Goopy Slimey Week

This week was all about sensory fun. We started out easy with playdough.

 Claire loved sticking stuff into the playdough

 Will is playing in the dirt, he planted a daffodil bulb

Then we stepped up the "yuck" factor with pudding.  Claire mostly wanted to eat it, but that's the fun about painting with pudding!

Then we took a bath-paint bath. They all loved this

Will is working on number recognition by rolling a die and putting the blocks on the corresponding number. He really liked this.

Painting with wet chalk, also a favorite

Sweet sleeping baby. She's been a big napper this week.

Ice cream is sloppy

Then we started making a big mess, and not everybody was happy about the goo. Paper mache

Then we made slime with liquid starch and glue...big kids loved rescuing the little people from the slime monster...Claire, not so much.

 I got new glasses after more than 3 years

Painting our paper mache after it had dried

Excavating for treasure in frozen jello

 Shaving cream fun. We read a book about how rain is formed and then did a rain experiment...then we sprayed shaving cream all over the table, back window and finally the big bath tub. Claire once again hated the sloppiness...until we were in the tub.

And today when I finally crawled out of bed, this is what I found 2 of the critters doing.

Today we went on a 3 mile hike with the kids. It was mostly flat so it was easy, just a bit cold.