Terrific Tuesday

Tuesday was filled with lots of activities. I was a little worried about having Domonique get her hair cut because I'm so afraid of loosing the curls. I ended up having her hair trimmed but not very much. Fortunately, the curl is still there.

 

My oldest sister had lots of activities for the kids Tuesday afternoon. The first one was egg shell painting. She had been very diligent at cleaning out a dozen egg shells, letting them dry, and then putting paint inside them. 

 

 

 

 

 

The second activity was a snowball fight. Well, sort of. We mixed shaving cream with corn starch and split the cousins into three groups. They each got a bowl of the stuff that they could make into balls and throw at each other in their group. Why groups? We've got quite the age range so we wanted the littler kids together, then the middle kids, then the older kids. I think it worked out nicely.

 

We decided we may have over mixed the stuff because it wasn't packing together like it should have. Maybe the kids and I will have to try this again at home and see what happens.

Of course, after you make a mess like this you have to use the hose to rinse off. And bowls, buckets or whatever you can find that holds water. And I'm sure no one is surprised at how willing everyone was to rinse someone else off.

The third activity was a little tricky. The kids were supposed to tie balloons to their ankles and then try to pop each others balloons by stepping on them. Unfortunately, the balloons popped when the kids went into the grass. So we moved to the cement patio on the other side of the house, but we were a little afraid of kids getting hurt. Fortunately, no one did. None of the younger kids wanted their balloons popped but they were very ready to pop someone else's balloon. Strange.

You might say that was a full afternoon! And it certainly was but that was not the end of our activities. Before dinner we found a nodder. She just couldn't stay awake any longer, but wouldn't go to sleep in her bed.

After dinner, my younger sister and her kids headed home (she needed to get home for appointments and packing and moving stuff) so we all gave hugs and kisses and saw them off. Then my oldest sister had another activity for my kids - making wands. They took a trip to my parents house to find better sticks and then came home to decorate them.

And that was not all, oh that was not all. My sister and her family wanted to see Vocal Point so my kids, and Grammy, joined them. I stayed home with a sleeping Domonique and Harmonie. I must say it was kind of scary to be in that big house, in an unfamiliar city, all alone. I tried to keep busy (working on my wand, cleaning up and so forth) but it was still very hard not to get a little paranoid. They kids all had a nice time and everyone was happy when they returned home.

It was truly a full day of fun, family and activity! Thanks for such a great time!

Here's a picture of our finished wands. Well, they are not quite all finished, since the kids left for the concert and came home late but this is what we have. I am missing Xiomara's because it got broken and may have gotten thrown out, even though I wanted to keep it. Anyway...

From left to right: Ben, Kemiah, Emily, Marissa, and mine.
Marissa's is the least completed because she ended up burning her finger on the hot glue gun and went to the concert. My is complete, because I didn't go to the concert. We don't really play with them or anything. Mine stays in my car just to remind me... well, of whatever I want to be reminded of. It was fun.