The Little Nemeceks

This month at the art museum, we got to view the exhibition Civil War Redux, which featured photographs of Civil War reenacters taken with a pinhole camera. For their project, the kids got to do sun prints. They used pictures on transparency paper to cast a shadow on light sensitive paper. After a few minutes, the paper turns white and you put it in water for a couple of minutes. Then you bring it back inside and wait for it to develop. It was kind of hazy that morning, so the prints turned out very very light, and I didn't bother taking a finished photograph. But the kids loved making them, decorating frames, and playing outdoors.

A couple of the photographs:


Putting the paper and stencils in the sun:


Putting the paper in the water (aka developing solution):

David decorating his frame:


Nathan decorating his frame:

We wanted to do something special with the kids a few weekends ago - something other than hang around the house and watch David screech at the cats, so we decided to check out our local Chuck-E-Cheese with some coupons. Both kids had a blast, Nathan actually playing the games and David just running around everywhere! Both kids got toy monster trucks and Nathan also got two velcro catchers mitts and tennis ball with the tickets from the games.

Nathan with his prizes:


I think this is David's "I'm having lots of fun getting into trouble" look:


David sort of liked the rides, but he liked running around better!

I finally got around to bringing the camera with us to the pool. Nathan is getting braver, slowly but surely, and is finally willing to be in the regular pool with water wings and a floating ring. He feels much more stable this way than he did in his life jacket. David wants nothing to do with his baby float and prefers to be carried around the pool and tossed into the air to be splashed. I have no doubt he will be swimming at the same time Nathan finally decides to swim!