Coughing, Kleenex and Marshmallow Guns!

Howdy friends! As you can see from our title, we are still battling sickness in our house. Now it's Lizzy, and looks like Dan is coming down with it next. Unfortunately, it seems to be one of those polite viruses that only afflicts ONE person at a time! I think I'd prefer it if we just all got sick at ONCE and then could resume normal life! :)

On Friday night, we all went to watch Nathan and his speech class present their Demonstration Speeches. It was very fun, and the youth all did a great job! Nathan demonstrated how to make a Marshmallow Gun out of PVC pipe. I will post the instructions for anyone who might be interested in making one. Lots of fun!

Saturday we hung out as a family, and Sunday we split the day to go to church due to Lizzy being sick. Today we canceled all outside activities to rest and try to get better. Hopefully by this time next week we'll all be better!

Tonight, Nathan and Tim are at a piano workshop at their piano teacher's home. They really enjoy those. Their teacher has almost 40 students, so she splits them into 3 groups and does the workshops with them once every couple of months. They get to play for each other, do group music theory related games and have dessert.

As promised, here are the instructions to make a Marshmallow Gun:

HOW TO BUILD AN M.A.R. SHMALLOW GUN


~~~SUPPLIES~~~

- 3 ft of half inch pvc pipe - A ruler or tape measure

- A saw or pipe cutter - 2 caps, "T's", and turns

- A permanent marker - Mini-Marshmallows
optional
- Spray paint - Colored tape

~~~STEPS~~~

1. Get the 3 ft of pipe.

2. Mark the pipe at 12", 6", 4" four times, and 2"

3. Cut the pipe where it's marked.

4. Get the 12" piece and stick a T on one end of it.

5. Push a cap on the end of a 4" piece. Stick the open end of the 4"
segment into the leg of the T on the 12" pipe.

6. Stick two 4" pieces into the right arm and leg of the other T. Put
the 2" pipe into the left arm of the T.

7. Insert the 2" segment into the T on the 12" pipe with the 4"
piece sticking up that's on the second T.

8. Get a turn and stick the 6" segment into it.

9. Stick the open end of the turn onto the 4" pipe sticking up.

10. Put a cap on the last 4" piece. Stick the pipe into a turn.

11. Put everything made in the last step into the 4" segment below
the 6" mouthpiece.