Finger Painting

Some days it can be really hard to come up with things to do with Dallin and Tristan to entertain them throughout the day until Chris comes home to take care of them. Haha! I am kidding. It is very difficult some times to come up with things to do but being outside is always wonderful and then I thought it would be fun to try out this neat recipe I found on this blog post. It was a great idea because Dallin had a lot of fun.


I followed the recipe on that blog post and even had baby food jars on hand and was able to take some pretty pictures before Dallin made it all gunky.


Tristan liked to try to open the jars and also to eat the insides and push the paints on the swing.


Dallin saw me taking pictures of Tristan and started to say "ME!" and "cheese" because he really wanted me to take some of him. So this is him before we got started and before he got messy!


Here is Dallin in action! Painting and havings oh so much fun! He did really well. The stuff is kinda goopy so he started getting too much out at the end but he had a lot of fun and it took up time. Which is always my primary goal!


This is what Tristan did most of the time. Climbed up the stairs and then climbed back down. And played with the dead plants...


"Do you want to try it Mommy?"


Dallin's awesome artwork.

We had a really good time doing it and the paints are super easy to make. I was surprised how quickly the cornstarch got gooey. I will admit I was expecting it to be more paint-like in texture rather than a goo, but meh, who cares! After we were done we went and hopped in the pool and got all cleaned up! It was a good day for us.