Thanks for coming back for another Water Wednesday!
We have had a busy crazy week already and Wednesday snuck up on me. We had been swimming everyday but I hadn't decided on a post for today. My little guy actually came up with today's post by himself! We did a sink or float experiment. You could do this in the pool or a water table or a kiddie pool.
First, my little guy ran around collecting items from around the house to test whether they sank or float. We had everything from a rock, to plastic buckets, to pretend food, to dive toys. And of course he had to add in some superheroes and villains. Then, we just took items and before throwing them into the pool tried to guess whether they would sink or float. Then, my little guy tossed the items in and was excited when he had guessed right.
The best part was when the items sank - my little guy then would dive under the water to get them.
He had so much fun he kept running around trying to find more things to test!
I was decorating for 4th of July and had some patriotic hats I wanted to put in a bowl and then put on a sofa table. I didn't have enough to fill the bowl so I came up with a way to fill the bowl without buying more hats.
All you need is your bowl or vase and then a smaller bowl or cup.
I usually use a Princess House Trifle Bowl on the sofa table. So I chose a smaller clear bowl and turned it upside down and placed it inside the larger bowl. I used clear so that if there was any spaces it wouldn't be noticeable.
Then I took and filled the bowl with the hats--the bowl looked full without having to buy more. You can do this with any bowl or vase to save money!
Thanks for joining me for another Recipe Monday!!
My boys love having pancakes for breakfast, okay anything with carbs! Around the holidays I try to make them a little different and special. Here are some ideas for you!
Ingredients Needed:
Your favorite pancake mix or recipe
Colored sprinkles
Food Coloring
Cookie Cutters
First, mix your favorite pancake mix according to the directions. I like to make things easy, so I use Bisquick HeartSmart. Next, evenly divide the batter into three bowls. Into one of the bowls mix drops of red food coloring and stir until blended. Into one of the other bowls mix drops of blue food coloring and stir until blended. The third bowl leave plain for the white.
Heat your pancake griddle while mixing batter. Once heated you can start making pancakes. First, I made some white circles and before flipping them over sprinkled red, white, and blue 4th of July sprinkles into the pancake. I finished cooking as usual.
After that I took the red pancake batter and with a spoon drizzled some on the griddle in a "firework" pattern. Then, I took the blue pancake batter and drizzled it over the red batter. Then, finished cooking as usual. My little guy thought it was cool.
I also made some white circles with 4th of July sprinkles and after it had cooked used a star shaped cookie cutter to cut it out.
I continued doing different colors and shapes until the batter was all used up. I also snuck some red and blue M & M 's into a few for me! An easy and fun idea to make a holiday morning more fun.
