Loving the Long, Sunny Days and Beautiful Evenings

Oh how we’re enjoying this summer!!  The days during the winter are cold and the sun sets early so we take advantage of the summer weather as much as we can.  Last week we found a few evening activities that we could do at home and all of them were hits! 

One evening Hannah wanted to play with sidewalk chalk so we did that and then when a couple of neighbour kids came out to join her I whipped up a batch of sidewalk chalk paint.  (1/4 cup corn starch + 1/4 cup water + food colouring for each muffin cup of paint)

You’ll quickly see in this post that Hannah fully gets into whatever activity she’s doing!  My experience has also been that this paint washes right out of her clothes which is a bonus!

Another evening we went for a walk while she drove her Princess car.  I was amazed at how her driving skills had improved since last time we had the car out a little while back.

This final activity was one I saw on a friend’s blog and to say that Hannah got right into it is an understatement!  Since we don’t have a lawn to set up on I put an old sheet on the driveway and then some paper on that and let her go to it!

It started out much as I had anticipated:  cute little hand prints on the paper that I already imagined tucking away in her art keepsake box.

Very quickly this delicate approach was not enough for my girl. 

Who wants to paint on paper when there are lots of other canvasses available?

Cute little painted toes

Before hitting the tub we stopped in the backyard for a dip in her little pool.  A good place to take at least the first layer of paint off.

So many precious summer moments for my sweet little girl and I!