Day 30/180: Bead loom, Granite, Potions, and Pen pal

I'm catching up from the days my laptop was drying out from the latte spillage.  Monday morning, Jane brought out her bead loom and started working on a Christmas bracelet.

Fine motor skills

Then, she had a good amount of reading time on the way to a granite warehouse where we learned about choosing countertops and sinks, and about the process involved in templating and installing granite countertops.

For the kitchen?

For the bathroom?

Afterwards, we finally got around to testing a potion from her Muse magazine.  It didn't work, unfortunately.  The snail did not turn into an allicorn.  Note, the snail was not harmed in the attempt.  The snail perished before the experiment occurred.  Another note, we did not mean to kidnap the snail, it hitchhiked home from the creek on Jane's shirt.  We did our best to provide it with an adequate habitat, and it did survive for about two weeks.  But, it did not transform into an allicorn when the potion was applied.  Moral of the story:  even in a science magazine, you can't believe everything you read.

The recipe

Measuring

Mixing

Perhaps the snail didn't transform because it was already dead.  So, we tried a live subject.

She did not turn into an allicorn either.

Then, a letter to her pen pal, and some swimming and outdoor play time.

Followed by ukuleles, Little Women, and the end of the current Hitchhikers book.  They are now on to So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).