Campfire Peeps

Our weekends are filled with projects that need to be completed,

but we are never too busy to have a little fun too.

 Yesterday we had a rather large brush fire out back.
Once it simmered down a bit, we roasted Peeps!

 Kensley was {beyond} thrilled. 

 She kept carrying around the sugar-coated marshmallows making
everyone check them out saying, "Awwwh - look how cute they are."

 We live in the real world. You know, the one where life isn't picture perfect.
(The one where our kids wear crazy play clothes never expecting to be photgraphed.)
The lighting was less than desirable, but the memories were precious!

Jello Sensory Play

Kensley woke up at 6 o'clock this morning.

 She was already asking for a project; just so happens I had a little something in mind.

 By 8:30 a.m. I was cleaning up a sticky mess!

Oh, to be a kid again!

Oobleck

Oobleck is a slime that is a solid AND liquid.

It's amazing! Our kids {ages 1 and 3} seemed a bit young for this activity;
they didn't really get the concept other than it made a fun mess!


Mix 1/2 cup water and food coloring with 1 cup corn starch.

Cloud Dough

This magical white powder is pure bliss!  It's light, fluffy and molds just like wet sand.

It is SO easy to make; there's really no excuse not to try it.

Cloud Dough

Mix 8 cups flour with 1 cup baby oil.

Done.  Simple as that!

1 Peter 3:3-4

A recent study found that a girl's confidence peaks at age 4.

Sadly, by age 9, their self esteem begins to decrease.

If that's not a good enough reason to teach your daughter
the true meaning of beauty, I don't know what is!

Catchin' Crawdads

We kicked off our Memorial Day weekend a day early!

Last night we headed to my parents house.  Kensley has been begging to go camping since last summer. 
I agreed with my Mom that she would have just as much fun camping at their house verses going somewhere hours away.

 With a view like this, do you blame me?

 First up: crawdad hunting.  Back in the day, this was my Mom's specialty!

I guess it still is.  She caught one!

  

 Nolan was timid at first, but curious indeed.

I love to see my Dad smile while playing with our kids.

This was a totally random/abstract photo I didn't even realize I took at the time.
Once again, Kensley's favorite shoes make their appearance on the blog.  Shocking, I know.

 Nolan is such an easy boy to please at dinner time, especially when hotdogs are involved!

Of course, Rascal likes hotdogs too.

The kids did a little fishing, a quick nature walk, caught a few lightening bugs
and Kensley and Mamaw snuggled up in the camper and called it a night!