shaving cream: fun for all ages.

do you do this with your kids?

this is one of our favorite, go-to activities.

it's not rocket science.

it's shaving cream.

my kids love it.

i gave them each a can in their easter baskets this year.

i always buy the cheapest can i can find.

that's a 97 cent can o' fun right there.

we've been doing this forever.

i first learned about the joy that is shaving cream when i was in the second grade.

we each got a squirt on our desks to write our spelling words in. 

before i had my own kiddos, i was a kindergarten teacher.

you better believe we did the shaving cream.

clean the desks and the finger nails at the same time.

plus if you use the menthol flavor,  you can mask the smell of little-boy-after-recess-stink.

in the winter we do it inside on our table.

it's even more fun outside. 

i set a few ground rules {i.e. no shaving cream in the eyes} and then let them go to town.

and the best part?

it cleans up with water. 

awesome.

water always doubles the fun.

shaving cream is really nice when you have kids of different ages. 

usually everyone is a fan.

unless your kids don't like a mess.

i can't help you there.

my boys specialize in mess.

this week was the perfect week to do it. {it's hot up in here}.

simple fun for a summer day.

time to buy more shaving cream. 

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we love art.

happy tuesday morning all.
i'm hanging with some sickies today.
my two littles, sawyer and ruby are both snotty and coughy and just plain pitiful.
ruby is about to break my heart with her hoarse cry and watery eyes.
so sad.
she was up a bunch last night so i'm pretty glad to stay home in my sweats . . . for the second day in a row.

so i wanted to show some pictures from our visit to the art museum.
i mentioned in my last post that we went with our little family and aj's parents.

we all really enjoyed it.
i love an art museum.
i would enjoy going back and reading all the cards about each painting....i find it fascinating.
i can stare at one painting for the longest time.

this is the restaurant where i'd like to have dinner when we come back for a date.
the architecture is amazing.

the boys especially loved the violent paintings.
of course.

my kids are really blessed in the grandparents department.
my parents and aj's are crazy about our kids.
aj's mom is such a great grandma....so sweet and patient with the boys.
always teaching them something.

this picture makes me laugh.
we are obviously really into that painting.

it was fun to see avery excited to learn about the pieces.

this is my kind of learning. :)

the grounds are really beautiful as well.
i bet they'll be spectacular in the spring and summer.

yes, my husband is a foot taller than me.  ;)

that was a fun day.
i'm so thrilled to have such an amazing art museum nearby.
i think we'll have many trips there over the years.


what about y'all?
are you museum people?
any of you crazy like us and brave a fine art museum with four small children?



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