We've been making some of the projects from last Monday's post about Kid Concoctions.
Latest and greatest? "Gak." Wild stuff.
Here's how it all goes down.
First make Solution A. -Mix equal amounts of school glue and water. -Add food coloring to achieve desired color.
Then, make Solution B. -1 1/3 cups warm water -4 tsp Borax (Laundry booster--found in the detergent aisle)
Now for the fun part. -Pour Solution A into Solution B. Gently move it around--don't "mix" it. -Pour off the excess water and you are now holding a crazy substance we call "gak."
Seriously, this is fun stuff. I mean you are dumping a liquid into a liquid and coming out with this super fun, stretchy dough. And it's SO INEXPENSIVE. Glue is like $0.20 these days because of back-to-school shopping. Fun, fun! :)
These are some funny things from the past few weeks that I want to remember...
T randomly slips the word "Go-gie" into all kinds of things. "Is this a go-gie baby?" "This is a go-gie train." "I want a go-gie." We always ask, "What's a go-gie." He has no idea. Just plain funny. :)
The other day T was watering some flowers and I told him that they were saying "thank you" because they had been very thirsty. He paused and then said VERY clearly, "Actually, Mommy, flowers don't talk... They grow."
Today M asked if we will ever ride in a rocket ship? J asked, "What do you mean, a rocket ship?" She said, "There's only one kind of rocket ship and that's the kind I mean." J told her that we couldn't do that, we're not astronauts. M said that surely we could buy the things required to fly a rocket ship. J told her that they were way too expensive. So, M acquiesced and said that we will just have to take a plane the next time we go to Florida. :)
Slightly bittersweet, but for the longest time, M has talked about how one day she will marry Daddy. She talks about where they will live and that if I want to I can come to visit them. We've never gone into too much detail to burst her bubble because we knew it would be a very short phase. And it was. Just the other day she not so gently informed him that she didn't know who should would marry one day. But that's it's her choice--it might be a friend or someone she doesn't even know yet. Smart girl, sad Daddy.
And finally, a fun video of T "driving" the boat from the 4th of July.
