A friend recently recommended that I let the girls “paint” outside using buckets of water and paint brushes. I thought it was a great idea, and although I didn’t have any clean paint brushes, I grabbed some basting brushes from the kitchen which worked just as well.
The girls absolutely loved this activity, and it kept them busy much longer than I could have hoped for. The only problem was that I failed to instruct them on where and where not to “paint,” so now our sliding glass doors and windows are in need of a good cleaning. Maybe I ought to make window washing into a game, too!
The girls took their painting job very seriously.
They also decided to use the extra water to nourish the plant life – a.k.a. the weeds that have grown so tall that they’re poking up through our deck (Can I add weeding to my game list?).
Once they used up the water (and finished requesting a dozen refills), they then took turns pretending the bucket was a potty.
Too bad they view potty training as no more than a game!
May they always have fun together !
I will have to try this one! The potty picture cracks me up!!
I bet the girls would love it if you sprayed cleaner on both sides of the glass door and put one inside and one outside of it with towels to clean it. It could be a fun game – can’t guarantee it would get the glass sparkling clean though!
Do the girls travel??? I have some cleaning that would love to have help with!??!??!?!