The kids & I tried out a recipe for moon sand. Since they love building at the beach this was a big hit. It was very simple & the kids had fun building and digging with all kinds of kitchen tools.
I had Ava measure out all the ingredients to work on some math skills and help mix everything.
They definitely had a blast & we'll have to make a bigger batch next time!
Yes you will see a lot of pinterest inspired projects now:) I finally finished the date art for our living room. I love having all our special dates on display as art.
The kids have been very into creating lately which I love! Cole's attention span lasts a little longer now so he actually will spend some time doing art & different activities before moving on to something else. Ava found our dot markers so they got busy creating while I got started on dinner. Cole had more fun taking the caps on and off, making some marks and moving on to the next color. Ava was a lot more into making pictures, like flowers, out of the dots.
The best part is the two of them like cleaning so I can spray some natural cleaner on the table and they go to town cleaning every last spot. Love that :)
Monday was gorgeous---perfect summer weather! Cole & I dropped Ava off at gymnastics camp and then had a bunch of errands to run. Cole was SO good the whole time. He even let me try on some new clothes without trying to escape out the bottom of the changing room door. We finally came home and Cole ran right for the chalk and signed "please" so we stayed out and chalked up the driveway. Usually Cole will eat or throw the chalk but he's been much more into drawing with it now.
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sometimes they are so sweet together :)
It's been a heatwave here! I'm not a big fan of temps in the triple digits but I'll take sitting my AC over shoveling 3 feet of snow at 4 am any day :) Because the temps were so high & the air quality it wasn't safe to do stuff outside with the kids---so we found some indoor things to keep us busy & cool.
My mom came with us to hit up the closing sale at Borders on Friday. I had some things to return at the mall so we headed over there and hit some more sales, picked up some things for California & walked around for a bit. The kids love their new books & they immediately piled in the reading chair to read together.
Thankfully the weather has been much cooler & we've been able to get outside!
We brought a blanket & some books outside for some outdoor reading time before naps. We set up under the tree in the front yard. I was pretty sure Cole would be off running but he stayed on the blanket the whole time and read with us. Both kids were so tired so they snuggled on the blanket and we watched the cloud for a bit.
Later that night Ava was having some trouble falling asleep. I brought her outside and we sat in the backyard and watched the stars. It was so nice soaking up that one-on-one time and just sitting and watching the stars. She is such a sweetie & growing up way too fast so I loved having that time with her.
...whatcha got cookin'?
We've been cooking up a storm with all the yummy recipes we've found on pinterest. The kids love cooking & helping out in the kitchen so we picked some easy & kid friendly desserts to start.
Ava & I made a "sand" version of dirt cups using vanilla pudding and crushed vanilla oreos. Ava liked crushing up the oreos and mixing everything together.
It's been hot so we made some frozen s'more desserts. These were delicious & a great treat for those hot nights. It was simply chocolate pudding, crushed graham crackers and marshmallow fluff. I let the kids layer the glass with all the ingredients and then we popped it in the freezer. Everyone thought these were a big hit. Definitely will be going into the recipe rotation!
We also made some blueberry muffins too which Cole gobbled down! I've never seen him eat so much---he was a big fan.
