Looking for Learning Laboratory? It’s on hold this week, but you can continue to add posts to last week’s Learning Laboratory linky, which I will be going through to choose features for my post on the 29th.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and I’ve banded together with a group of other bloggers to voice support. I’ve also opened up the Small Hands Creating Hope fundraiser for the month. So far we have raised $1,245 dollars for the American Cancer Society to use for research, education, advocacy, and patient services! Go to the Small Hands Creating Hope page for more information, or donate directly here.
My kids are very young, and I’m slightly overwhelmed with a a 2-month-old, 3-year-old, 4-year-old, and 6-year-old, so we haven’t done much, but we did start a pink-tinted experiment in honor of the month:
Can you tell what it is? Both Mike and Lily have asked if they can eat the watermelon on the counter. We got a big over-enthusiastic with the red food coloring, and it is closer to watermelon red than your standard pink! It’s actually a dog-shaped sponge sitting in salt water. We’re hoping to grow some crystals!
Doing a science experiment is a fitting way for my family to observe this month – my first proper job was working in a genetics lab at Stanford University, looking at the make-up of breast cancer tumors. Those tumors were absolutely hideous, and while I found a certain satisfaction in chopping them up for analysis, I would love for researchers to find a way to do away with them for good.
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MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Love the idea of chopping up and doing away with tumors!
What a great project to show your support for breast cancer awareness! I can only imagine how hideous tumors must look like.
That looks fun and cute!
I can’t wait to see how your pink crystals turn out. Thank you for sharing the inspiration to get involved!
I love your post! I’m glad I didn’t eat your science project.
I hope your science experiment works! Will the crystals just start to form on the sponge? I love all that you do to raise funds and bring awareness to cancer. We are thoroughly enjoying your small hands creating hope book.
I’m so glad you like the book! The crystals are supposed to just form on the sponge – and this morning we do have some tiny ones along the top! I hope we get a bunch!!!
As you know, I’ve lost several friends and relatives to cancer, so it’s personal to me too. I’m so proud and happy for how well you’ve done with this!
So cool how you tied in the science with the cause. And I’m so proud of you for how much you have raised with the eBook! Great job, Mama!!
Thank you, Krissy!
Love the science experiment!
What an interesting first job…everything about you is interesting! :)
Ha ha – so cute! Pinning it!
I seem to be in a cancer fog lately. Two friends have passed away in the past 18 months and my neighbor is battling breast cancer. I just want to see a cure!
I love the science experiment, and I thought it was watermelon too!
I’m so sorry, Christy. It’s a brutal disease. We have two friends battling skin cancer right now, and one with breast cancer.