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Pinterest Wednesday: Leap Day Flubber

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For some reason, I had high expectations for today. It’s like a bonus day; Leap day! One extra day of life! Go Life! YAY!Leap Day!I’m placed in a calender to correct our holidays and seasons from drifting. A little Gas-X could help with that too

However, when I was awoken at 5am from the bright eyes of our newly-moved-into-a-big-boy-bed, 2 and a half year old, well, it wasn’t the best side of the bed to wake up on.  Especially since today is Wednesday which means I am responsible for keeping both children amused all. day. long. Typically we have daily activities (school, Little Gym, play dates etc.) but minus a 15 minute swim class right before lunch, we have nothing going on today, or most Wednesdays.  And with spring right around the corner and winter keeping us indoors, we are reaching all time high levels of cabin fever. The toys in the house have lost their appeal, the books have been read and re-read and the days have become mind-numbingly long/boring.

That is until Pinterest came into my life.  Wednesdays have now been transformed into “Pinterest Wednesday!” Which means. exactly what it says.  We do a lot of Pinterest activities, usually from my kids board or my yum board or my i want to make this board.  Today’s morning fun was making Flubber from my kids board.


Mixing SlimeIt made it more fun that he got to mix it together because the chemical reaction starts immediately

SLIMED!Starts out really slimy, watery and gooey!

GLOBAfter about 3 minutes of mixing and squishing between our fingers, I poured the excess water out

Goo DropAfter about 10 minutes of play, it firmed up and turned into viscousy, flubbery fun!

You can see I pulled out the cookie cutters and we made stars, snails, a bear and a coyote (someone is slightly obsessed with keeping the family safe from coyotes, so they are ALWAYS apart of playtime.)  It was fun to pick up the flubber and watch the shape s l o w l y droop to the counter.

This was a winner, let me tell you.  We spent a good 45 minutes playing with flubber and clean up was really easy.  It was fun to make and play with and explore and I stored the remainder of the flubber in a ziploc freezer baggie until next time!

Flubber RacesGrant and Mommy Flubber Races 2012- He won by default (mine broke!)

Reality

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The reality is, that I was going to blog everyday about my Pinterst adventures.  That obviously hasn’t happened.

Because.

Part of that “to much to do” does not include the projects I’m working on right now…still working on the bracelets, still trying to figure out what the mantle over my fireplace should look like (we’ll save this gem for another day), still trying to, well, decorate my house after a year of living here and still trying to find new ways to keep a bouncing, jumping, running almost 3 yo occupied and excited about life (like how I just called parenting a “project”?)

In Pinterest terms, this weeks has been a success!

  • We discovered Frozen Blueberry Yogurt Dippers. I also tried raspberries and really liked them because they kind of fell apart in my mouth.  Plus, organic berries go bad SO QUICKLY, this is also a great way to use up fruit that is just about to go bad.

Blueberry Yogurt BitesThis is what 6 oz. of blueberries looks like

  • We dug for worms and because just last week I made a fishing pole out of a plastic golf club, a mini retractable mouse and a weapon from a battle dinosaur…we went fishing too!

Digging for WormsThe brown paper really gives it a “dirt” feel, don’t you think?

Gone Fishin'Notice the “worm”, you can not fish without a worm.  We are a detail-oriented bunch in this house.

  • We painted without mess!  This was especially great, later on that night when we had some friends over from dinner (with an almost 2 and an almost 4 y/o)  These guys also loved the frozen blueberry yogurt bits!

Mess-Free PaintingIt was more fun to run trucks over it then to actually “paint”

  • I found a kick ass waterbottle and immediately bought it.  Damn you Amazon One-Click!  and while we’re at it, Damn you too Amazon Prime.  And also, I love you!

the most ingenious water bottle everI don’t even have a key to my front door