Magic Beans...

Never undersestimate the multiple uses of food storage. Kaitlyn and one of the kids I babysit had the greatest time playing with dry beans and muffin tins the other day. Who needs expensive toys when you've got a few muffin tins and fun stuff in your pantry?

Homemade chalk

We made some side-walk chalk today. I found this recipe on everythingpreschool.com, and I had the ingredients so we tried it. It made really thick bold chalk. Fun!

Side walk Chalk:
1 cup plaster of paris
1 cup water
1 TBSPN tempera paint (liquid or powdered)
Toilet paper tubes
Duct Tape

Tape up one end of the toilet paper tubes. Mix all other ingredients and pour into the tubes. Wait for 2 hours until the chalk dries. Peel off the tube. Voila! You have side walk chalk! (I put the tubes in a mini muffin pan to stand them up while they dry.)

Enchanted

Kaitlyn insisted on playing one of the last scenes from the movie "Enchanted" this afternoon. Over and over and over she wanted to play it. She'd demand that I'd be the "scary grammy" (in her words) that gives Giselle the poison apple and then she would fall asleep just like in the movie. Here they are posing as Giselle (Kaitlyn asleep on the floor), the people watching (Sarah sitting by in shock and awe), and Prince Edward (Alan) who is waiting to give her "true love's kiss" Of course Alan didn't actually do that. And Kaitlyn wanted Alan to act like the litte boy from primary whom she has a crush on. I can't belive my 3-yr-old is so into stuff like that....