Squishy

It’s been an interesting week, and while writing here has not been high on my list of priorities, I assure you we’ve been busy. I had strep throat for almost a week, which had me down for the count. My throat feels 100% better now (thank the good Lord above), but I think I’m still getting over it all because my energy level has been nil. I have lots and lots of things to update on, and lots and lots of ideas to write about. For tonight, though, I’ll just tell you about (and, of course, show you) Leah’s first experience with play dough.

A few months ago, I got the book Wonder Play from a friend. It’s a terrific book – highly recommend it – and it has the instructions for making homemade play dough. Super easy and super fun!

The “recipe” calls for 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, and 1 cup of water. You can add food coloring, but I didn’t because I didn’t have any…and because my targeted audience was an 18 month-old, I thought 1)food coloring might not be a good idea, and 2)she wouldn’t miss it. I was right.

First, a few shots of the “cooking” of the dough:

And now, the fun part:

She had a really good time, despite the fact that she was fighting a teething fever. I liked it, too, because since I made it, I knew everything that was in it and didn’t have to worry at all if she ate any. Which she did.

It was fun, and we’ll be doing it again soon. We have to. I promised her we would.