Bubbles

Since we've been staying close to home the past week or so I've had to try and come up with things for us to do around here. Of course she loves being outside and I do too, but I get tired of chasing her around our hazardous areas trying to prevent injuries. She likes sidewalk chalk (In case you didn't already know, Crayola is far superior to Rose Art) but the other day I remembered we had a bubble gun. She LOVED it. She loves for us to blow bubbles while she's in the bathtub so I don't know why I forgot we had such an awesome toy. I will say that trying to take her picture while operating the bubble gun was a little difficult. I gave up trying to get her with her eyes open since the bubbles popping all around her were making her blink so much.

Keeping with the bubble theme, backstroke in her bubble bath.

Today I decided to try making her some play dough. For Christmas she got some of pre-packaged stuff, but when we were at the Morris' and she was first introduced to the stuff, she had a hard time remembering not to eat it. It probably isn't too bad, but even their commercials on T.V. have the disclaimer "fun to play with! not to eat!". Since I really don't want to call poison control for the 3rd time in her life (how many times before they take her away?) I found a recipe that was really similar to one I remember making when I was a kid. The only difference was the inclusion of Gelatin which I think made a huge difference in the consistency, from what I remember anyhow. I did see her sample it once, but the insane saltiness of it made her spit it out right away...perfect! Dink did the same thing when she tried sampling it too, serves her right! Here's the recipe I used.

play dough
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon oil
2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar
3 1oz pkgs unflavored gelatin
Mix all ingredients together and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until consistency of mashed potatoes. Let cool and knead on heavily floured suface with floured hands until dry.
Then of course I kneaded it with different food colorings.

The spread.

She liked it when I made little ball for her...

So she could smash it. She's all about destruction.

Her masterpiece!

She looks so proud!

Other than that, not much is going on here. I'm glad that my parents made it home through all of the snow and ice almost completely unscathed and that we are half way through the 3 weeks that Jonny is gone this month.

Annette had mentioned that I should write about being pregnant while corralling a toddler and for me, it's just about the toddler right now. The 1st trimester was practically non-existent to me since I didn't even know about it and I really don't feel much different (although I have had to break out a few maternity clothes since nothing fits anymore). I suppose I'm a little more tired here and there but when you've been sleep deprived for 2 years, who notices anyhow? The real action for me is going to start in August. Yikes! I hope I'm ready.