Kindergarten - songs and stories from class

 My youngest started JK this year.  One thing I noticed is that he’s getting a bit of screen time in class.  I’m just going to use this space to keep track of the songs and videos that he’s talking about when he comes home.  I’m also including a list of books he remembers his teacher reading in class.

Songs

• Count to 100 - The Singing Walrus
• Counting 1 to 10 Song - The Singing Walrus
• Days of the Week - Scratch Garden
• 12 Months of the Year (Exercise Song) - Jack Hartman
• Glitter Monster Song (Dance-Along) - Koo Koo Kanga Roo
• Superheroes Unite - Koo Koo Kanga Roo
• Goodbye Song - The Singing Walrus

Books

• The Smart Cookie
• Mortimer
• Apples
• The Bad Apple
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
• Leaf Trouble by Jonathan Emmett 

Transparent Lego Vases

Transparent Vases

Lego Ideas: Transparent Vases

The pictures below are from a previous version of my vases and was used to display official Lego flowers.  I made some adjustments to the watering can.

I’ve been working on building Lego Vases since I got my Lego Bouquet set for my anniversary in November 2021.  I started off with a “Ship In The Bottle” MOD, but decided to design and build MOC vases after.

Here are some more photos:

Bubble waffles

Bubble waffle yumminess!

I want to eat bubble waffles but we haven’t been going out much with the ongoing pandemic.  So, I thought I’d try making it at home.

I recently bought a Kalorik Bubble Waffle Maker from Walmart.  It includes 3 recipes in their user manual: Hong Kong Style Egg Waffles, Egg Puff Waffle Cones, and Savory Egg Waffles.  I tried out the first recipe.

It was pretty easy to make, though one batch did overflow out.  The batter didn’t stick and it was easy to remove the cooked waffle with chopsticks.  All three kids liked it - so it’s kid approved here.  I found it a but dense compared to the store ones, but pretty good otherwise.

 

After experimenting, I liked 1 minute to set the bubbles, then add batter on top and cook for an additional 4-5 minutes made the bubbles crispier.

Lego Bouquet Vase

August 2, 2022

I finished the vase in the spring but didn’t get around to taking pictures of it until now.  The gaps and curves on the vase give the vase its interesting shape.  I kept the vase white with accents of gold.

January 20, 2022

More work on the vase.  I tried aligning the sides with the corners but I’m not sure I like it that way.  It looks too squarish.  The staggered look on the curve yesterday gives it a more interesting look.  To make the outer curve look more proportioned, I might need to bring in the neck to make the cylinder more narrow.  Also, I think I need to order more parts.  I don’t have enough white macaroni, panels, plates, brackets and corner pieces.

I just ran out of curved panels, macaroni pieces and various white pieces… I subbed in some grey and blue, but I might try to switch them all to white or leave a line of colour.  Slightly less than half the vase, but it’s starting to shape up nicely.  The build is a bit fragile but I’ll reinforce it once I finish the basic structure.

January 19, 2022

I got some parts from Bricklink and started playing around with them.  Here’s the start of my next vase.  The corners don’t quite meet up with the edge panels when I connect the curve pieces on top.  I might try to make some variations to the shape.  I’m still deciding if I want to try to get it to align or leave it as is.  I ordered some other pieces from Lego’s Bricks and Pieces but I don’t expect to get them for awhile.

Lego Cylinder Vase

I got the Lego Bouquet for our 20th anniversary.  But didn’t want to put it into a regular vase.  While looking around our room, I noticed our Ship in a Bottle set looked like a good starting point for making a vase for the flowers.

I didn’t want to take apart the set, so I went off to Bricklink and ordered the pieces I needed.  With some trial and error, I tried a couple different heights for the vase but found it worked best extending the bottle by an extra layer of transparent cylinder quarter 4x4x6 pieces and transparent panel pieces to fill the sides in.  I thought adding metallic silver tile pieces helped to give it a simple but elegant finish.  I filled in the water with about 1000 transparent light blue round plates.

For Christmas I got the Roses and Tulips.  I hope to add some sunflowers in once the set is available in Canada.

My husband is encouraging me to make some different Lego vases for my Lego flowers.  I’m doing some research and will try to create another vase as my next project.  Edit: Here’s a set of my transparent vases on Lego Ideas.

 

I got a few requests for the part list for my vase.  This is my first time generating a parts list from Rebrickable.  Hopefully I did this correctly.  Number of unique parts: 8, Total number of bricks: 269

Rebrickable Parts List

Cylinder Vase Bricklink xml can be copy and pasted into the Bricklink Upload page:

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