A bike kite bird'house' kind of day.

Turner wanted to fly his kite today and the wind was minimal. So, we decided to do a 'Sid the Science Kid' experiment.
Questions: How long should the string be for the kite to fly high enough for the kite tails to not drag the ground? Where should we tie the string on Turner's bike? Which direction is the wind blowing? How many times can mom run up and down the street chasing kite tails? What happens when the string gets wrapped into the spokes of Turner's bike?
Our findings: tying wrapping paper ribbon to a kite with kite tails as long as three car lengths and then tying the other end of the wrapping paper ribbon to the seat of Turner's bike is easy. Getting the bike going without getting the ribbon wrapped all up in the spokes of Turner's bike is difficult. Once you accomplish this, however, the next challenge is riding in the correct direction, fast enough and long enough to get the kite in the air.
Final conclusion: Dogs like kite tails.

Inside, we make a bird feeder out of a milk jug. He did the drawing. I did the cutting. He did the decorating, painting, stickering, and adding of the love. Dad is getting the bird seed on his way home from work. In the video, Turner explains his artist expertise.



Part of decorating the bird feeder Turner wants to write birdhouse on it. I spell the letters out to him and he writes it on the bird feeder. I post this video to YouTube. It is too big to upload here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8kUj_4Fdog