The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. We planned to do our first RealScience-4-Kids experiment this weekend, but it just did not happen. We did, however, have a great weekend. On Saturday, we went out to breakfast at Carl’s Jr. in Albany and went to the Borders bookstore in Salem where I spent the $20 gift certificate I got for Christmas on Mark Knopfler’s Shangri La album. It is really a great album. When we got home, the kids went out to ride their bikes a little then came in to finish their homeschool from Friday because we were not going to have any time to do it between meetings on Sunday. We had Jay and Karen Nelson and their kids over for lunch between meetings on Sunday and by the time we get home on Sunday night after gospel meeting, there really is not much time for anything other than getting ready for bed. So we did not have a chance all weekend to do our first experiment. We will probably try to find time for it this weekend.