Fun Project

I have been struggling with putting up with my children during the day :o) haha that sounds really bad I know. We are stuck in a stage, their attention span is short and I don't want to get certain things out while Mia is awake because of small pieces and she is in a totally whiny phase where she follows me around crying (ahhhh, its so annoying) I want them to learn to play so I have been trying to sit down and teach them how to play together with the kitchen set or blocks etc. We usually run errands, take walks, swim at grams pool (just around the corner) to fill some of our time, they are allowed to watch one movie which is usually in the morning because they have been getting up so early. So once we have done all of that we are usually all out of ideas by late afternoon post naps. Then I find myself dreading their waking up because they are just going to follow me around while I finish whatever project (laundry, dishes) I started during nap that I am trying to complete.

Yesterday I decided that when Annie got up I would have a fun project ready and I could remember gluing colored pasta to paper when I was little in sunday school so I googled it to find out how.

It turned out way more colorful than I remember and I was pretty excited how easy it was! Check it out!

A necklace for Grammy made from Pasta tubes and a picture made with tiny star pasta!
You couldn't actually wear the necklace because the dye comes off if it gets wet.

(trying to get this child to look at the camera and smile is ridiculous! She doesn't do it, this is her in mid-sentence talking to Grammy because I told her we were taking the picture for Grammy to see)

All you need is some sort of pasta

Rubbing Alcohol and food coloring

Oh and sans clothes is always a good idea when working with food coloring, as is a broom handy for all those tiny stars that didn't make it into the baggies.

Just mix approximately:
1/2 T rubbing alcohol
5-10 drops of food coloring
a few handful's of pasta
into a ziplock bag and gently mash, shake & mix

Pour it out onto a paper towel lined cookie sheet or paper plate and the alcohol quickly dries in about 5-10 minutes!
We let ours set out in the sunshine while we splashed around in the kiddie pool to soak our food colored fingers. I suggest a fan turned on high while mixing and measuring the rubbing alcohol we were quite fumigated ;o)

Last nights movie review : Adjustment Bureau (that has to be the hardest word to spell ever!)
It was odd but entertaining enough for a $1 Redbox rental. There was a sex scene and true to PG-13 movies these days they used their obligatory F word once. Otherwise it was Matt Damon who is always fun to watch and whoever wrote it was pretty inventive. The end was anticlimactic however not a let down which totally ruins it for my husband so that was appreciated :o)

And the Ice cream was as delectable as ever and I will triumphantly report to you that I stuck to my 1 serving which is good because it was probably 500calories alone ;o)