Joe | Pepper Paints

July 30, 2008 | Filed in: Activities, Messy, Outside, Paint, Photography

My sensory loving kids love the mess that shaving cream can become! We started off with cookie trays turned upside down for trays and a squirt of shaving cream. Then I added a bit of tempra for color.

Then we placed a piece of finger paint paper over the top to make a print. Freezer paper works well too.

Then it the shaving cream started covering feet and legs..

At this point I went in to finish dinner and took the camera with me. I could hear them squealing with delight through the kitchen window and when I came back out they were completely white! All except for eye balls. I didn’t get a final shot but I am sure you can imagine the sight. A quick dip in the baby pool and it was all gone! Before bed tonight Ginger told me next time she wants me to put grubby clothes on and have a shaving cream fight with them.

Tonight Joe and I attended the Opening Reception for the Fine Arts Exhibit of The Ohio State Fair. One of my photographs was accepted in the show. I felt so proud to be brushing elbows and guzzling all the free local wine we could with the other artists! If you are local and are planning on attending the Fair-check out all the great art in the Fine Arts building. My photo is on the back wall in the case. You can even purchase it!

I am spineless! I may talk big and and loud but when it comes down to confrontation and conflict…well I shrink in the face of it. A couple of Saturdays ago I ran into a friend with very high “organic and healthy standards” at our Farmer’s Market. Her kids were shoveling delicious strawberries into their mouths hand over fist. I asked her if they were organic and she said when she asked the farmer he told her they do not spray and that they were as close to organic as you could get without being certified. Well, if that was good enough for my friend, Sheri, this was good enough for me! I even went a step further and asked for their card and directions so that I could go and pick these “organic” strawberries for $2/lb.

And pick we did! When Sheri saw my blog post she inquired where we picked such delicious looking strawberries and I told her from the Farmer at the Farmer’s Market! Well, good Mom that she is, she called and asked a few more questions and it turns out that those strawberries aren’t organic at all. They spray fungicide and insecticide and my kids and I, as well as my friends, all ate the berries straight out of the chemical patch! Ughh!!!

So my plan was to catch that farmer in a lie this morning and yell at him with all my motherly madness. But when Abby asked them if their berries were sprayed they said, “Yes.” They were honest. With that, my fur settled down and I walked away with my tail between my legs. I couldn’t say anything because well… after all my “no spray mentality” was hear say. Although I know he lied to Sheri, well he didn’t directly lie to me. At least that’s my spineless excuse for not roughing him up. So, sorry Abby for not giving you a good blog post full of blood and gore. Maybe next week. Or in my case, when I grow a spine.

But hear were some of todays highlights

I was so excited to take this and 40 other photos of these fish in a bowl that I have no idea what they were doing at the Market! Besides looking pretty!