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MythBusters Science Kit
Meghan Says
I’ve been having email issues, so I didn’t even KNOW I was expecting a review item from Team Mom recently. Dylan was THRILLED when the “brown truck” pulled up outside with something for him! Finally! And my husband was thrilled it wasn’t another delivery from Target.com or Ann Taylor Loft. But that’s another story for another time.
Anyway, as avid MythBusters watchers, I was stoked to see that it was something related to that show. We watch it all the time around here. But we were disheartened to see that the age range for the MythBusters Science Kit was 9+ years. Dylan is only 4 1/2, even if he THINKS he’s 12.
But then I thought of my nephew, who IS 9 (ish) and I figured we could all play with the “Weird World of Water” kit when we were at my Mother-in-Law’s last week.
Of course, things didn’t quite work out as planned when they didn’t show up that day. Dylan was SO EXCITED to do the “water rocket” that we figured it would be easier to only do PART of the kit than it would be to tell him he’d have to wait. He’s a bit on the dramatic side, and after being so good about waiting ALL DAY we couldn’t bring ourselves to tell him that he couldn’t do it at all.
SO, we mixed vinegar (apple cider, because that was all my MIL had!) and baking soda and launched a rocket! Onto the roof! Whoops!
So then we got out the ladder and my husband climbed up onto the roof and retrieved the rocket, which was in pretty good shape, considering.
The patio was another story, as it was kind of covered in apple cider vinegar. But OH WELL. Nothing a little hose down wouldn’t fix.
We launched the rocket again, which was a bit of a catastrophe due to user error (fyi: Adding MORE vinegar and baking soda than is recommended is NOT a good idea! AND, make sure you don’t get distracted when mixing the vinegar and baking soda and try to put the rocket upside down. Because that reaction happens pretty damn quickly and you just *might* almost take out your two year old. Not that I would know.)
We were forced to call it a night when we ran out of vinegar. But the rocket was still in pretty good shape, so we took it home and used it a few more times the next day. Until it was completely obliterated in one exceptionally violent landing.
All in all, even though we ONLY used the Water kit for the rocket, we really enjoyed it. Dylan thought that launching a rocket was “AWESOME!” and it even made him a bit more accepting of the fact that a REAL rocket was launched by our house a few days later. Which is a big deal given his history.
All in all, I wish we’d taken the time to try out the other activities, like making a tornado in the provided soda bottles (I loved doing that as a kid). But, even though we “only” made a water rocket, I still would have been happy if we’d paid the $19.99 for it. My only complaint is that it only comes with enough supplies to make ONE rocket. There are two bottles in the package, so having enough fins and noses for two rockets would have been awesome.
If you have an older kid you need a gift for, I’d definitely recommend it. And if you have a younger kid whose smile you’d want to see, I would also recommend it!
Go Girl
A few months ago my mom sent me an IM, “Have you heard of this GO GIRL thing?” She was completely intrigued and wanted to try it, which cracked me up. So obviously when I got sent some, I HAD to give one to my mom.
You all are in for a treat, because she wrote a review!
LINDA SAYS:
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When I first heard about “GO GIRL“, I was intrigued…mainly because every weekend I am either at a flea market or a football
game tailgate..places where flush toilets have been supplanted by rows of the ever so chic Andy Gumps. I’m like most women, the idea of heading into an outhouse that has been occupied most of the day with lots of fun loving, beer drinking men with “poor aiming skills” is not something you relish. In fact, for me I would rather not drink anything (definitely hard to do when you’re out in the hair dryer like Santa Anna winds Southern California is famous for) than sit in one of those wet, foul smelling, odor challenged bathrooms.
Enter GO GIRL..I got my sample, it was nice and compact and was immediately struck by how easy it would be to transport to any of my events. I opened it up, read the instructions and away I went…and let me say it was so easy and it worked so amazingly well. I couldn’t believe how simple it was to pee standing up, all these years I never knew what I was missing. The pink funnel shaped piece (love the color, we still want to feel like a woman while standing) comes with a bag for storage after use. It says that you can throw it away or wash out and reuse. I think I’ll be needing a lot more of them in the upcoming football weeks. Thank you GO GIRL, you have unleashed my inner male side and I love it…