Painting

We received a bag of hand-me-downs on Friday. The bag had books, Monopoly Junior, a Melissa and Doug paint by number and a Spiderman wallet. John claimed the wallet and Gillian declared the paint by number hers. 

Gillian desperately wanted to paint her project. But with her recital this weekend she didn't get to work on it until Sunday. The paint by number was actually a 3D display with dolphins. Gillian spent Sunday afternoon painting and following the instructions to a tee. She surprised me. I thought she would have done her own thing. 

She worked very hard and after everything dried she helped me glue it together. 

Yesterday morning I found her in the kitchen with her paint brush out again. She said "I missed a spot. But I fixed it!" 

Snow day

During the snow day yesterday, I tried to entertain the kids with as many activities as possible. We started the day with Playdough. The kids used Gillian's new Playdough set and they made cakes and frosted them. 

The kids then got to play for a little bit. I went to find them to start our next project. I found them in John's room. John was reading to Gillian. 

Next I set each kid up with a tray of baking soda. And I prepared 6 squeeze bottles of colored vinegar. The kids take the squeeze bottles and make designs in the baking soda. It's fun to watch the baking soda bubble and fizz. John and Gillian had completely different approaches. John made a picture and Gillian just went abstract. 

I love their different approaches and final projects. They are both amazing. 

Next we played outside. The kids got all bundled up and we were outside for about an hour. 

The kids came inside and snuggled under some blankets to warm up. We ate dinner and then I made some snow ice cream for dessert. Gillian was not a big fan of it, but John loved it. 

Overall it was a pretty awesome snow day.