April Show & Share and making Playdough

Jonathan brought his rented skis and boots, and his helmet to school to show all his school mates. He described the ski areas we skied last winter, his favorite runs, told them about Daddy taking him down some black diamond runs, "but not the top of Hustler!", how much he likes the Lazy M...you get the picture.

All geared up! That afternoon, we returned his skis for the season.

My parents were visiting, so we did a new special breakfast...Eggs in the Hole! We all got to choose our shapes for cutouts.

Another afternoon, we made Koolaid playdough. My son is so smart. It was his idea to use the Kitchenaid. It does make the process quicker.

Jonathan asked for his batch to be "deep purple". We did our best...

Kool-Aid Playdough

2 ½ to 3 Cups flour 3 Tbsp vegetable or corn oil

½ cup salt 1 Tbsp alum (cream of tartar can be substituted)

2 Cups boiling water with 1 pkg Kool-Aid (any flavor)*

* I did ½ of two Kool-Aid pkgs, each in 1 cup of boiling water.

Mix ingredients and knead with flour (may take up to 1-2 extra cups). This makes a huge batch of playdough. Make 2 colors that, when mixed, will make another color, actually giving you 3 colors! Keeps well, has a nice fragrance and is very colorful and pliable!