Camaro Superfest 2012
There was a car show full of Camaros (what is the plural of Camaro?) right here in Ypsilanti. So I dragged Jake to it on one of the hottest days of the summer.
With my favorite classic car: '68 Camaro
Transformers
For my dad: Godzilla eating a Ford sign
Again, for my dad: a yellow '69
Pool cue as hood prop
Utah and Michigan State Trooper Camaros
Cool buildings by the park
This boardwalk connects two parks across the river from each other.
Mussel Beach
At some point during the summer, we were really aching for a beach. So we decided to visit one of the great lakes. Mussel beach is on Lake Huron in a place called Bay City. If you think of Michigan as a mitten, Bay City is right at the bottom of where the lake extends between the "fingers" and the "thumb." We were thinking of swimming, but aside from the water being very cold, we were deterred by some funny signs about fecal beach muck. Gross. Another sign warned us about the mute swans that frequent the area to attack children and other innocent passersby. Luckily, we did not encounter any of those.
Farmer's Market
We frequented the heirloom tomato booth at the Ypsilanti Farmer's Market. We made delicious bruschetta, caprese salad, and tomato sandwiches. Yum.
The bowl contains green sausage tomatoes. I've never seen them before, but they were tasty.
Science Experiments
Jake got really excited about children's science experiments over the summer. So we made gloop (pictured below) out of Elmer's glue and borax. We also made oobleck with cornstarch and water. I didn't take a picture, but it was really cool. It is a liquid, but it hardens instantly if you apply a quick force, such as a poking finger.
This video demonstrates the appeal of gloop. (In case you are at work, the appeal is fart sounds.)
Cooking
We made a couple of new recipes: molasses ice cream and root beer cake.
Light-up Houses
Jake won a contest online (because he has awesome, creative ideas!), and these light-up house kits were his reward. The lights turn off during the day and on during the night. You can see the light sensor on the roof. They use this cool conductive paint (you can see the shadows of it up the sides of the houses in these pictures) to create the circuit. I decorated the one on the left and Jake decorated the one on the right.
Good-bye, summer! Hello, fall!
