Eithne wrote:GLOUP (extremly messy fun )
What is it??
A mixture of water and cornflour,
A sensory sensation,v theraputic,so hypnotic kids will play for hours.
HOW ?
Simply mix the 2 ingredients on a flat surfce ie a tray , should feel solid on first contact then watch as ur fingers disappear and sludge through the Gloup..........Its original form reappears when u lift ur hands away.
Solution = happy non hyper children
Oh I like that, might give that a shot tomorrow
We do a lot of baking, the boys in particular like choc cake with melted choc & sprinkles on top - they love doing it themselves.
They help me with the dinner sometimes
Jumping on the trampoline, it's great when babs is asleep as I can get on it now for a little exercise
Drawing pictures, ds1 is going to be an artist, he's great
Playing footie out the back or in the green - ds2 is going to be the footie player - at the moment. Although ds1 seems to have more fun kicking the ball over the neighbours wall (I'm sure it drives him nuts).
We have a dinosaur mould set which I have to do in the oven, hoping to do that tomorrow and the boys can paint the dinosaurs.
DVDs are a must with a 5 week old baby, they're still up (I let them nap earlier for a bit of peace) and they're watching the new Shrek which dh brought home from Liverpool.
We've had Chickenpox in this house for almost 3 weeks and so haven't been able to go out anywhere so scratching is the main passtime 
