Toss and Serve Ice Cream

My daughter watched a how to video on Nick Jr. on how to make Ice Cream in a bag. She has been dying to make it with her brother since. At first I told her she couldn't because she is allergic to milk but then I decided to improvise and came up with my own non dairy recipe.

We all put on gloves and then tossed our bags of ice cream, course salt, and ice until the ice cream looked like soft serve. It was a lot of fun tossing the bag but it was slippery so it was hard for my 2 yr old to catch. We switched it up a bit to help him out and put it in a large beach towel me on one side and the kids on the other and tossed it. That was easier for him and made everyone happy!

Here is the Nick Jr. how to link http://www.nickjr.com/food/seasonal_treats/ice_cream.jhtml their video link isn't working right now.... sorry.

If you are in the same boat as me I used a young coconut and blended the meat and coconut water in the blender. Then I sweetened it to taste with agave and added some real vanilla extract. My son wanted his strawberry so I added them to his. They both turned out tasting OK. The kids liked it and it was good for them too. That makes me happy!

Obstacle Course

My kids were all crafted out and they didn't want to read books. All other suggestions to cure boredom were booed at until I said "Do you want to take the couch cushions off an jump on them?". Then there was a resounding YES!!! So we got a little creative and made it into an obstacle course! Ours was simple and consisted of a tunnel made from a laundry basket and a storage container. Next was the wiggly wobbly skate board, then onto the bouncy exercise ball! To top it of they had to climb a tower of couch cushions! The kids were happy and entertained and nobody even suggested to watch TV!

Obstacle courses can also be created outside with hula hoops, bikes, cardboard tunnels, and anything else you can conjure up! Its certain to be a great time that will keep their bodies busy, happy, and healthy! Have fun making your own and email your ideas to busybodiesblog@gmail.com and I may post some for you to see!

Hopscotch - Numbers

Hopscotch can come in handy when it comes to learning your numbers! It is very useful in counting forward, backward and by twos.

Draw your hopscotch squares from 1 to 10 or 10 to 20. However far you need to go! I'm not really sure what the official rules are but my daughter and I throw a small rock, jump and count on one foot all the way to our rock. This gets in a lot of practice and some exercise and her little brother can hop along too.

Polka Dot Hop - Letters

A fun thing to do for letter review is draw polka dots on the sidewalk and jump to them. My daughter and I take turns yelling out letters to each other and trying to see if we can find and hop on them! It's pretty fun and a great way to get your wiggles out!

This is also a good time to find out which letter the know and which ones they don't. Bring along a paper and jot them down. When they as why, just tell them your writing down all the letter they are really good at so you can show their daddy how good they are.