My “Pulling Through Things” Magnet Experiment

We did an experiment today to try to figure out what magnets could pull through. We took a strong magnet and we put a piece of paper in between a pile of books. So this way, we could have it pull through the paper. We used a paper clip, a metal washer, a thumb tack, and a straight pin. By moving the magnet underneath the paper, we could make the stuff move all around, all around, all around. It even made the thumbtack dance, dance, dance.

Then we knew that magnets could pull through paper. So after that we tried cardboard. It could pull through it. The next thing was plastic. It could pull through that. And then we tried plastic and cardboard and paper together. And it could STILL pull through that. So THEN we tried a whole BOOK. And it could work through the book! But then we tried two books together. But that didn’t work. The magnet wasn’t strong enough to pull through two books.

The second part of our experiment was with magnets and water. We got a bowl of water and two corks. We put a thumbtack in each cork and then set them in the water. The corks floated. Then we took the magnet and put it under water and we could move the corks across the water with the magnet. And then we put the magnet under the water and we could pull the corks under the water and make them stay with the magnet—even though they usually float.

Wow. Magnets are strong.

See you later.
There’s no pictures for today. I’m sorry.

Love,
Nia

PS- We took Bigsby to the beach and we put him in the deep water where he could not stand. And he did NOT drown. He stayed up! He could swim! Bigsby knows how to swim and he’s only eight weeks old. That was cool. I love Bigsby. He’s a cute cutie!

Some answers to all your questions.

Some people have asked questions in the comments, so I want to answer them:

1. Titi-
I am not mean to my sister Fritzie. But I do sometimes a little bit spill. It's not the same stinky mattress-- we bought a new mattress and bed.

2. Nana-
We can go the beach a lot when you're here. We can walk to the beach too but we can't swim at that beach. There's a thing in the water that pulls people far out into the ocean. (Mom's note: a strong current... plus it's the filthiest thing you've ever seen.)

3. Grandma-
I am you're learning about Haiti from my blog.

4. Tammy-
I remember you Tammy!

My joke

I made up a joke the other day. Why don't I tell you it right now.
Question: "What do people up in the mountains call the bathroom?"

Answer: A bush!

That's funny because a lot of people there don't have bathrooms and pee in the bushes.

This is a different story now.
Today at school I was doing school and Nixon came down with a tray. And he gave me and Nico a strawberry Mexican drink that Sandra made, because she used to live near Mexico. It was a little hot like coffee. It was in a little coffee cup and had a plate that went under that matched. And Nixon gave us spoons too. It's really good. It made me feel really good.

Tonight we are sleeping at where my school is-- Nixon and Sandra's house. Mom and Dad are going to go out on a date and this way they can stay up late.

It's just over a month until I go to the States to visit!

I love you.
Have a nice day.
Goodbye.

Love,
Nia

Girls day

Dear My friends,

A couple of days ago I had a girls day. It's like a day that only girls are at one house. The boys were having a boys day going to Port Au Prince. The people were at home were: Fritizie, Mommy, Me, Nahomie, and Esther.

We went to the beach. Mama Leann brought some of her girls to the beach too: Riann, Tina, Slendia, Vania, Elinda, Blanca, Magdaline, Diane. I played in the water mostly. They had buckets there (like toys and stuff) so I filled one of the buckets with sand and then I found a long stick and I'd take the bucket and stick into the water. And then I'd try to write on the sand but I couldn't because the water was emptying all the sand out of the bucket. I wrote a little bit on it. I pretended to write words in cursive, even though I don't know hot to write in cursive yet. That's why I was pretending.

At the end of the girls day daddy came home and brought back our new chen (that's dog in Kreyol). His name is Bigbsy.

Here's some picture of our girls day.

Me snuggled and sleeping in mommy and daddy's big bed.

Mommy, Fritzie and Esther at breakfast.

We ate French Toast and we all drank from pink cups and white plates. Do you think those were good girl colors?

More eating.

Fritzie holding the fish that Nahomie is going to cook for lunch.

Fritzie and me in our material-made covers. You take a long piece of material and put it behind your back. Then you bring it in the front and take the two corners and cross it behind your neck and tie it. It's a cool cover. Ms. Pam taught me that cause she used to live in Africa.

