We make our own snow (flakes that is)

 We found this fun experiment from Confessions of a Homeschooler's blog .

You mix borax + boiling water and then you WAIT.  It teaches patience I guess =) The crystals are supposed to form on the snowflakes in about an hour.  You should have seen the anxious kids, sitting and watching and waiting.  When they got bored of that, rushing back from playing every few minutes to see if they could spot any crystals forming ;-)  So, after an hour we still saw no crystals, much to their dismay.  So we added more borax, and ended up letting the things sit there overnight.  I'm not sure if we had old borax, or what we didn't do quite right.

This is what they ended up looking like!  The kids thought the long-awaited for end result was pretty cool!

Carolyn

Happy 7th Birthday Carolyn!!
Have a fun Birthday =)

Reminder...

Just a quick reminder to anyone who's interested in the Lilla Rose party. 

If you want to check out their products, just login with the following link and see if anything interests you!


www.lillarose.biz/parties/496

The party is open through tomorrow, Monday, January 30th.

Party Boy

 Give the scraps to someone =)

 new tool set

 Lion cake

 The kids pretending to blow out the candles to try to get James to blow them out =) It was funny, he would blow after them but never managed to get a candle out!

 Playing with new toys

My day-before-the-party helpers!  I think  they blew up ALL the balloons out of the package...we had quite a bunch of balloons floating around!

Lilla Rose Online Party

Hello!

I wanted to let you know I'm having a Lilla Rose online party.  If you're not familiar with Lilla Rose, they carry an awesome variety of products--from Flexi-Clips, bobby pins, hair sticks and hair bands for your hair, to jewelry. 

 I am attaching a picture of the one I bought a while back and really love!  It's another way to "dress up" my hair. I think it's great that I can put my waist-length hair UP without a million bobby pins, and it stays put! 

Their website also gives you ideas for different styles you can do with their flexi-clips and sizing tips, depending on your hair length, thickness, etc. 

I will be keeping the party open through January 30th, and any orders placed through then will qualify for FREE SHIPPING! 

Here is the link to check out their products www.lillarose.biz/parties/496 and to place an order if you're interested.