Nikhil Kini's Blog

Apr 28, 2012 - Spring is here and today's Lowes Build and Grow was to build a terrarium. Now, isn't that word a tongue twister. What is a terrarium, you ask? A terrarium is a small area, usually enclosed so that we can observe plants or animals growing. We built a small terrarium so that we can grow and observe a plant. The bottom, back and two sides of the terrarium are made of wood but the front and the top were made of see-through plastic so we can do the observation.

Since it was a box, it was really simple to do. We just had to hammer about 10 nails, thats it. It was probably the fastest I have finished my build and grow project at Lowes. Once I go home, I will fill it up with mud and watch something grow. As usual, the nice ladies at the Lowes of Carrollton gave my patch and a sticker. My Dad had to buy a few things which we did and then proceeded to the Earth Fest in Coppell.

Apr 17, 2012 - For the last few weeks we have been conducting an experiment in school to see chicks hatch from their eggs. About 2 weeks ago, we put a few eggs in an incubator and the chicks are ready to hatch today and in the next couple of days. We are doing this so we can learn about the concept of a life cycle. Our school has put web cameras near the chicks so you can see them hatch. Some have already hatched and are moving around. Its really cool and fun. All this in Kindergarten, its great fun. Our teacher gave us a pretend egg too that I have brought home to take care of as well.

Tomorrow is my friend Riya's birthday and so some of these chicks will share a birthday with her.

Hope you all watch the video.

Apr 01, 2012 - When I woke up this morning, my parents told me that they were going to take me to the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science to meet Buddy the T-Rex from the Dinosaur Train TV show on KERA. I thought since it was April !st, they were playing a trick on me, but fortunately they were not. Buddy was going to make a special appearance at the museum and we could get to take a picture with him. We drove down to the museum and as soon as we got in, they told us that Buddy was making an appearance at the Children's Museum section. We ran down quickly and stood in line (which was really long). We waited patiently for our turn and finally got to meet him in person. I was very excited to see Buddy there. I took my picture quickly so that the other kids could get their turn too. The people at the museum were really nice to organize this for us.

We spent the rest of the morning doing other activities arranged by the museum including a Dino dig, a scavenger hunt and also did some work from a nature's guide book. Soon it was lunch time and we went to lunch at a temple close by which had a vegetarian restaurant. It was called Kalachandji's. I loved their Tamarind water cooler and also their Mango halwa.

What a great way to start April.