Cone Cakes

Here's another baking idea we got from the classic Betty Crocker cookbook Aunt Chelsey sent us:

Cute idea. I never thought to bake cake in an icecream cone before. Sophia is now requesting them for her next birthday. If I make them again, I'd only bake what we were going to eat at the time because the cones don't stay crispy long.

My sous-chef with the cone cake she decorated. She requested we make very pink icing.

Science Museum

Sophia's been wanting to visit the Science Museum for a long time, so I put it on our summer "to do" list. Here are some highlights from a great day out for both girls:

We just stumbled upon this bubble show while at the museum, but it turned out to be the best bit. Among other things we saw a tennis racket used as a bubble wand to make lots of little bubbles, and a big wand that made huge bubbles, which we unsuccessfully tried to keep afloat. We saw bubbles filled with helium that went up to the ceiling, and bubbles filled with carbon dioxide that quickly plunged to the ground leaving smoke behind them. Finally, Sophia was chosen out of all the girls in the room to go inside a monster bubble!

 Designing a kaleidoscopic pattern

 Using shapes to make patterns

 Alathea's always pleased to see a steam train.

 Alathea loved the building blocks.

 In nearby Hyde Park

Clown Cupcakes

This idea came from the 1957 Betty Crocker's Kid's Cookbook, which Aunt Chelsey sent the girls:

A cupcake and ice cream! Now how to decorate it?

 

 

Alathea's "clown" face

 

 Sophia's "clown" face

 Betsy's "clown" face

 Pure satisfaction!

Experiment 3: Inertia

Find out about inertia with an orange, card, and a mug. (This idea comes from 50 Science Things to Make & Do by Usborne.)

Inertia measures how hard it is for a force to move an object. The orange has high inertia, because it's heavier (so it drops instead of being jerked aside), and the column has low inertia, because it's lighter (so it's easily thrown aside). 

What about a bus and a feather? Which has more inertia?