Kinder of a surprise Part II

The little fox that popped out of the Kinder Surprise egg was dressed in a gray space suit.



He also had a large magnifying glass, which he kept aiming at me. 



I tried to hide in the yellow egg.



But he emptied me out and began examining me again with his magnifying glass.



He sure was one pesky little fox.  So I decided to hop into the chocolate egg shell to get away from him.



But moments later there he was with his increasingly un-awesome magnifying glass.



Luckily, he got tired and put his magnifying glass down.  But then he joined me in the other half of the egg shell.  Sometimes a little man just wants a little peace and quiet but then a pesky little fox won't leave him alone.

Kinder of a surprise Part I

Awesome!



A Kinder Surprise chocolate egg!



It's one heck of a job for a little man to unwrap a roly poly egg.



But at last!



I got it unwrapped!  Yeah!



Then I cracked the shell for the surprise.



Open sesame!



And out popped a little fox in a space suit...

Sizzlin' in Elk Grove Part II

My feast continues at Sizzler! 



I munched on a plateful of nachos, and then a slice of watermelon.



Mmm, sweet and juicy.



But oh, boy, was I getting full!  I took a quick rest on my soup bowl.  It wasn't long before I was up and at 'em again, though.



After all, I never miss out on dessert if I don't have to!  I started with some chocolate soft serve.



Then I polished everything off with some brownie and cake.  Ahhh. 

Sizzlin' in Elk Grove Part I

After an uninspiring time in Old Town Elk Grove, I decided it was time to eat.  Eating is always awesome!



I was feeling hungry for lots of food but didn't have a whole lot of money so I headed to Sizzler.



They brought me some cheese toast, which went perfect with my clam chowder.



Then I dished up plate after plate of food.





I love standing in my tacos!



Come back for Part II where I eat more food!

Where's the elk in the grove?

Old Sacramento, Old Folsom... Old Elk Grove?  Why, yes, there's an Old Elk Grove!  Officially, it's known as Old Town Elk Grove.



This is me strolling into Old Town Elk Grove. 



And this is me sitting on the Old Town Elk Grove sign.  Awesome!



Old Town Elk Grove is situated along a stretch of busy Elk Grove Boulevard.  Tons of cars zip by; few stop.  After all, there's not much to this place.



There are spiffy historical buildings but where's the historical information?  I love learning about the places I go, and I learned nothing here. 



Perhaps they need a museum to liven things up.  I love museums!  Museums are awesome!



Although Old Town Elk Grove is not terribly interesting, their sign/logo is pretty awesome! 

Marvelous medical museum

I visited the Museum of Medical History at the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society.



Behind me is an iron lung, which was used to treat polio victims with paralysis.  This iron lung even had a fake person (a blonde-haired doll) in it.  Fake people rock!



The displays were downright awesome, showcasing medical artifacts and instruments from the mid-1800's through today.



A lot of the stuff from back in the day sure was scary looking.  These ones don't look too bad, though -- these are urological instruments from around 1870.



For big people, the museum probably won't seem that big, but it has tons of awesome stuff to look at!  If you like bedpans, check out the "Bedpans Through the Century".  There's even some leeches and flying squirrel feces that you can admire.  All in the name of medicine.



There are also lots of medical books...



...and even a monkey doctor...



I had a grand time!

Faux snow

For the fake snow experiment, I filled the plastic petri dish with water and got a capful of the white powder from the tube.  That white stuff, by the way, is sodium polyacrylate, which is what the "marbles" in my previous posts were also made of.



Anyway, I was ready to make some snow!  I dumped the white powder into the petri dish.



The powder began expanding...



...and expanding.  It knocked me off my feet!



Wahoo!  Fake snow.  I prefer the real stuff but this would have to do.



I walked through the snow.



I even made little man snow angels.  Awesome!

Holiday balls Part II

The lumpy, water-absorbing balls were far from looking like marbles.  After all, marbles are supposed to be round and smooth.



So, I waited.  And waited.  And waited some more. 



Hours later, the lumps were finally round and actually looked like marbles.  Awesome!  Of course, they didn't feel like marbles since they were moist and soft.  And they crumbled under pressure.  But still awesome!



It was late so I went to bed. 



In the early morning, I admired my spiffy "marbles" which had continued to grow and were finally full size.



I even jumped in and toook a swim with them.



Don't they look spiffy?  The clear ones were barely visible in the water.  Super awesome!  While the marbles were awesome and cool, they were also kind of pointless.  Time to let them dry back up into hard little balls.  Next up: The fake snow experiment!

Holiday balls Part I

To grow my own "marbles", all I needed to do was put water and some of these hard balls into the test tube.



These balls were perfect size for my mighty green little man hands.



Waiting for the balls to get bigger.



It was rather boring watching them grow.



So I took a snooze.



When I woke up, these were bigger but lumpy like brains.



See the size difference?  They weren't done growing, though!  Stay tuned for Part II!