Sunday Picnic

The kids wanted to have a picnic today. I said, why not?

I kept telling Jonah to get his shoes on before we went out, he kept putting on everyone else's shoes so I told him he had to get his own. When we finally made it outside he still didn't have any shoes on. I told him to go back in and put his shoes on so the rocks didn't hurt his feet. When he came back out these were what he was wearing. Funny boy!

Glow Bath!

I saw this activity over at: Play at Home Mom (my new favorite blog) and decided we had to try it out. It was no surprise that the kids LOVED it!!! If you want to try it out, you can buy at package of 12 small glowsticks at the Dollar Tree.

We decided to add bubbles!!

Olivia said, "Now I am going to make them dirty!"

Water beads!

I read about these on several blogs and had to check them out. I bought them at JoAnn Fabrics. This brand is called Aqua Gems and they cost about $5 a package. If you haven't heard of them they are little water retaining polymers (like contact lenses) that are intended for flowers. They are supposed to water your flowers while looking beautiful. They are non-toxic and make for a great sensory activity. If you have younger children you want to keep a close eye on them though because they are a choking hazard. You can also buy them at Walmart for $2 a package, but there aren't as many and they come in separate colors. They can be found with the fake flowers.

They started out really small like this.

After about two hours they started to expand.

After 6 hours they were fully hydrated and the fun began!




My kids loved them and I will definitely be buying them again!

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