Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Several months ago I promised the boys we'd have an end of school party in our backyard and that I'd buy a bunch of cans of whipped cream and silly string and let them clobber each other and make an enormous mess of themselves. Yesterday was the last day of school and that is exactly what we did. It was very fun and very messy and a great way to end the school year. The kids spent a good two hours outside squirting each other with whipped cream and silly string and water cannons and throwing water ballons. Then I hosed them down and they played Nintendo with their buddies until it was time for their friends to go home.
Later that night we went out to eat at IHOP and then hit Toys R Us for a "good report card" treat for each of the boys. While the boys were sitting in the car, Hunter complained that the car smelled like cheese but none of us could put our finger on the source. We kept getting wiffs of the stinky-cheese-almost-like-barf-smelling stench the entire evening until I couldn't stand it anymore and started smelling each of the kids. Oh my! All of them, including myself (because who in their right mind can resist smearing whipped cream all over their kids' faces) smelled like vomit. Apparently, whipped cream sours pretty darn quick in hair and smells atrocious.
Anyway, while I highly recommend this activity, I would strongly suggest you buy a bottle of shampoo with the whipped cream and scrub down the kids with a little more than hose water before you set them free into the house. It's definitely worth the investment.
posted by Shana # 1:14 PM 
|
|
|
