This week we received 3 boxes of toys from Oma and Opa. A lot of it was toys from Christmas including a Science kit and a gingerbread house to decorate. Payton wanted to do these RIGHT NOW. But we were making Valentine's cookies, so I had to delay her expectations a day. First we did the gingerbread house. Both kids loved this activity. Although I don't know what Ian enjoyed more, decorating with or eating the candies. I'm going to guess eating the candies. Payton took the pictures of the finished house.
Then Payton was ready for her science kit which included color tablets to dye water red, blue and yellow. Then she mixed the colors to make new colors. If that wasn't exciting enough, the kit included polyacrylamide crystals that expand in water and turn the color of the water! It was a very sweet kit for an almost 3 year old. We've done the experiment a couple of times this week.
Today, the kids were in a great mood. They were actually playing very nice with each other and goofing around. Ian was helping me put away the clean dishes out of the dishwasher, when he put a plastic plate in front of his eyes and said, 'I see you!' He did this about 10 times and them Payton joined in :)
Then for about half an hour, Payton and Ian played in Ian's room. They were pretending to be camping at the beach. They turned the light on and off and pretended to sleep and look at the constellations at night and then jump in the sand during the day. They put pillows on the floor that they could jump off the bed on to. They giggled and laughed - I was very impressed that they entertained each other so well for so long.
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