fun with flour

These pictures are a few weeks old. I took them, put the camera away and forgot about them.
I was looking through the camera last night and came across these and realized I never did post them!
This was on a day that we did lots of baking. The girls helped me quite a bit; measuring, stirring and licking spatulas. Then I remembered something I saw on my friends website... she put some flour on baking sheets and then let her kids trace letters and numbers in the flour, with their fingers. Isn't that a fun idea?! I thought it was and so did the girls. They had a ton of fun! Kara shocked us with drawing A,B,C and D really well on her own AND saying them out loud as she traced them. Go Kara!

Rachel was so excited to get to make a big flour mess in the kitchen. 

I'm learning to lighten up with messes. They can be cleaned up, mostly. 

Some of Kara's messes have left behind evidence that can't be cleaned. 

Ethan thought the whole thing was ridiculous. He kept coming in the kitchen and asking

the girls if they were having fun. Then he'd ask Rachel "do you want to wash your hands now?" 

Remember Ethan is our child that hates finger paints. 

"They get goop all over your fingers and can stain your clothes." - that's what he says. 

He loves the invention of glue sticks - no fuss, no mess!

Rachel traces the best R's. I've always been impressed with how well she writes them.

Although the other day it occurred to me, she is soon going to handwrite better than I do. 

She's very good with straight, nice, well formed letters. 

Kara of course had to get the flour all over the place. 

I let them throw it around the kitchen a bit. They were singing that it was raining flour and 

laughing so hard. I told Kara this is what her hair will look like when she's older ;-) 

please tell me when they got so big?! Rachel no longer fits into 5T clothing and 

Kara has officially grown out of 2T. I keep asking time to slow down, but apparently it 

listens to God more than me ;-) 

I'm loving how these two are becoming the best of friends. 

I love to hear them play pretend. 

I love the way Rachel is such a good example to Kara. 

She shares very well, without even having to be told. 

Her goal is to make sure her sister is happy and having fun. 

I'm trying to point that out to Kara, so she learns as well.
I don't want Kara to just take-take-take and never learn. 

I love that they play bunk-bed games just like me and my sister did. 

I love that Rachel says "when we're married we'll make sure to live next door to each other." 

My sister and I always had the same plans. 

oh. I keep candles in coffee cups. Is that weird? 

A friend who was over the other day told me it was. 

And this cup is quite special to me... you can probably understand why :) 

and here's what our laundry room looks like after Rachel has been throwing up and

Mommy gets way behind. I finally have this under control and it looks sane again. 

Happy Weekend everyone!