Julia has a project to do in her History Class at school. She is doing a report on Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith - a con artist and gangster who was known for the "prize package soap swindle".
We are making homemade soap. With Lye. No lie. This is part of her project. It was exciting yesterday when we made the soap - chemical reactions - so fun! Julia sent a text to a friend (very knowlegable about science) to inform him that we were starting our hazardous science/history class project. About an hour later Julia received a text "are you dead?" We laughed. We survived. Now we are waiting to see if we did it right.
So ... the memory ... We added a scent to the soap. While pouring it into a pan, John said ... "it smells like Clifford!" What fun memories! You had to be there to appreciate those memories!
Who is Clifford? The big red 15 passenger van John bought on Craig's List to haul around our family at our family reunion a couple of years ago when we hosted it in Chicago.
Maybe we will name the soap "Clifford" ... too bad we colored it yellow and not red ;o)
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I want to see the soap, sounds so interesting. Was it fun? I love "science projects" where you can actually see the process happening. Thanks for sharing!
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