Me and Fritzie at the beach. We were looking for crabs here. We found some. Fritzie found some so she was showing us. Fritzie is smiling but I am making my face silly.

Fritzie sticking out her tongue.

Me and our new little fuzzy dog, Bigsby.

I also got a french manicure on my nails that day but it kind of got chipped off in the ocean.

Have a nice day.
Goodbye.
Love,
Nia

Experiment: Magnets

Dear my friends,

Today I did an experiment. It was about magnets.

The first thing we did was get a magnet out and a couple different things from in the box and around Sandra's house.

Then we made a chart. We tried to guess what things a magnet would stick to and which things it wouldn't think it would stick to.

The things I thought it would stick to is:
-a washer
-a nail
-a paper clip
-a marble
-a spoon

The things we thought it WOULDN'T stick to were:
-a cork
-a book
a clothespin

The things is ACTUALLY stuck to were:
-a washer
-a nail
-a paperclip
-a clothespin (but only the metal part)
-a spoon

The things it didn't stick to were:
-a cork
-a marble
-a book
-a clothespin (it wouldn't stick to the wooden part)

So our guesses were almost right. The marble did not stick. I thought it would but it didn't.

I loved this science experiment.

I have to go now.

See you later.

Bye.

Love,
Nia

The team and going to Port Au Prince with dad

Dear my friends,

Today is Monday. I went to Port Au Prince with daddy on Saturday. I had fun. When I got there we went to the store. We bought a tarp, we bought water bottles, we bought Bon Bon (Haitian cookies), batteries, cheese, and bread. After that we drove to Dominoes Pizza to pick up pizza for the team. I ate some of it. The only kind I ate was pepperoni. This was the first time I have had pizza since Josiah's birthday (June 1.) It was delicious.

After we picked up the pizza, I waited in the car for the team to get on the bus at the airport. Bob brought me on the bus and introduced me. This is big team. There are 18 people. I got to ride in the bus with them back to Jacmel. I walked around a little bit on the bus ride to sit with different people. We talked. I like meeting teams because I get to meet new people and I get to speak English with them.

Yesterday (Sunday) was a busy day. We had to go to church. We went to the beach. It started raining when we were at the beach so we had to go home. It rained REALLY hard on the way home. Lots of hard stuff. And then we had campout. It was hard because we had to get three mattresses out. Mommy fell asleep before the movies even started. She didn't get to watch the movies but that's okay because she was too tired. This morning she asked me if we watched movies because she didn't even know we watched movies. She was sleeping too much. After Daddy got up in the morning, I cuddled up with Mommy. And then I noticed it was light and I realized I hadn't slept the WHOLE night. And then I fell asleep sometime this morning. So I am pretty tired.

On this blog I don't have any pictures but I will try to get some pictures this week.

I love you.

Have a good day.

Bye.

Love,
Nia

I started school!

Dear friends,

Four days ago I started school. I am still doing it almost everyday. Today is the day before I am doing my big break from school (Mom's editorial note: she means the weekend. :)

I really love school. It's fun here. We get to see Sandra for a little bit. My favorite thing to learn about is manners. I learned about manners today. It was about body language. I learned that sometimes your body can say something different than your words are saying.

I also learned how to tie. I will do a separate blog post teaching you all how to do that soon. When my arms get long enough and my neck gets long enough so I can see behind my back, I will be able to tie my dresses in the back. I can't tie in the back yet, but I can tie my shoes. Or I could help mommy tie her dress in the back if she needed it.

Here's some pictures. Now that we're back in school I can do blogs more often.

I hope you like my pictures.

One of the pictures in my alliteration book. I am not actually on "C" I am on "H." Today's alliteration I wrote was this, "Henry has honey ham." An alliteration is when you have a sentence and all the words start with the same letter. I am making a book of the whole alphabet with alliterations and pictures.

Mommy drinking coffee. We also have two other pictures of it. One of her holding it by her face because she loves it and one other of mommy kissing it. She really loves coffee.

My lesson plans for today and the books we used today.

I have to go now, my friends. I'll see you later.

Bye, my friends.

Love,
Nia