Homemade bath paints: shaving cream + food coloring
We let the boys paint the tub first before we filled it with water. I figured that was the only way Collin would be able to stand without slipping. I had also moved just about every touchable thing out of reach of the boys while they were in the tub (mainly the shower curtain) for fear of stains. As an even extra stain precaution though, I gave Collin plain shaving cream without any color. He spent some time smelling, and then tasting (ew!) the shaving cream before actually painting the walls with it.
Drew got to play with the colored foam, but as you can see Collin pretty quickly caught onto the fact that something was missing from his paint
....and it didn't take long before Collin was more interested in Drew's paint than he was his own. Obviously, plain shaving cream was a good idea in theory, but really just a lost cause as Collin loved all the color too!
So simple and so fun! They boys have asked for a repeat quite a few times since the night we did this :)
And I'm running late on this as usual, but three things about the boys this month:
DREW:
1. Wears his fireboots (rainboots), air tank (monkey backpack) and fireman hat everywhere (The fireman hat is actually one of the construction worker hats from his birthday party. If it’s facing forward, it’s a construction worker hat, if it’s backwards, it’s a fireman hat). It's 100 degrees here, but without fail, we leave the house with those rain boots on every single time. He’s love love loves Fireman Sam and any other fireman or fireman related thing. He also spends a lot of time rescuing us from "fires" that have popped up around the house.
2. Is pretty excited he gets to be the ring bearer in Christi’s *almost here* wedding. He’s gone around telling anyone (and by anyone, I truly do mean anyone. A few days ago, it was the lady cutting out fabric at Joanne’s for us) that he’s getting married. Only he says it like this, “I’M GETTING MARRIED!!!!” and there is some serious enthusiasm backing that statement. I then have to remind him that Auntie Christi is the one getting married, and that his job is to carry the rings. This little explanation usually rids us of the weird look we’re getting from whomever he has just shared his upcoming nuptuals with.
3. Is obsessed with building forts. If I have mentioned this before, then know that's just how much he loves forts these days. He loves to read, play and hangout in them. I think this is a daytime extension of his love of sleeping under his bed that I talked about last month.
COLLIN:
1. Waves and says "bye, bye".
2. Points at everything and now "asks" for whatever it is he's pointing at.
3. He loves to be chased. He and Drew spend plenty of time throughout the day chasing each other around the house. It's sort of a combination of tag and hide and go seek really. Collin will usually hide under a table or behind something as soon as he realizes Drew is coming to get him. He giggles away while Drew comes to tag him and tell him "tagyou'reit" (we've tried explaining to Drew that it's not "tagyou'reit" it's tag you're it, but he thinks of it as a single word). Unfortunately for Drew it's usually a one way game, as Collin gets distracted before his chasing ever begins. I love hearing both boys giggling away while they chase each other though! It's a simple pleasure for me. :)
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