paint & water

today was more of a free day.  they did do some writing practice, read some books, and drew pictures, but it was more of their choice than mine.  they played outside the whole morning.  my poor neighbors...i hope they were already up at 8:30 am. 

water guns came out early today, too, so they had their lunch outside on the step.

i tried a different sidewalk paint today.  i usually just grab a piece of sidewalk chalk and crush it in a ziplock baggie til it's nothing but powder.  i get a lot of aggression out that way. :)
today i used a recipe i found on pinterest. 
2 T cornstarch
4 T water
drops of food coloring

we did about 6 batches of this the first time we painted,
8 the second time.
i split the liquid up into 3 cups before adding the food coloring.

we now have painted concrete in the front & the backyard.

i found that the paint looked really cool on the grounded when it was dripped/splattered.  however, aiden also liked it...and i forgot there was food coloring in the mix...

his arm is a little stained now.  and his white shirt.  and emily's dress, though she did that herself, not him.

we also had a water balloon toss.  they wanted to do a water balloon war, but and convinced them to hold off until they had cousins over to do that with. a war is not chasing your brother around until he falls on the concrete and scrapes his legs up...and comes crying to me...this happens every time.

did i mention that these kids cannot catch to save their lives? haha.  those balloons were flopping all over the ground.

some dropped a few times and never popped.

however, the last few popped on aiden and completely soaked him.