Melting Like a Snow Cone Man In Phoenix

My mother in law ran across a cute little baking activity that she thought the kids would like to do. She wanted to do it with them sometime during Christmas break and it never happened. So she finally gave me the instructions to do it as well as the pre-made cookie dough, frosting and marshmallows. I decided we'd do it for Family Home Evening tonight.

I've never worked with this cookie dough before so I wasn't sure how it would perform. Turns out I cut the circles way too wide and so they ended up looking more like squares. The point is to make the cookies look like melting snowmen. Here's our works of art.

And some closeups of the ones I really liked...

THE PAINTER by Shaylyn

SUPERMAN by Shaylyn
She spent a lot of time just trying to get his hair to look right...

LITTLE BABY is mine

The WEIGHTLIFTER is also mine.

Some sort of FLOWER GIRL or something also by me.

ZOMBIES by Shaylyn and Lex (I think)

- Shaylyn's -

- Alex's-

(Yes, I worry about my children)

LADY WITH A FUR by little old me

MEDUSA by Shaylyn

SPANISH DANCER came from my brain.

BLUE HAIR by Shaylyn or Me (I honestly can't remember)

And Tanis' JOKER ends the night.

Nate and Ailey also made some works of art. Mostly more frosting than anything else. You can see their works of art in the top photo. As for Eric? He participated - sort of. He sat at the table and held Jace. At least he was present. You can't fault him for that.

What Happens Next...

Art Bot

Shaylyn's in 6th grade, so I didn't figure she'd have any major projects after the Renaissance Fair (which I never made it to). Well, that's not the case. For some reason, it was decided that the 6th graders HAD to participate in the Science Fair this year or write a big long essay.

Shaylyn got with her best friend, Mikayla, and they decided to do something for the Science Fair. I felt bad because Mikayla's mom helped them do pretty much everything. She took the girls to buy the supplies (we offered to reimburse) and they worked on everything at Mikayla's house. I was thankful for Mikayla's mom, but felt like I should be doing more to help out. Everytime I asked Shaylyn how we could help though, she'd said that things were already done.

The girls decided to create Art Bots. I believe they hypothesized that depending on the weights you use and where you place them, the drawings will be different. I think Mikayla kept her weights towards the middle and Shaylyn had hers on the end. Not sure if they drew differently, but a fun project anyway.

Then came the day of the Science Fair. I get a text from Mikayla's mom asking if I can print the written report off. I readily agreed and was thankful we had ink. So I print the pages off and run to the school to take Shaylyn a quick snack and the pages.

I come back home and get the little kids ready and then we head back to the school. I didn't want to be there all night, so I just went a little before award time. These girls had a clever project and had so much fun doing it and working on it together.

Sadly, they didn't win an award and they were both a little saddened by that fact. But I think they had an awesome project. I hope they at least just had fun working on it together and it's something they'll remember.

What Happens Next...

Chin Up

Our mornings usually consist of tons of floor time. Jace loves to play and to look around at what's going on. It doesn't hurt that he is a smiley little guy.

I'm biased, I know. But that smile is hard to resist.

What Happens Next...