Fun With Kool-Aid Dough

So since there is only two days left until vacation, I have been trying to get the house cleaned up.(Because who wants to come home to a dirty house?) Well, everyone knows when you have kidsit's incredibly difficult to keep them from destroying a freshly cleaned house. So, this afternoon I decided to dig into my "Things I want to make" folder and pulled out a recipe from Beckie at Infarrantly Creative, gathered the kiddos, and got to making. The kids enjoyed getting to help and couldn't wait to play with it once it was cooled. Unfortunately, I realized I had used 1/2 Tablespoon too much oil so it was super sticky! Extra flour and it was ready for use.

They have been playing with it now for over an hour! It's so wonderful to see the creations they come up with. They have made pizza, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, had sick snakes, baby worms, and balls galore!

 

 

          Chicken and her girl



 



 

      The General and his Optimus Prime

 

El Segundo working on his creation



We had some other fun things show up as well, including a snowman and a herd flock pod group of turtles!










Chicken's Snowman and Turtle

The General's Turtle

El Segundo's Turtle

Overall, I'd say this was a success! The kids had a blast and my house stayed clean for more than ten minutes. ;)

Ready2Read

One of my Goals for 2011 is to teach Chicken to read. Now she can do it, but it is v-e-r-y slow going as she has to sound out almost every word. I came across this FREE Ready2Read program that I'm going to try. Chicken doesn't take instruction from me very well so I am hoping that making it fun will help. I will keep you posted on how it is going.

Today's Thankful Thought

You know, as part of my Goals I was supposed to make sure I was thankful for something everyday yet somehow, like a few other of my Goals, I have not been doing it. So today, I'm going to make sure I do. Today I am thankful for Good Friends.

When I say Good Friends, I mean real friends. You know the kind, the one that you can call at 10 o'clock at night to ask for prayer for your seizing child, or the one that is there for you when no one else is. They've seen you at your best, your worst and everything in between and yet they still call you a friend. Those are few and far between and I am thankful to be blessed with such Good Friends.