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Fun in November 2

Adam thought of making a parachute, so he researched how to make one on his own. He found a video, gather the materials, and created one. James became interested, so Adam showed him how to do it, making sure that the strings have the same length.

While taking their baths, they thought of putting on beards and decided to practice "shaving" with Lego shavers. :)

After going to the mall and spending their tokens at the arcade, we had a great lunch of pizza, carbonara, fried chicken & mojos. We also got a free Supercard by buying gift certificates that we plan to use for Adam's birthday!

It was the founding anniversary of Oriental Mindoro and the streets are adorned with arks designed by different municipalities with themes that represent each town. This one from Pinamalayan with a giant Moriones head captured our interest most.

James has been into cooking and baking and since we have overripe bananas from our own plant, I facilitated his interest in making some banana bread.

The grey clouds and cold breeze invited the boys outside, so they spent some time talking about tornadoes and role playing before it started raining.

James and Adam thought of using some board game plastic chips to change the color of the light from the flashlight. Later on, they asked us to buy them laser pointers and they've been exploring and experimenting with them.

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