I'm determined that both girls have an alter ego. She's this brave little adventurer that wants to go play in the waist-deep snow for hours on end, building igloos and ice castles and snowmen named Olaf. And then after no more than 12 minutes outside, that child disappears, and in comes a whiny, freezing cold little girl demanding hot chocolate. But, after about two hours inside in the warmth, that alter ego pops back out again, begging for mommy to spend 30 minutes dressing them up, just to have them not make it off the porch.
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| at least someone's excited about more snow |
So, when we woke up to more snow on Saturday, I knew what was coming. Sue enough, Harper asked if we could build a snowman, so I had to get creative. In other words, I had to do a Pinterest search. We found a fun recipe for erupting play snow, which got mommy off the gather-every-piece-of-clothing-we-own-just-to-have-it-off-and-wet-in-five-minutes hook.
The girls loved helping me measure out the baking soda, salt, dishwashing liquid, and water. I had a few Olaf (from Frozen. I'm so jealous if you needed that reference point, as we have seen the movie 1,457 times.) and snowflake sugar cupcake toppers the we used to help them decorate the snowmen they built.
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| Hi, I'm Olaf! and I like warm hugs. |
When they were finished building their snowmen, we got the squirt bottle and filled in with vinegar. Now time to make it foam!
Yep, this activity was a little bit messy, but the great thing is that it's a mess with baking soda, dishwashing liquid, and vinegar-- things I clean up my kitchen with all the time. So, it didn't take long to wipe up the mess. And that of course, gave us plenty of time to enjoy a picnic in our curtain fort.
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