Homemade Bath Paint

     It's Friday!! ... and it's been a lonnng day.

     It has been rainy for the last few days, and I am getting a bit of cabin fever; it's officially summer now and I want to enjoy the outdoors! Also, Laura has been pushing her bedtime further and further back, going to bed around 9:30 the last few days, and frankly, I would prefer her asleep earlier than that. And because I am the parent, I get to decide these kinds of things. So today I didn't put her down for a nap to see what would happen, but that coupled with the cabin fever was perhaps not the greatest combo. She wasn't too bad, but I found it draining trying to keep Her Moodiness entertained and happy for the entirety of the day. I was racking my brain to come up with a fun activity to get us through the last hour before Josh got home, when I remembered a blog post I read by my cousin-in-law, Jen. She got the idea for bath finger paints from this blog. Isn't blogging great? I love idea-sharing. :)

     We still have about a hundred bottles of baby soap that were given to us when Laura was born (clearly people were worried we weren't going to bathe her), and everyone has cornstarch and food colouring on hand, right? So, although I didn't find the post with the recipe until after Josh was home, I was still able to quickly whip up a batch while I was making dinner for some post-dinner, pre-bedtime fun. :) Too easy.

I think she liked it :)

     Jen's blog also inspired me to go to the dollar store for some retail therapy (and to get more supplies to have on hand for rainy day activities) after Laura was gloriously in bed at 7:15.