Our Life & Times

If you want to have some fun at home with your kids or grandkids, try this: Mix 2 cups cornstarch with 1 cup water. When you try to scoop up the "Ooblick" with your fingers at first it is really hard and then it runs through your fingers like liquid, and if you let it dry on your clothes or whatever else it gets on, it turns to powder. Ooblick used to be a regular staple in my preschool classroom. Konnor and I had such a good time with it, that when he got a little bored with the plain cornstarch and water, we added food coloring, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, salt, and vinegar all to see what would happen. What we got was a pink, foamy mess! We had such a good time though and the memories are priceless! One thing my mom has told me since she became a nurse is that she regrets not ever taking the time to play with my sister and I or even to read us a book. She has said that if she could go back just one day when we were little and play with us it would make her so happy. I may not be a perfect parent, and the Lord knows I have made many mistakes along the way, but I try to play with my son as often as I can.