More Fun with Grandma and Hunter

Saturday we made Magic Puffing Snow. It started out more like clay...

Then we added the secret foaming ingredient...

That night we played games with glow sticks. We played glow stick tag, and I will pass this "glow" from me to you to you. We also played Boula Boula. 

I'd have to say that the glow sticks were a bigger hit than the puffing snow.  Longer play time value as well.

On Sunday I heard a loud boom, and the power went out for a couple of hours. (The kids wanted to make sure I mentioned that. :))  Then when we got in the car to go to church, the battery was dead. (Noooooo!  I don't get my two hours of kid-free relaxation and meditation?) After getting help from two nice gentlemen, we got it started, and only missed half of sacrament meeting.  Hunter was kind enough to stay home with Brielle who napped nearly the whole time we were gone.  Kaden and Taycee loved introducing me to their teachers. After church and dinner, we went to the park and took a walk and played on the toys. Orange Juliuses were a big hit after our walk. (What??? You've never had an orange julius??)

 Kaden says to say that... "Today we had a yummy breakfast and it was French toast." The kids said french toast was a new breakfast item for them. 

Today we colored our salt castles. Aren't they beautiful?

 

Completed works of art... Hmmm... The salt didn't set up as well as we would have liked.

Jill said the kids love to go to the library and can spend lots of time there.  So off we went today to return an armful of books and check others out, and enjoy the small kid-friendly toys there - without bothering anyone (being quiet) - and trying hard to keep up with the two younger ones who like to repeatedly pull out books- look at them for 5 seconds-- and then reshelve them in random places, or not at all... or they want to take what the stranger kid is playing with... and dump out bins of small items and play for another 5 seconds (you get the picture) - Hunter and I were ready to restrain them in the car after just a few minutes. But here's a picture from the library that I quite like.

I wish I had a picture of Brielle. After the library we went to McDonalds and then to the park to eat our food and play on the toys.  Somehow Brielle was just about black from head to toe after playing on the toys and drinking and eating. I had to not look as her black hands came back and forth for more food. Jill probably already knows this secret, but the tub is an excellent place for Bri. It keeps her from destroying the house, while giving her a place to play and stay clean at the same time. I'm thinking maybe five baths a day would be a good idea? (We only had two today.)