The science experiment

A few days ago I decided it was long overdue to do some crafting and messy play.  I found Sophie's boardmaker binder and asked her if she would like to do some art.  She had the choice of crayons or paint and she instantly chose paint.  She then proceeded to choose red and green and no other colours.  I asked her over and over and those were the only ones she wanted.  So red and green it was.  We did some painting while practicing holding a larger paintbrush.  We have these jumbo brushes and they make it much easier for Sophie to hold onto the brush.  She was very successful with hand over hand painting and she actively moved her hand to paint.  I didn't get any photos but it was a very nice Christmas in August painting.  :)

Then we headed outside and got a bit messier.  Lucas and a buddy were around and they joined in on this one, they had a great time doing this old school science experiment.

We got together some baking soda and vinegar and a bunch of plastic containers.  We also used the paint tray we had just used for painting, so there was some coloured paint/water.  I was reminded of what fun this could be from one of my fave blogs on one of their recent posts here.

Of course we are odd and use Sophie's syringes from her enteral feeding supplies, they work perfectly.  They are great fun for kids to squirt with in the tub too.  :)

Sophie loved her brother helping her and she was quite interested in the messy, cold concoction we were all making together. I think if we had had food colouring on hand it would have been much nicer for Sophie, the brighter colours would have made a nice contrast in the baking soda.