night?
Long-Overdue Kid Blogging
WordPress’s upload is broken, so here’s a link to the photo: SteelyKid and The Pip. February was… not a good month, in a lot of ways. Let’s leave it at that. One of the unfortunate consequences of this was that I went just about the entire month without even taking any pictures of the kids,… Continue reading Long-Overdue Kid Blogging
Dinner in the Invisible Kingdom
[Scene: Dinner at Chateau SteelyPips. DADDY is starting to say something about his day at work, when STEELYKID interrupts.] STEELYKID: If you eat too many hot dogs, you’ll turn into a hot dog! DADDY: That would be pretty silly. Luckily, you’re eating chicken for dinner. Eat your chicken. STEELYKID: There’s a magic hot dog, and… Continue reading Dinner in the Invisible Kingdom