bubbles

as long as it has nothing to do with a bath,

the children find soap a very interesting substance...

 

 

bubbles are considered to be such fun, in fact, that some rainy-day times 

 I just fill a very soapy sink

and let the kids scoop out handfuls of foam

for free-form art projects, disguises, or just plain hurling about.

 

the best place to enjoy the world's best toy,

 though, is out in the street, where they shimmer and float like feathers,

and invite passers-by to stretch out a finger and pop a few along their way.

mini rave

bought $10.00 of glowy bracelets, sticks and doodads, and sent out the invites one day before...

invitations to neighbourhood parents who don't mind the kids being out after dark.

we all met at a local park just at dusk, passed around the glow-stuff

and enjoyed the fun...

crisp cool air, running bodies highlighted by neon green, red and purple,

 the comfortable sounds of adults catching up, and children catching each other.

an hour or so later, the gang wound down and headed home,

but the event made the shorter days seem pretty exciting.

next one?  mini glowsnow-rave.

mini-mini golf

yes, mini golf for the minis.

fall fling