Praises of a Wife and Mommy

Do you remember last year I showed you guys all the fun hot air balloons from the local Balloon Glow event ?  We had a lot of fun this year and sadly this year we were just so busy with the inlaws in town and having so much fun with them that we never made it to the event this year, but we did not  have too!  The balloons went right over our house!  :) SWEET!!  We were driving home and we turned down a road to watch them then they crossed the river and we realized they were heading right for our house so we got home just in time to watch them!  :)    

We all know how much fun our kids can have with a water balloon fight...oh OK us adults too!  :)  Right?  :) Admit it!!   Well, how about messy water balloons?   I used cornstarch, water, and food coloring to create a colorful experience with water balloons for my kids.  First mix water and cornstarch together.  Make sure you do not create oobleck, when it becomes a liquid and a solid mixture.  Once you get the consistency you want put the mixture in separate bowls so you can make different colors. I added a lot of food coloring in so the colors would be bright.  Then I used a turkey baster adding the color mixture to the balloon.  After that I still added more water to the balloon so they would pop easier.  :)  The reason we added cornstarch is to ensure the food coloring does not stain the sidewalks.  :)  Then it becomes more chalk like when it dries.  Clean up is super...